Phillip Deackes schrieb: > > I posted some information on this recently. I am sending it again:
I'm sorry. My attention was completely captured by another thread... > My machine's name (hostname) is scgf. If I look in /etc/hosts I see: > > 127.0.0.1 scgf localhost > > In /etc/hostname: > > scgf > > scgf does not exist in the real world, just on my machine. Your Linux > machine needs a name. Be kind and give it a name. So my machine's name is "woof"... > To help you understand what I have written below, my real-world email > address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My /etc/exim.conf it set up like this (there is a lot more besides, of > course, but these lines are relevant to this thread): > > qualify_domain = gmx.co.uk For me: qualify_domain = netway.at > qualify_recipient = scgf.gmx.co.uk > local_domains = localhost:scgf.gmx.co.uk My version of exim (2.05-2) seems to be unfamiliar with your dot notation, so my entries are like this: qualify_recipient = woof local_domains = localhost:woof > host_accept_relay = localhost This option doesn't appear in my exim.conf, but it seems that it doesn't matter in my case. > > The above lines ensure that all outgoing mail appears to come from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Local mail is delivered locally and does not leave my > system. All incoming mail from my ISP, collected by fetchmail, is > detected by Exim and is delivered according to the filters in my > ~/.forward file. > > If you follow my example, your mail system should work OK. Well, I have to check local deliveries like system messages, but sending remote mail works fine now! Thank you very much. Andreas