> >
> > However - sending mail still doesn't work. :-(
> >
>
> Could you be more specific? Do you get error messages, what's in the
> logfile (/var/log/exim_mainlog on my box), does anything end up in the
> spooldirectory? See what's in /where-ever-you-put-your-exim/spool/input
> and /dito/spool/msglog. Does exim die on you when you answer mail? In
> that case you should have an exim_paniclog.
>
I don't have a panic log....
I start from scratch now:
* /etc/exim.conf removed, and eximconfig started, using option 1
(using own TCP/IP)
* exim started using /etc/init.d/exim start
* sending mail locally from one user to another. --> that works perfectly.
* now sending mail to a remote user: e.g.groenboom@???
* running exim -qf
Response of exim:
20:34:04 0xK5xp-0000aS-00 == e.g.groenboom@??? R=lookuphost
defer (-1): host lookup did not complete
* Well, let's take a look at all the files now:
- /var/log/exim/mainlog says the same thing as eximon.
- The message is still queued in /var/spool/exim/input
- /var/spool/exim/msglog says the same as mainlog.
------------
Ok, let's try to use smarthost, by adding the following in the ROUTERS
CONFIGURATION
route_append:
driver = domainlist,
transport = remote_smtp;
route_list = "* smtp5.inter.nl.net bydns_a"
[placing it at the top of the ROUTERS CONFIGURATION section to make
sure this is used first!!]
* restarting exim. Not surprisingly (I have had this error before),
the next error occurs:
1997-10-11 20:45:56 Exim configuration error
remote_smtp transport, referred to in line 95, was not found
ok, so I put the following in the TRANPORTS CONFIGURATION section:
remote_smtp:
driver = smtp;
--------
ok, now exim starts.
* first, I send a message from one local user to another local user -->
Cool!! that still works!!.
Ok then, let's try to send to a remote user:
establishing internet connection....
...and running exim -qf
The next message appears:
20:50:36 0xK5xp-0000aS-00 == e.g.groenboom@??? R=route_append
defer (-1):
Now what? I don't know what to do next. I am sure DNS works, because I
can reach every host....
What is the next step I am ought to do? Setting queue_only in the
main section? That doesn't help a bit eighter.
Here the contents of the file in /var/spool/msglog:
the
1997-10-11 20:32:33 e.g.groenboom@???: routing deferred: retry
time not reached
1997-10-11 20:33:32 e.g.groenboom@???: lookuphost router
deferred: host lookup did no$
1997-10-11 20:34:04 e.g.groenboom@???: lookuphost router
deferred: host lookup did no$
1997-10-11 20:47:57 e.g.groenboom@???: routing deferred: retry
time not reached
1997-10-11 20:50:36 e.g.groenboom@???: route_append router
deferred: unknown error
1997-10-11 20:51:27 e.g.groenboom@???: route_append router
deferred: unknown error
1997-10-11 20:51:28 e.g.groenboom@???: route_append router
deferred: unknown error
1997-10-11 20:51:52 e.g.groenboom@???: routing deferred: retry
time not reached
1997-10-11 20:51:55 e.g.groenboom@???: route_append router
deferred: unknown error
I quess route_append: of the ROUTERS CONFIGURATION isn't correct.
It currently reads;
route_append:
driver = domainlist,
transport = remote_smtp;
route_list = "* smtp5.inter.nl.net bydns_a"
I have also tried to set "transport = smtp" here, but that isn't
successful as well. :-(
What could be the problem?
What should I do next?
Thank you very much in advance for helping me out!!
Bart. [ A disappointed exim user...... :-) ]
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