Hi Phil,
Thanks for the reply..
On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 14:28, Phil Pennock wrote:
> On 2002-01-20 at 14:17 -0500, Mike Gifford wrote:
> > I'm trying to set up an rpm verion of exim(v3.30). From what I can tell
> If a later version is available, that's better. 3.34 is current, and
> has some pretty significant fixes, including some (potential) security
> problems.
I've brought it up the 3.3, but am finding a number of other rpm
requirements in 3.4 which stopped me from successfully installing it in
Red Hat 7.2
> > and it seems to work fine... From the logs I get:
> > 2002-01-20 08:41:58 16SIE8-0007Vv-00 <= root@???
> > U=root P=local S=307
> > 2002-01-20 08:42:00 16SIE8-0007Vv-00 => mike@??? R=lookuphost
> > T=remote_smtp H=smtp1.sympatico.ca [209.226.175.82]
> > 2002-01-20 08:42:00 16SIE8-0007Vv-00 Completed
> So the remote host has accepted the mail.
I think the problem was with my
primary_hostname
was incorrectly set.. This is for a dynamic IP for a demo server,
unfortunately..
> > So it looks like it has gone to the smtp server.. Completed.. That
> > must be good..
> Looks to me as though the mail has been successfully delivered. What
> leads you to believe that it hasn't?
I sent an email to myself and never received a reply..
However, changing the hostname has allowed me to send out an email at
last.
> Is it possible that your ISP is experiencing delays in its mail system?
> Because according to those logs, [209.226.175.82] has accepted the mail
> and responsibility for it.
They may not have liked my hostname and decided to keep and toss the
mail..
> Perhaps a tcpdump to verify that the mail has actually been sent out?
How do I do that?
But perhaps the bigger question is how do I direct mail to this box..
I'm not sure how to configure it so that the mail gets directed to the
mailboxes rather than just deleted..
Mike
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