Thanks Odhiambo and John, your hint was helpful. My old configuration
file came from a previous exim3 installation which had not been
completely removed.
I suggest to add a "note for Debian users" to
http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman21.html
For example something like:
Note: Debian has a complex system to make debconf automatically
generate the exim4 config file. Before applying the changes described
in this document you should read `man update-exim4.conf` and
related Debian man pages.
Luc
On 24.09.2004 08:49, John W. Baxter wrote:
> On 9/23/2004 19:04, "Luc Saffre" <luc.saffre@???> wrote:
>
>
>>I am using latest Debian/testing, trying to make exim4 and mailman work.
>>Exim itself seems to work (at least I receive mails to
>>luc@???). I created a list "pesamunad" with mailman, this
>>list is visible through Mailman's web interface.
>>
>>But it doesn't work. When any member sends something to this list, there is
>>the following error in /etc/log/exim4/mainlog :
>>
>>
>>>2004-09-24 04:13:12 H=mta2.mail.neti.ee (MXR-7.estpak.ee)
>>
>>[194.126.101.111] F=<ly.rumma@???> rejected RCPT
>><pesamunad@???>: Unrouteable address
>>
>>I think I did everything as instructed in the document "Using mailman 2.1
>>lists with exim4" (http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman21.html). Although there
>>is one problem: at some place it says :
>>
>>
>>>The router should be placed in the router section
>>>(ie somewhere after the "begin routers" line of your config file).
>>
>>but in my exim.conf I cannot find the words "begin routers". There is the
>>following comment instead:
>>
>>######################################################################
>># ROUTERS CONFIGURATION #
>># Specifies how remote addresses are handled #
>>######################################################################
>># ORDER DOES MATTER #
>># A remote address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. #
>>######################################################################
>>
>>Anyway, adding a "begin routers" line near this comment did not change
>>anything.
>>
>>Any ideas what I can try next?
>
>
> So far, it looks as if you're showing us an Exim 3 (or even older)
> configuration file. Is there
> end
> on a line by itself just above that comment?
>
> Someone who uses Debian will have to take it from there--Debian is too
> confusing for a non-Debianist, despite its good qualities.
>
> --John
>
