> > > but no mail (prolly have to tweak with exim, I never did get it to > > > work even on GNU/Linux since it insists on checking every > > > damn host for a domain name and since I have private IP and domain > > > names && my ISP doesn't has reverse DNS I can only have one IP), but > > > here are some initial things that I want to fix: > > > > > > > Note: Check the configuration settings for exim -- you can turn > > this behavior off. > > > Well, it's prolly right under my nose but I really dont see how... I > actually had to install sendmail instead of exim in GNU/Linux to make > it work.
If you have sendmail working, don't bother with exim (I guess). However, exim has some setup files in /etc/exim (or /etc/mail -- I'm not at my system today). One of the configuration files has a line in it that handles the reverse DNS stuff. If you read through the setup file in /etc/exim you can find it. Just comment the line out and you will be fine. > I set up my gaetway has the smarthost with a rewrite rule to make my > address change from the LAN domain name to my mail name... I tried > sending it directly but still no luck. > That should be fine. > In the Hurd I fire up exim manually with exim -bd -q1m& and still no > luck, with or without smarthost, nothing get's delivered, > only local mail. > Okay -- I'll try to play with it and let you know. > > > - Several Debian packages are broken, i.e. they depend on > > > packages not available... where can I get them? For instace, > > > lynx doesn't install with dselect because, er, something > > > doesn't exist (gain, more detaisl tomorrow, it's 4:15AM here, > > > I'm really trying to still get 4 hours sleep). > > > > > Yikes! Don't burn out! > > Oh well, I'm young :) > Lynx won't install because it wants debconf. Debconf is a utility under Linux that automates/simplifies some aspects of installation. Marcus, any work being done on Debconf? Or should I have a look at it and see if we can build it? > No, from the debs... about that, if I install something from a tarball > does it appear in dselect? Prolly not... > Yes -- installing from the tarball (and running native-install) will insure that they show up in dselect. So I suspect you are fine. Thanks, -Brent
