Re: [Exim] FW: Error in /var/log/mainlog

At 8:25 am +0200 2004/05/10, marcusv wrote:
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>Hi there
>
>Could you please tell me how I can fix the following problem.
>As it seems it's a problem with Exim.
>
>As you can see from the log file, there is another host on our network.
>Called siemag, sending from this host to anybody works.
>
>But as soon as I try and reply to it, Exim tries to do a remote_lookup
>to your server pop.xm.co.za,
>Which in-turn tells me that we are still not running our own DNS on our
>local server.
>
>What can we do so that pop.xm.co.za recognizes siemag.blaneseng.co.za as
>a host on our network.
>

the answer is always in the question, and I must say the question is
very unclear.

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>2004-05-10 08:33:57 1BN4MP-00019n-00 <= marcusv@???
>H=(it) [10.128.15.166] P=esmtp S=879
>id=00ed01c43656$15b9ec10$a60f800a@it T="RE: TEST1" for
>root@???
>2004-05-10 08:33:57 3 args: /usr/sbin/exim -Mc 1BN4MP-00019n-00
>2004-05-10 08:33:59 1BN4MP-00019n-00 => root@???
>R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp H=pop.xm.co.za [196.37.180.132]
>2004-05-10 08:33:59 1BN4MP-00019n-00 Completed
[...]

well, I wonder how it does that: there is neither MX or A record for
siemag.blaneseng.co.za, so it should have been immediately frozen.
This is the first thing you must fix.
From what I see in this log I guess your question is: how do I tell
pop.xm.co.za that siemag.blaneseng.co.za is a local domain (that is
that it should accept mail for siemag.blaneseng.co.za)? Well, this is
a pretty basic question and is covered in the default configuration
(always read the fine comments there...). The answer is that you
should add that domain to the local_domains list. This will work if
your configuration file has not been messed up from the standard one.


Giuliano