>jens-ingo brodesser wrote:
>
>>>... which is still Exim 3, I think. That is now over a year old, and I'm
>>>forgetting it.
>>
>>do you recommend upgrading to version 4 ?
>
>Everyone does, especially Philip, because he starts to forget that
>exim3 ever existed ;)
>
>*run'n'hide*
>
>Exim4 provides you with a great flexibility but it simplifies the
>configuration, many things changed between exim3 and exim4, so you
>will see that more and more people start to forget about how exim3
>worked. Compared to exim4, the exim3 config can be very clumpsy.
>
>>>You need to find out what the other end thinks is happening when it
>>>tries to send to you. Then you need to be suspicious of anything in
>>>between, such as a firewall.
>>
>>the remote smtps (sendmail) are sending back "User unknown" error
>>messages to their local users. that's really strange.
>
>And these users are really existing on your side?
yes, they do.
>Do you use a NIS/YP-Server?
no, primitiv local /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow
>If you have a small system, that doesn't handle much mail, you can
>try to run exim -d9 -bd -q10m for a day or so, but be careful, it
>will print out pretty much debugging infos :)
there are around 800 users on this system.
so, i restart exim with these options, right ?
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