[Exim] Installing Exim 4.20 on Macos Server 10.1.4

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Author: David Stone
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To: exim-users
Subject: [Exim] Installing Exim 4.20 on Macos Server 10.1.4
Has anyone successfully installed exim 4.20 on Macos Server 10.1.4?

I've attempted to do this, initially setting exim up to pass local
mail to AMS, following the article on afp548.com (which is for exim
4.10). Unfortunately, I can't get this to work.

Remote delivery using exim from the command line works fine, as does
delivery to a local address which is really an alias for an external
one, so that part of the configure file seems ok.

All actual local deliveries are deferred, however. What's really odd
is that, when I set up the local_delivery transport to hand-off to AMS:

    local_delivery:
      driver = smtp
      port = 627
      hosts = 127.0.0.1
      hosts_override = true


I get the following (partial) output in debugging mode:

    routed by localuser router
      envelope to: user@???
      transport: local_delivery
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    After routing:
      Local deliveries:
      Remote deliveries:
        user@???
      Failed addresses:
      Deferred addresses:
    search_tidyup called
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Remote deliveries >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


even when AMS is confirmed as listening for SMTP on port 627. The
result is a deferred delivery because:

    "local_delivery transport found host localhost to be local"


Any insights/suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated - I am now
completely lost on this one.

Thanks,

Dave Stone