Quoth James Orwell:
> -i'm running exim on a multi-homed host ('hostA'), one home attached to a
> private (192.168) network. at present i'm testing sending mail into the private network.
>
> -there is a 'testmail' account on the multi-homed host, and an associated entry in the '/etc/aliases' which forwards the mail to a host sitting on the private network ('hostB').
>
> -from hostA, I can 'mail testmail' a message which is transported fine to hostB.
>
> -from outside hostA, the message is bounced with a 'unrouteable mail domain' error message.
"Outside" means a machine on the Net, not one on your private
network, right?
> -relevent information(?): the external nameserver is not at present aware of the existence of hostB. however it is listed in the 'etc/hosts' file: i can ping and send mail *from* hostA; it's just getting exim on hostA to relay which is the problem.
Do you have an MX record for hostB.yourdoma.in (and everything
else under yourdoma.in) pointing to hostA.yourdoma.in on your
external nameserver?
Vadik.
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