Re: [Exim] Unqualified local names

Tried putting in etc/aliases
mike:mike@???

nada

On 11 Jan 2001 13:59:40 +0100, Bart van Dommelen wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> I think you should make aliases in /etc/email-addresses.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Bart van Dommelen
> mailto: dommel@???
>
> On 11 Jan 2001, at 10:57, mike wrote:
>
> > I am in the process of setting up a mail server using exim with the the
> > following parameters
> >
> > 1. External incoming mail arrives at a web-site hosted for ourselves
> > 2. External outgoing mail is sent via exim (we have a fixed IP on
> > dialup)
> > 3. I want the addresses to external mail addresses to be appended the
> > the domain name of the web-server
> > 4. I want local users to be able to send to local parts only eg: mike
> > rather than mike@???
> > 5. Users will poll by pop3 (using outlook -yuk)
> >
> > My current problem is that when I try to send mail to an existing user
> > (using evolution - the gnome mailer) which is set up for this approach I
> > get RCPT TO response error: illegal seek: mail not sent
> >
> > If I put a fqdn address in the mua it works. However there are two
> > problems with this
> >
> > 1. If I use the name of the server it looks cludgy
> >
> > 2. If I use the proper domain name error messages get sent to
> > mail@???
> > which defeats the point of the local server delivering the local mail
> >
> > Any advice would be appreciated
> >
> > (I attach my current exim.conf)
> >
> >
>
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