On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:16:26PM -0800, Toby Coleridge wrote:
> I have exim 4.10 installed on redhat 7.3. I am using fetchmail,
> procmail, exim and mutt as an email solution. I have just installed exim.
>
> I have the following setup:
>
> internet domain 4mationnet.com > fetchmail > localhost > exim >
> procmail > mailboxes > mutt. However the mail is being lost after the
> exim is called locally . It is just dissapearing.
Why not just pass the mail from fetchmail direct to procmail, via
fetchmail's "mda" feature? It avoids one more pass of the message through
the MTA, unless you have a specific need to pass it through exim.
> I have the following in log files:
>
> $more exim_paniclog
> 2002-11-17 01:58:19 18DEhX-00010v-00 User 0 set for local_delivery transport is
> on the never_users list
Somehow exim is trying to do a delivery as root, and that's not allowed
by the default configuration.
> $more exim_rejectlog
> 2002-11-17 01:27:59 H=localhost [127.0.0.1] F=<garnome-list-admin@???> rej
> ected RCPT <matjc@localhost>: Unrouteable address
>
> $more exim_mainlog
> 2002-11-17 01:57:31 18DEgh-00010o-00 => enlightenment-devel-admin@???
> rge.net R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp H=mail.sourceforge.net [66.35.250.206]
> 2002-11-17 01:57:31 18DEgh-00010o-00 Completed
>
> nothing in .procmail.log , nothing out of the ordinary by using fetchmail -v ..
>
> The only things I have added to the exim configure file is :
>
> domainlist local_domains = @:4mationnet.com
> domainlist relay_to_domains =
> hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1
>
> I hope someone is able to shed some light on this.
>
> I would also like to reqrite the from headers on outgoing mail from
> matjc@localhost to toby@??? but I guess this can be done in
> rewrite section with something like:
>
> begin rewrite
>
> matjc@localhost toby@???
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