[Exim] TCP service "smtp" not found

Hallo Exim-users,

I have searched all the archives and the rest of internet and found
several references about the topic: 'TCP service "smtp" not found'.

One answer was to check the permissions and the content of the file
/etc/services:

  $ ls -lFn /etc/services
  -rw-r--r--    1 500      544          6217 Nov 24 13:26 /etc/services

  $ cat /etc/services | grep smtp
  smtp               25/tcp    mail

I start the daemon with these options:

$ exim -bd -d2 -oX 25

but I get this error:

  routed by lookuphost router:
    deliver to gerrit@???
    transport: remote_smtp
    host mx0.gmx.de [213.165.64.100] MX=10
    host mx0.gmx.net [213.165.64.100] MX=10

>>>>>> Remote deliveries >>>>>>

  remote_smtp transport entered
  LOG: 0 PANIC DIE
    TCP service "smtp" not found

All about this I found in the archives that was suggested to do was done
by me, I don't understand why Exim isn't able to lookup 'smtp' in /etc/sevices,
probably a trivial problem. Any hints?

Ciao,

Gerrit P. Haase                          mailto:gp@familiehaase.de
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