Derrick,
Thanks for your help.
Sorry for not getting on the exim list. The last thing I need when
debugging a new mail server is tons of emails everyday. The answer to my
problem was to enter this config line:
local_domains = mail.amplepower.com : amplepower.com
I had the first entry correct, but not the last one. It doesn't really
make sense to me why the last entry was needed, but it works.
BTW, I did start with eximconfig, but none of the selectable
configurations fit my case.
On Tue, 2 Jul
2002,
Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 02:29:03AM +0000, David Smead wrote:
> | Please reply to me as I'm not on the list.
>
> Why not? You're supposed to subscribe to lists from which you want
> information. (I've Cc'ed anyways)
>
> | I'm using Debian/exim on a new server replacing a RedHat/sendmail box.
>
> | The problem is getting mail frozen when it comes from other
> | internal machines. For instance, a web server takes orders and email them
> | to mail.
>
> | label@??? <label@mail>: remote host address is the local
> | host
>
> This error occurs when your exim config makes exim think it is
> supposed to deliver the message via remote_smtp, but the DNS records
> show that the exim server itself IS the "remote" smtp server. If it
> tried to deliver it that way, you would have a nice loop on yourself
> that would kill the machine.
>
> | What do I need to do to have exim deliver to mail on itself?
>
> What you're really looking for is the proper configuration that tells
> exim what domains it are "local" and how to handle local deliveries.
>
> What is the FQDN of the frozen message? What are the values of (IIRC
> the exim3 options correctly)
> local_domains
> qualify_domain
>
> Since you're using the debian package, there is a perl script called
> 'eximconfig' you can run to generate a "personalized" version of one
> of 4 standard/common configurations that works. For simplicity, maybe
> you could post the questions (since I don't remember them exactly) and
> your answers so we can correct them.
>
> HTH,
> -D
>
>
--
Sincerely,
David Smead
http://www.amplepower.com
