Re: [Exim] problem sending to local users

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Author: mike
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To: Nigel Wade, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] problem sending to local users
On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 09:29 +0100, Nigel Wade wrote:
> mike wrote:
> > I am having a problem sending mail to local users using just user_id
> >
> > ie: mike rather than mike@???
> >
> > I have this in my config
> >
> > qualify_domain = bristolreccc.co.uk (seems to just get ignored for
> > recipients)
> >
> > The error I get is
> > user@???
> >     Unrouteable address

> >
> >
> > If I add the domain it works, though thats a bit long-winded.
> >
> > exim version exim-4.32
> >
> >
>
>
> What's the entry in /etc/hosts or DNS for bristolreccc.co.uk?
>
> It looks very similar to a problem I have seen with a faulty /etc/hosts. On
> Fedora, when I enter static IP information during install, /etc/hosts ends
> up like:
>
> 127.0.0.1      host.ion.le.ac.uk  host  localhost.localdomain  localhost
> 143.210.44.XXX host.ion.le.ac.uk  host

>
> this caused some "interesting" name resolution issues.
>


127.0.0.1       datacontrol     localhost.localdomain   localhost


(datacontrol is the server name)


> --
> Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
>              University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
> E-mail :    nmw@???
> Phone :     +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555

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