Hi, (sorry if this is a double post, zdnet was having some probs.)
I am pretty sure I set DNS up correctally, as to the file that handles
MX records (/var/named/namedb/wokness) I got this in there:
@ IN SOA ironhide.wokness.com.
ironhide.ironhide.wokness.com. (
14 ; Serial
3600 ; Refresh
900 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
3600 ) ; Minimum
IN NS ironhide.wokness.com.
localhost.wokness.com. IN A 127.0.0.1
wokness.wokness.com. IN A 192.168.1.20
soundwave.wokness.com. IN A 192.168.1.10
wheeljack.wokness.com. IN A 192.168.1.11
ironhide.wokness.com. IN A 192.168.1.1
wokness.com. IN A 192.168.1.1
IN MX 10 ironhide.wokness.com.
IN NS ironhide.wokness.com.
--
so when I do a nslookup for mx I get this:
Default Server: ironhide.wokness.com
Address: 192.168.1.1
> mx
Server: ironhide.wokness.com
Address: 192.168.1.1
Name: mx
>
so everything seems to be ok as to the MX records (ironhide is the machine
running exim).
Thanks,
Wokness
---- George Schlossnagle <george@???> wrote:
> There are two ways of running exim: as a standalone daemon and as a
> process spawned by inetd. The description you're referring to is how
> to
> set it up to be spawned out of inetd. If you're going to be recieving
> any sort of volume of mail, I would recommend running it as a daemon
> (exim -bd).
>
> Regarding your receipt problems, do you have wokness.com set in
> local_domains? If you're sending mail to wokness.com from another
> machine, is your exim-running machine the lowest numbered mx? The
> online manual is, IMHO, much easier to search through than spec.txt,
> and
> the configuration file is pretty well documented inline. I would
> recommend going through the main part of the exim configuration (the
> first part before the first 'end') and reading all the comments.
>
>
>
> wokness monster wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I just ran across the file called spec.txt, and I found it answerd
> > alot of my questions. It said for me to be able to get mail I had
> to
> > add this line to /etc/inetd.conf:
> >
> > smtp stream tcp nowait exim /usr/exim/bin/exim in.exim -bs
> >
> > I did, but for some reason, I still can not get mail. I open Eudora,
> > send a e-mail to wokness@???, and then do this:
> >
> > ironhide# su wokness
> > $ mail
> > No mail for wokness
> > $
> >
> > Now I know Eudora is sending mail, beacuse it sends it to a external
> > address (wokness@???) and I recive it. Is adding that line
> in inetd.conf
> > the only thing you have to do or is there more? Also, yes, I restarted
> > my system after I updated that file.
> >
> > I also tried replacing that line with this (and it did not work):
> >
> > smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/exim/bin/exim in.exim -bs
> >
> > basically, exim for root. Also I do have SMTP uncommented in /etc/services.
> > Is there any other place SMTP might be commented out? Or is there
> anywhere
> > else that I need to look for the mail being reviced?
> >
> > You guys are awsome, I have been trying to get a mail server up for
> 4
> > months (qmail and postfix) and have been unsuccessfull, but you guys
> > already got me sending e-mail, thanks!
> >
> > Thanks (again),
> > Wokenss
> >
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