On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Christian Froemmel wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Martin Cameron wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > I have been trying to get email deleiveredd to a school that is
> > using Microsoft Exchange Server from our Exim mail server.
>
> Well, I don't know if there are any Problems with ETRN && Exchange-
> Server.
>
> > smtp_etrn_hosts=bsmtp.thenet.co.nz # the DNS record points
> > bsmtp.thenet.co.nz to our mail server
> > smtp_etrn_command = /etc/exim/etrn_script $domain
>
> Does the client always have this ip "bsmtp.thenet.co.nz" ? Because only
> to this host the server announces ETRN.
>
Also, does the lowest MX point to the schools mailserver? If not, you
need to customize the route_list option to hand-route the mail..
> > Unfortunately, while mail is delivered into the mail box
> > (/var/spool/etrn/bsmtp.thenet.co.nz) it is undeliverable to the school.
> > When The school attempts to log on, the mail is not delivered.
>
> What does your logs say when the client tries to ETRN the maildomain ? I
> had a similar problem and posted a small addition to C037 yesterday.
>
> > If I run the etrn_script from the command line, it wipes the mail
> > box but still doesn't deliver the mail. The next time mail is
> > attempted to be delivered to the mailbox, an error is returned which
> > basically freezes the mail because there is no file in
> > /var/spool/etrn/ to take the mail. I have to touch the mailbox to
> > allow the mail to be delivered to it again.
>
> Hm, maybe you should test your setup while changing the "mv blabla" in
> the etrn-script to "cp blabla". Then the mail is not wiped at
> script-start. After that try to run this on the server:
If he's using my script, it isnt actually wiping the mail, its
re-injecting it into exim's queue first, then erasing the file.
>
> su <user-which-exim-runs-under> -c "/etc/exim/etrn_script $domain"
>
> and take a look at the error-messages (if there are some), this pointed
> some errors out in my setup. exim does not log those script-errors after
> launching the script.
>
> regards Christian
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> Mailadministrator of the Clinic of Medicine "Benjamin Franklin" Berlin
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