Eduardo, Graeme & others,
Sorry if the message thread is broken. This
is the best I can do with only a Web MUA.
emk> So your ISP handles your mail, and you want to user their services?
Yes. That is my only access to SMTP.
emk> ... you'll need exim only to send mail to the ISP's smarthost, ...
Exactly what I aim for.
emk> You might even consider other simpler
programs that only have this send-to-smarthost capability, ...
I've thought about it but never found a good
candidate software in Debian ... and Exim is
the default MTA in Debian.
emk> You'll also need fetchmail or a similar program, ...
fetchmail and qpopper were easily installed and
configured. They have worked nicely for over a year.
emk> ... to retrieve the mail that your ISP receives
and stores in their servers for you.
I can't avoid questioning the wisdom of exim4-config
configuring sending and receiving in one effort. After
all, POP3 and SMTP are independent protocols. For anyone
unfamiliar with protocols, this is confusing at best.
gf> Your primary problem is that you've configured exim to accept mail for
shaw.ca.
OK, thanks. Fixed. In using exim4-config I had
confused "my domain" and "accept for domain".
gf> ... start by reading the docs that come with the package ...
Finding such things in the huge filesystem is often
a challenge but I see that exim4.man cites a README
under SEE ALSO.
gf> ... debian-specific mailing list.
Will try to use it for the next problem.
gf> ... would have helped if you'd stated your OS and version
of Exim, too.
Visible in the top of the log cited in my original
query with subject "testing an address".
http://carnot.yi.org/Exim.Log
I guess it could have been in the message.
Thanks; I've made a little progress.
... Peter E.
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