Hi, Phil
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:30:06 -0700 in message 20090819213006.GA51561@???,
from Phil Pennock <exim-users@???> received here at 20/08/2009 07:24:54
It was said:
> On 2009-08-19 at 17:52 +0200, Bill Hayles wrote:
> > > hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : 172.26.0.2 : ....
>
> If you use @[] instead of enumerating local IPs manually, then you'll
> pick up on all the local IP addresses, including the IPv6 ones.
Thanks for the tip. I'll do that.
>
> > MAILMAN_SMTPHOST
> >
> > I had this set to "localhost" rather than "local". Just a typo (probably
> > typed "localhost" wi8thout thinking) but a significant one.
>
> Using localhost should have worked, because Exim should have accepted
> the mail because it's in relay_from_hosts.
>
> However, if /etc/hosts has ::1 as a valid IP for localhost, and places
> it first so that IPv6 will be used by default, then that would explain
> your problem. Even without IPv6 routing, ::1 will be accessible and
> mailman might have tried that, and then Exim would reject it.
This is my /etc/hosts. I haven't altered it in any way. I don't understand
the 127.0.0.2 entry; 172.26.0.14 is the fixed IP of the Exim / Mailman
computer on the LAN.
#
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server.
# Syntax:
#
# IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
#
127.0.0.1 localhost
# special IPv6 addresses
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
fe00::0 ipv6-localnet
ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
127.0.0.2 craybox.com craybox
172.26.0.14 craybox.com craybox
--
'Tis far better to have snipped too much than to never
have snipped at all. -- (author unknown)
Bill Hayles
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