Autor: Martin Pilkington Data: A: John Burnham CC: 'exim-users@exim.org' Assumpte: Re: [exim] Getting exim to ignore the local domain when sending
Thanks so much, that worked perfectly!
Martin
On 10 Feb 2010, at 9:13 am, John Burnham wrote:
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>> I'm having some problems with exim with my setup. Basically I
>> have a VPS running Ubuntu. My mail is being handled via a
>> separate service (fastmail). My MX record is pointing to
>> them. I need the ability to send emails from web scripts
>> which is why I installed exim, unfortunately I have an issue
>> getting exim to look at the MX record for emails to myself
>>
>> If I try to send an email from my VPS to a non @mcubedsw.com
>> domain name then is sends fine (eg echo "Hello" | mail -s
>> "Test" foo@???). However, if I send an email to an
>> @mcubedsw.com domain then it doesn't send it. Instead it says
>> that it is an "unrouteable address". For example:
>>
>> exim -bt pilky@???
>> R: system_aliases for pilky@???
>> pilky@??? is undeliverable: Unrouteable address
>>
>> I've tried to remove every reference to mcubedsw.com from
>> config files and spent hours reading docs and googling
>> solutions to no avail. I'm a bit of a reluctant server admin
>> so I'm not exactly teeming with experience. Does anyone have
>> any advice on how to get exim to send emails to my local
>> domain to the server listed in the MX record for it?
>>
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> You probably need a router telling exim how to handle mail sent to mcubedsw.com - routers are run in order so stick something in before the dnslookup router - probably a manualroute router if your mail is handled by another system:
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> new_router:
> driver = manualroute
> transport = remote_smtp
> domains = mcubedsw.com
> route_list = * host.that.accepts.mail.for.your.fastmail.setup
>
> Give that a go. Also you might want to stick a -d in your command line (exim -d -bt pilky@???) - it'll give you a bit more information.
>
> John
