Re: [Exim] Faq Q0301 for dummies?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Meininger" <jeffm@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:25 AM
Subject: [Exim] Faq Q0301 for dummies?


>
>
> I have a linux machine (192.168.1.4) on my lan that runs exim. I have
> an OpenBSD machine (192.168.1.1) that serves as a router to the internet
> via a connection to my ISP.
>
> My ISP's smtp-server has been getting really flaky lately, so I decided to
> try using exim on the linux machine as an SMTP server for my LAN.
>
> So if in pine (on the linux box running Exim) I set the smtp server to be
> "localhost" (192.168.1.4) and I try to send a message to anywhere, The
> message gets frozen with the following text:
>
> --
> Message 15PRzk-0002KY-00 has been frozen. The sender is
> <jeffm@???>.
>
> The following address(es) have yet to be delivered:
> jeffm@???: remote host address is the local host
> --
>
>
> In this example, I've tried sending a message to my own address, which is
> hosted somewhere far, far away. boxybutgood.com is definitely not the
> local host. I can try sending messages to any other address as well, and
> I get the same problem.
>
> Here's what the entry in /var/log/exim/mainlog looks like....
>
>
> --
> 2001-07-25 16:58:48 15PRzk-0002KY-00 <= jeffm@??? H=mangonel
> (localh
> ost) [127.0.0.1] P=esmtp S=470
> id=Pine.LNX.4.21.0107251658440.304-100000@mangonel
> 2001-07-25 16:58:49 15PRzk-0002KY-00 remote host address for
> boxybutgood.com is
> the local host
> 2001-07-25 16:58:49 15PRzk-0002KY-00 == jeffm@??? R=smarthost
> defer
> (-1): remote host address is the local host
> 2001-07-25 16:58:49 15PRzl-0002Ka-00 <= <> R=15PRzk-0002KY-00 U=mail
> P=local S=5
> 25
> 2001-07-25 16:58:49 15PRzk-0002KY-00 Frozen
> 2001-07-25 16:58:49 15PRzl-0002Ka-00 => root <postmaster@mangonel>
> D=localuser T
> =local_delivery
> 2001-07-25 16:58:49 15PRzl-0002Ka-00 Completed
> --
>
>
> Q0301(A) doesn't seem to be the problem, as these hosts are definitely not
> local domains.
>
> Q0301(B) doesn't seem to be the problem... If I understand the FAQ
> correctly, I'd have to set up a rule for each domain I wanted to send mail
> to.
>
> Q0301(C) might be the problem, but I wouldn't know how to check. I'm not
> running my own DNS server, and my ISP's DNS server has posed no problems
> before with any other network app, including when I used to use sendmail
> to do this stuff.
>
> For some reason, I think this section of my configuration file might be
> the problem...
>
> --
> # Send all mail to a smarthost
>
> smarthost:
> driver = domainlist
> transport = remote_smtp
> route_list = "* localhost bydns_a"
>
> end
> --
>
> Is my hunch correct? If so, how should I fix it?
>
> Can anyone provide me with a clue? :)
>
> Thanks!
> -Jeff M
could you paste the output of exim -d9 -bt jeffm@??? ?

Joel