Re: [exim] blew away exim config and cant send mail

stryker9603 wrote:
> Hello all newbee here. I hve searched forums and google and cant find any
> answers. so please be gentle.
>
> currently running debian only as a web server. need exim to send a messege
> every so often. I thought I had configured incorrectly so I ran apt-get
> remove exim4 when that did not remove the config files I blew them away my
> self.
>
> after that I ran dpkg -r exim4 and dpkg-p exim4 then reinstalled exim4.
> upon reinstall it did not go through configuration like it should. and It
> did not make the directory /etc/exim4 so I created that directory and
> installed exim4 again. Long story short is I am missing some config files
> and I cant get exim to restart by typing in /etc/init.d/exim4 restart.
>
>
> also when trying to send a message I get this error.
>
> 2008-04-02 09:05:02 1Jh3aI-0001v8-BS ** striker@???: Unrouteable
> address
>
> any help greatly appreciated. I have never used this forum post before so
> I am not sure that I would be able to find this thread again. if posting to
> this thread please e-mail me at mossy99us@??? also.


You can use "dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config", it will give you a simple
configuration menu.