Re: [Exim] local_domains behind router - the answer

I spoke too soon. It turns out I was incorrect again. The fix was to add the
public IP to the "host_accept_relay". The etc/hosts had nothing to do with
it. Now, if I can just get this big foot out of my mouth...

> I searched throuth FAQ, mailing list archives, and a kazillion websites
and
> could not figure out why I could not send from my workstation to the
> server -- I am behind a router.
>
> During the Linux install process, the /etc/hosts file was set to my
internal
> IP, as part of the network setup. The solution was to change it to the
> public IP, without touching anything else.
>
> I hope this helps someone else. It took me 3 days to figure it out... and
> I've been working on systems for years.