Hi Alexander, on Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:02:27 -0400 you wrote:
[top posted]
Please learn how to quote and don't top post. Thanks. Read this:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html
[problem: unable to "send to external e-mail addresses"]
> I checked the log and this is what I found:
>
> 2004-06-10 08:32:30 1BYOjO-0001HA-00 <= root@debian-box U=root P=local
> S=348 2004-06-10 08:32:31 1BYOjO-0001HA-00 ** peterpaulandmary@???
> R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL
> FROM:<root@debian-box> SIZE=1387: host mx1.mail.yahoo.com [64.157.4.78]:
> 501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments
> 2004-06-10 08:32:31 1BYOjP-0001HF-00 <= <> R=1BYOjO-0001HA-00 U=mail
> P=local S=1268
> 2004-06-10 08:32:31 1BYOjO-0001HA-00 Error message sent to
> root@debian-box
The log says it all. You're sending from a blatently invalid e-mail
address (root@debian-box), so Yahoo is rejecting it (as would most
people). You need to be sending from
root@??? .
You may want to consider one or more of the following:
- giving your box a fully-qualified hostname (best)
- The Exim option primary_hostname, if it can't work out your
fully-qualified hostname for some reason.
- The Exim option qualify_domain
Tim
