[Pkg-exim4-users] Not all mail received

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2006-05-29 Alastair Davies <alastair_davies at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
[mail not received]
> For example, the host name is aldavies.net and my mail name is alastair, 
> but when I attempted to subscribe to this list using this address, I did 
> not receive the confirmation email.
[...]
> When I am searching for a known missing message, where should I look?  
> Are the log files in /var/log/exim4/ the place to start?  AFAICT, there 
> is no trace of these message in there.

Yes, /var/log/exim4/ is indeed the place to start, you should try to
find out whether mail was not sent to you or whether you did not accept
it. Search for haydn.debian.org or 192.25.206.28.

> Is this (likely to be) happening because of the strictness of the 
> default ACLs?  Is there an advisable loosening that is commonly performed?

The default ACLs are not very strict, by default. I have *added* some
tests and still get to read this mailinglist without problems.
cu andreas
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