eximconfig

2003-08-27 Thread Tom Allison
I'm trying to configure exim for a satellite (option #3) and keep getting the following errors in my logs: lookup of host "mail.mydomain.tld" failed in smarthost router. I can ping this same address, so I assumed that the DNS was working correctly... I entered the IP address for the mail server

eximconfig

2003-02-18 Thread Robert Epprecht
I have a question regarding exim: running eximconfig I was asked the 'visible mail name', and entered 'solnet.ch' and everything seems to run ok, well, quite: If I want to test my mail configuration sending a mail to myself, I cant: mailq 0m 1.3K 18l4sB-000

Re: /usr/sbin/eximconfig problem

2002-09-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 02:57:57PM +0100, Martin Rowe wrote: > Setting up exim (3.36-1) ... > syntax error at /usr/sbin/eximconfig line 955, near "" )" > (Might be a runaway multi-line "" string starting on line 948) Yes, this looks like a bug to me. Actual

/usr/sbin/eximconfig problem

2002-09-07 Thread Martin Rowe
Hi folks I was updating one of my boxes running sid, and as part of the dependancies for new packages it pulled down exim. The problem was on configuration: Setting up exim (3.36-1) ... syntax error at /usr/sbin/eximconfig line 955, near "" )" (Might be a runaway multi

Re: eximconfig

2001-04-30 Thread ktb
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:25:28AM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 08:04:59PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 01:24:33AM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 06:12:40PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > > > > > > You can also cheat and put something simil

Re: eximconfig

2001-04-29 Thread Robin Gerard
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 08:04:59PM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 01:24:33AM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 06:12:40PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > > > > You can also cheat and put something similar in your ~/.muttrc - > > > my_hdr From: ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >

Re: eximconfig

2001-04-28 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 01:24:33AM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 06:12:40PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > > You can also cheat and put something similar in your ~/.muttrc - > > my_hdr From: ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > kent > > I would say that the response in your previous email is

Re: eximconfig

2001-04-28 Thread Brian Potkin
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 06:12:40PM -0500, ktb wrote: > You can also cheat and put something similar in your ~/.muttrc - > my_hdr From: ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > kent I would say that the response in your previous email is more appropriate. That method can be used to rewrite the envelope From ad

Re: eximconfig

2001-04-28 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 12:54:21AM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > > ok I puted "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" in /etc/email-addresses > but the result is identical. > It is amazing that my emails reach their destinations. > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" don't exist on my machine and don't exist > on my ISP ? You can a

Re: eximconfig

2001-04-28 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 12:54:21AM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 01:10:31PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > > > Take a look at the bottom of /etc/exim.conf > > the 'rewrite configuration' section. > > Put the info for user in - > > /etc/email-addresses > Thanks for your reply. > > o

Re: eximconfig

2001-04-28 Thread Robin Gerard
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 01:10:31PM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 07:36:59PM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a problem with the headers of my > > messages: ( my user agent = mutt-1.3.17i,my MTA = exim) > > > > If "my_login_on_my_machine" is "toto" > > > > m

Re: eximconfig

2001-04-28 Thread ktb
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 07:36:59PM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a problem with the headers of my > messages: ( my user agent = mutt-1.3.17i,my MTA = exim) > > If "my_login_on_my_machine" is "toto" > > my header is : > > L1: 14tZ65-Tn-00-H > L2: toto 1000 1000 > L3: <[EM

eximconfig

2001-04-28 Thread Robin Gerard
Hello, I have a problem with the headers of my messages: ( my user agent = mutt-1.3.17i,my MTA = exim) If "my_login_on_my_machine" is "toto" my header is : L1: 14tZ65-Tn-00-H L2: toto 1000 1000 L3: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> L4: 9888481133 0 L5: -ident toto L6: -received protocol local L7: -body

Re: eximconfig option 2: why not send mail directly?

2000-11-22 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:54:04PM +0100, Moritz Schulte wrote: > Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 2) direct delivery: > > > > Depending on your exim configuration outgoing mail is sent directly to > > your > > ISP via SMTP or [...] > > To the ISP? Outgoing mail is sent "di

Re: eximconfig option 2: why not send mail directly?

2000-11-22 Thread Moritz Schulte
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: > Apart from the other reasons mentioned already, a lot of people reject > mail coming from known dial-up IP addresses, since it's a technique > often used by spammers. Thus using your ISP's smarthost generally > increases the likelihood of your mail being

Re: eximconfig option 2: why not send mail directly?

2000-11-22 Thread Colin Watson
Griffith Feeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm in the process of setting up exim/fetchmail/procmail/mutt on Debian >2.2. I've used eximconfig option 2, for which outgoing mail is sent via a >"smarthost" and incoming mail is picked up from one or more POP servers

Re: eximconfig option 2: why not send mail directly?

2000-11-22 Thread Moritz Schulte
Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2) direct delivery: > > Depending on your exim configuration outgoing mail is sent directly to your > ISP via SMTP or [...] To the ISP? Outgoing mail is sent "directly" to the DNS MX records of the given host (if the DNS MX lookup succedes).

Re: eximconfig option 2: why not send mail directly?

2000-11-22 Thread Walter Tautz
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Griffith Feeney wrote: > I'm in the process of setting up exim/fetchmail/procmail/mutt on Debian > 2.2. I've used eximconfig option 2, for which outgoing mail is sent via a > "smarthost" and incoming mail is picked up from one or more POP server

Re: eximconfig option 2: why not send mail directly?

2000-11-22 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:01:18AM -1000, Griffith Feeney wrote: ... > Getting incoming mail from POP servers makes sense, since I'm only > intermittantly connected, but why not have exim send mail directly? What is > gained or saved by going through the "smarthost"? I think you are mixing two dis

eximconfig option 2: why not send mail directly?

2000-11-22 Thread Griffith Feeney
I'm in the process of setting up exim/fetchmail/procmail/mutt on Debian 2.2. I've used eximconfig option 2, for which outgoing mail is sent via a "smarthost" and incoming mail is picked up from one or more POP servers. Getting incoming mail from POP servers makes s

Re: exim 1.90-2: eximconfig doesn't work.

1998-04-07 Thread Mark Baker
On Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 08:19:10PM +1000, Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > I had to back out of exim 1.90-2 because the eximconfig script > bombed. I don't know why, but when I installed 1.89.1-1, the script > ran perfectly. eximconfig shouldn't run on upgrades, so I'm surp

exim 1.90-2: eximconfig doesn't work.

1998-04-07 Thread Alan Eugene Davis
I had to back out of exim 1.90-2 because the eximconfig script bombed. I don't know why, but when I installed 1.89.1-1, the script ran perfectly. This is by leaps and bounds the easiest mail transport agent I have yet to install. I don't know yet whether it works: I'm encou