Author: Jasen Betts Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] IPV6 error in exim -> still problem
On 2014-04-18, Privacy <axelle.apvrille@???> wrote: >> That is the correct configuration directive. In a normal Exim config,
>> you'd just add it in the main section near the top of
>> /etc/exim/exim.conf. However Debian does this non-standard thing where
>> the config is split across several files and it constructs a real
>> config for you using those files. That "disable_ipv6 = true" directive
>> needs to end up in the main section of the final Exim config. I'm
>> guessing that means you need to put it in one of the files in
>> /etc/exim4/conf.d/ or something? I use Debian myself, but the first
>> thing I do after installing Exim is an "rm -rf /etc/exim4/*" and then
>> create an exim4.conf manually.
>
> Ok, I found the solution. I am not using slit config, so not the conf.d
> dir.
> I put disable_ipv6 = true rather at the beginning of the file:
>
> exim_path = /usr/sbin/exim4
> disable_ipv6 = true
>
> and it works. It accepts the configuration, and accepts the options.
>
> $ exim4 -bP disable_ipv6
> disable_ipv6
>
> So, that's a first step at least.
>
> But my emails aren't sent. For reminder, I'm trying to have them sent to
> my gmail account. I have followed this
> https://wiki.debian.org/GmailAndExim4 >
> and the logs say:
>
> 2014-04-18 22:18:58 1WbFFS-0005ro-Fj <= xxx@??? U=axelle P=local S=488
> 2014-04-18 22:18:58 1WbFFS-0005ro-Fj == xxx@??? R=smarthost
> T=remote_smtp_smarthost defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host
> 2014-04-18 22:19:29 Start queue run: pid=22565 -qff
> 2014-04-18 22:21:37 1WbFFS-0005ro-Fj gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com
> [173.194.67.108] Connection timed out
> 2014-04-18 22:23:06 Start queue run: pid=22574 -qff
> 2014-04-18 22:25:14 1WbFFS-0005ro-Fj gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com
> [173.194.67.108] Connection timed out
Did you specify a port number when you entered the smarthost
