Martin, thanks for the helpful answers.
> Haines Brown wrote:
> > # exim -v -bt brownh@???
> > R: system_aliases for brownh@???
> > R: userforward for brownh@???
> > R: procmail for brownh@???
> > R: maildrop for brownh@???
> > R: lowuid_alias for brownh@??? (UID 1000)
> > R: local_user for brownh@???
> > brownh@??? router = local_user, transport = mail_spool
> >
> > I don't have either procmail or mail drop (or sendmail) installed, and
> > so don't know why they would show up here.
>
> That's showing you in which order exim is processing routers. The final
> one is the one that's actually used.
Thanks for the clarification. The question I was getting at is that I
have no procmail, sendmail or maildrop. Does that mean I have no MTA
at all, or does exim handle the transport?
One line here that does not show up when I do this command with my
working desktop is: R: lowuid_alias for brownh@??? (UID
1000). A google search for "lowuid_alias" got no hits. I though the
top number for a user account was 999. However 1000 is what my user
account is numbered on both my working desktop and my laptop.
The header of a bounced message:
Return-path: <brownh@???>
Received: from from brownh by langhans.hartford-hwp.com with local
(Exim 4.69)
(envelope from <brownh@???>)
id 1JdS8k-0002HZ-R4
for exim-users@???; Sun 23 Mar 2008 11:29:42 -0400
Date...
From: Haines Brown <brownh@???>
To: exim-users@???
...
Message-ID: <20080323152942.GC8721@???>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14)
I don't see anything wrong here, but thought best to relay it just in
case.
> > But when I try to send a message to that box:
> >
> > T=remove_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server
> > after RCPT TO:<kb1grm@???>:
> > host mymail.myregisteredsite.com [209.237.134.152]:
> > sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts
> >
>
> That server doesn't think the domain arr1.net is one it should handle
> mail for.
Understood, but that's the problem. The arrl.net domain is certainly
one that my ISP mail server recognizes.
> > This error message does not make sense to me. Does not my ISP's mail
> > server just send off received mail to where it should go?
>
> Yes, but if the mail server or MX records are incorrect, errors will
> occur, as seems to be the case here.
That's what the error message sounds like, but, at least for me,
that can't be so. I can send messages to a range of domains from a
desktop connected to the same router, but not from a laptop connected
to that router and configured (as far as I can make out) in exactly
the same way. I tried exim-users@??? and got the same error, but
can reply to you now from my desktop machine.
I don't believe there is any configuration to which I have access
involving my email account on that server that could cause this, but
I'm not sure (don't see anything relevant).
Haines Brown
