On 11 Oct , E.G.Groenboom wrote:
>
> 1997-10-11 20:34:04 e.g.groenboom@???: lookuphost router
> deferred: host lookup did no$
>
DNS problem, I would say. Exim can't find the host.
>
> 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
>
The route_append router knows groenboom@??? is a remote
address, which is what you want. It seems setting up the remote_smtp
transport failes for some reason. "Unknown error" is not helpfull, I
admit. Try exim -v -qf for verbose output.
>
> route_append:
> driver = domainlist,
> transport = remote_smtp;
> route_list = "* smtp5.inter.nl.net bydns_a"
>
That's correct. Note that the "smarthost" needs to be looked-up by DNS.
The remote_smtp transport looks good too. The problem lays elsewhere.
>
> I have also tried to set "transport = smtp" here, but that isn't
> successful as well. :-(
>
smtp is a driver, not a transport. As I said, do exim -v -qf and give me
the output.
Also, send local mail and check to headers. If the Return-path: header
points to your local machine and if, like me, you have a dynamic IP
address, your box doesn't really exist as far as the internet is
concerned. On my box I'm usually root@GroteErg. My ISP's mailserver
does reverse DNS look-ups and barfs on that non-existing hostname. So,
I use a rewriting rule:
root@* fkuipers@??? Ff
In this case the envelope from and from: stuff points to my mailbox on
a real existing host (see manual).
Welcome to the wounderfull world of e-mail,
Friso Kuipers.
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