Itay <[email protected]> wrote: > I am struggling to configure exim4 on my home desktop to send system > notifications to my public email address [...]
> [I replaced smtp's port with NNN. Also, assume 'machine' is output of > command 'hostname', while 'machine.homenetwork' is output of 'hostname > -f'] > IP address or host name of the outgoing smarthost > => "mail.messagingengine.com::NNN". Should be a single colon, not double. For example, mail.example.net:587 If you're using 486 (SMTP/SSL) you may need to tweak the TLS entries in the configuration file. > 4. Insert in /etc/exim4/passwd.client the following line: > smtp.mail.provider:[email protected]:ClearTextPassWord Your login account for smtp.mail.provider is "[email protected]", yes? > 5. Test message: > # /usr/sbin/exim4 -i root > This is a test message. > ^D Throw a -v (Verbose) in there, too. echo test message | exim4 -v root > Relevant part from /var/log/exim4: > 2013-11-10 11:00:50 1VfQsq-0003B3-7m <= [email protected] U=itayf P=local > S=327 > 2013-11-10 11:00:50 1VfQsq-0003B3-7m == [email protected] R=smarthost > T=remote_smtp_smarthost defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host You've stripped out some relevant preceding messages. Something already in there has stopped the queue run for your target host. Use this instead: exim4 -qf -v Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
