[Exim] Re: need root password of the mailserver?

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Author: Ben Smithurst
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To: Alessandro Ghigi
CC: exim-users
Subject: [Exim] Re: need root password of the mailserver?
Alessandro Ghigi wrote:

> I have set up exim and fetchmail on a Debian potato. I can read messages,
> but I can't send them, the mailserver sends me an error
>
> SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<ghigi@???>:
>     host mida.sns.it [192.167.206.47]:
>     550 <ghigi@???>... Relaying denied

>
> What should I do to let the mailserver relay my messages? Should I do some
> configuration on the mailserver, in particular something which requires
> root privileges?


You'll probably want to set the host_accept_relay config option. RTFM
for more details.

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