I have to ask - did you restart exim after modifying the config file,
or send it a HUP?
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Adrian Harris wrote:
> I have a mail system which will be running the mail for name1.ac.uk. This
> connects to JANET via a firewall and (afaict) is set up correctly. It is
> currently running exim 2.12.
>
> We also have a legacy email address, name2.demon.co.uk, which is read by
> dial-up ISDN, also through a firewall.
>
> All users are defined on the mail server and collect their email via POP3,
> so the server doesn't have to worry about relaying within the
> organisation. The FQDN for the mail server is mail.name1.ac.uk.
>
> The name1 domain transmit/deliver all seems to be fine, and it blocks
> relaying as expected.
>
> Having read the docs, I expected that I could add name2.demon.co.uk to the
> local_domains list and receive email for that domain as well. This is how
> the previous sendmail config workled, but of course without any of the
> relay controls provided by exim. I know I could have upgraded to 8.9.x,
> but I'd rather have a mail system which doesn't require the bat book to
> run :-)
>
> But when Demon attempt to deliver the email, it is bounced with relay
> refused (host accept). Both smtp connections are made via firewalls, which
> accept smtp connections for a particular ip address and then forward these
> to the correct internal IP address of the mail server. I can only assume
> that the Demon email is bounced because it is not in the same domain as
> the mail server. Is this true ?
>
> The main part of the configure file consists of:
>
> primary_hostname = mail2.name1.ac.uk
> log_rewrites = yes
> log_file_path = /var/log/exim_%slog
> qualify_domain = name1.ac.uk
> receiver_unqualified_nets = 10.1.0.0/16:10.5.0.0/16
>
> *** These are our two main internal nets - actually used as class B's.
>
> local_domains = name1.ac.uk : name2.demon.co.uk
> local_domains_include_host = true
> hosts_treat_as_local = name2.demon.co.uk
> never_users = root
> sender_net_accept_relay = 10.1.0.0/16:10.5.0.0/16
> relay_domains = *.name1.ac.uk : *.name2.demon.co.uk
>
>
> In the rewrites section, I've added:
>
> *@*.name1.ac.uk ${local_part}@???
>
> so that the headers appear to come from the domain, not the host.
> Is this the correct methodology ?
>
> TIA :-)
>
>
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