Hallo Niklas, 
vielen Dank für Deine Hilfe. Auf diese Variante wäre ich nicht
gekommen. Jedoch funktioniert sie bei mir noch nicht. Ich hänge mal
Debug-Ausgaben dran. Auf den Punkt gebracht: status =
unusable

Wie bei Dir angegeben habe ich die Angaben bei mir in die
exim.conf eingetragen: 

[transport]:
external_delivery:
  driver = smtp
  service = 26

[routers]
forward_external_mail:
  driver = domainlist
  transport = external_delivery
  route_list = * localhost byname
  self = send

 in der exim-external.conf habe ich nur meine Server beim smarthost
und meine email-Adressen beim errors_reply_to und address rewriting
eingetragen. Die Restliche Datei ist exakt von Dir übernommen. 

Danke für die Unterstützung (glücklicherweise kann man ja mit manch
einem Mail-Programm auch direkt versenden...)

Ulrich

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Exim version 2.05 debug level 19 uid=0 gid=0
probably Berkeley DB version 1.8x (native mode)
Actual local interface address is 127.0.0.1
Single queue run
set_process_info:   968 2.05 running the queue (single queue run)
LOG: 0 MAIN
  Start queue run: pid=968
set_process_info:   968 2.05 running queue: 10r3qG-0002tw-00-H
set_process_info:   968 2.05 running queue: waiting for 10r3qG-0002tw-00 (969)
delivering message 10r3qG-0002tw-00
set_process_info:   969 2.05 delivering 10r3qG-0002tw-00
Opened spool file 10r3qG-0002tw-00-H
user=schenck uid=1000 gid=1000 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sender_local=1 resent=no ident=schenck
Non-recipients:
Empty Tree
---- End of tree ----
recipients_count=1
body_linecount=13 message_linecount=25
Delivery address list:
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
locked /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile
opened DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: flags=0
unique = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dbfn_read: key=R:gmx.de
dbfn_read: key=R:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: queued for routing
After directing:
  Local addresses:
  Remote addresses:
  Failed addresses:
  Addresses to be routed:
    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Deferred addresses:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
routing [EMAIL PROTECTED], domain gmx.de
forward_external_mail router called for [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  route_domain = gmx.de
routelist_item = * localhost byname
after handling route_lists items, matched = 1
original hostlist=localhost options=byname
expanded hostlist="localhost" options=byname
Actual local interface address is 127.0.0.1
local host found for non-MX address
fully qualified name = DeepThroat
DeepThroat 127.0.0.1 -1 
remote host address for gmx.de is the local host: configured to try delivery 
anyway
routed by forward_external_mail router:
  deliver to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  transport: external_delivery
  host DeepThroat [127.0.0.1] 
search_tidyup called
>>>>>> Local deliveries >>>>>>
search_tidyup called
>>>>>> Remote deliveries >>>>>>
external_delivery transport entered
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
checking status of DeepThroat
locked /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile
opened DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: flags=0
dbfn_read: key=T:DeepThroat:127.0.0.1
DeepThroat [127.0.0.1] status = unusable
all IP addresses skipped or deferred at least one address
locked /var/spool/exim/db/wait-external_delivery.lockfile
opened DB file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-external_delivery: flags=42
dbfn_read: key=DeepThroat
Leaving external_delivery transport
set_process_info:   969 2.05 delivering 10r3qG-0002tw-00 (just run 
external_delivery for [EMAIL PROTECTED])
post-process [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LOG: 5 MAIN
  == [EMAIL PROTECTED] T=external_delivery defer (-34): retry time not reached 
for any host
set_process_info:   969 2.05 tidying up after delivering 10r3qG-0002tw-00
Processing retry items
Succeeded addresses:
Failed addresses:
Deferred addresses:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: no retry items
end of retry processing
time on queue = 2h26m42s
warning counts: required 0 done 0
delivery deferred: update_spool=0 header_changed=0
end delivery of 10r3qG-0002tw-00
set_process_info:   968 2.05 running queue
set_process_info:   968 2.05 running queue: 10r3l0-0002t0-00-H
set_process_info:   968 2.05 running queue: waiting for 10r3l0-0002t0-00 (970)
delivering message 10r3l0-0002t0-00
set_process_info:   970 2.05 delivering 10r3l0-0002t0-00
Opened spool file 10r3l0-0002t0-00-H
user=schenck uid=1000 gid=1000 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sender_local=1 resent=no ident=schenck
Non-recipients:
Empty Tree

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