[Pkg-exim4-users] exim4 configuration [5th try at sending]

[Robert Holtzman]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:37:28AM +0100, Christian Schmidt wrote:

For some reason my desktop box decided to stop sending to external
servers. Copied this to my laptop which *had* been sending OK.

Still not getting thru. Emailed list owner to see if I'm being blocked.

Trying this now with Alpine which, I don't think, uses exim4

            ..........snip............

> It seems that you told your exim to use cox.net as "default domain"
> which is appended to every "unqualified" address. This way, "root" is
> expanded to "root at cox.net". As your exim does obviously not feel
> responsible for mails addressesd to this domain, it tries to deliver
> it using the smart host.
>
> What does your /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf look like?

When prompted for a domain name in the server configuration window I've
used cox.net at times and left it blank at others. When I leave it blank
the next time I call it up it shows localhost, which I assume is the
default. Neither works.
My /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf file is:

dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
dc_other_hostnames=''
dc_local_interfaces=''
dc_readhost=''
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets=''
dc_smarthost='smtp.west.cox.net'
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='false'
dc_hide_mailname='false'
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'

Other than the smarthost designation I see no reference to cox.net.
I'm not sure what the dc_mailname_in_oh='true' line refers to.

Thanks for your time. I really appreciate being led thru this.


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