At 10:05 +0100 2003/02/17, Andreas Gietl wrote: >On Sunday 16 February 2003 20:11, Rene Küttner wrote: [...] > > > looks like exim failed to handle the data-input from the /etc/relayhosts
>> > file defined in exim.conf:
>> >
>> > hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : /etc/relayhosts
>>
>> thats the point. you cannot add a filepath to a hostlist. you
>> have to configure a lookup. see exim specification for details
>
>
>well. Are you sure? This configuration works fine except for a few minutes -
>and it worked just fine with exim-3.X.
>
Even if that is possible (that I do not know), have you got in
/etc/relayhosts *only* IP addresses or also names? 'cause the error
you reported looks like it failed to resolve an IP address from a
name.