Re: [exim] mail between local linux machines

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Author: Evgeniy Berdnikov
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] mail between local linux machines
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 12:09:00PM +0000, FLORENT Philippe wrote:
> Actually there is
>
> nsswitch.conf that contains
>
> ...
> hosts:          files dns
> ...

>
> And /etc/host.conf:
>
> order    hosts,bind
> multi on

>
> so it should work but exim does not seem to take that into consideration
>
> sudo exim -bP |grep lookup_order
> host_lookup_order = bydns:byaddr


First of all, Exim MUST be properly configured for operation.
If not it would not work regardless of nsswitch.conf contents.
Under Debian you have to run "dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config".
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Eugene Berdnikov