It works. Thanks a million Steve! I did notice something odd though, possibly a bug in the Debian package dialog boxes. I'll write it up here in case anyone else has a similar experience.
To get dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config to work I had to appended :!* to the end of the allowed relay ip address list in the networks accept relay dialog box. Example: 192.168.0/24:10.1.1.0:!* works but 192.168.0/24:10.1.1.0 does not When I did not append :!* to the end of the line defining acceptable relay IP addresses , dpkg-reconfigure would accept the entry, but /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated would not contain a directive to accept 10.1.1.0/24. However, running dpkg-reconfigure again, 10.1.1.0/24 would still show up in the dialog box used to choose which ip addresses to accept relay mail from. Once I added the :!* to the end of the line, then 10.1.1.0/24 showed up in /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated. I only stumbled across this because I ran dpkg-reconfigure on a server that worked, and discovered the :!*. Ben Carter DCCN Coordinator Douglas County PUD 1151 Valley mall Parkway East Wenatchee WA, 98802 Voice: (509) 884-7191 Fax: (509) 884-0553 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Steven Wayne > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:11 AM > To: exim-users@exim.org > Subject: Re: [exim] Problem relaying from local subnet > > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 08:53:53AM -0800, Ben Carter wrote: > > Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:53:53 -0800 > > From: "Ben Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <exim-users@exim.org> > > Subject: [exim] Problem relaying from local subnet > > > > I have a Debian box kernel version 2.4 on which I have just installed > > exim4 from apt-get stable. I have also installed sa-exim to filter spam. > > Inbound email works fine, but users on the local subnet cannot send > > mail. They get a 550 relay not permitted error. For the life of me > > cannot figure out how to tell exim that it is ok to relay from the 10.x > > subnet. I have read as much of TFM as I could find online (WIKI this > > mailing list, numerous Google searches, etc.) and can't find an answer. > > I tried using the directive relay_from_hosts in my exim.conf file. I am > > running in monolithic file mode (or at least I told Debian to install > > exim4 with the monolithic file. I tried renaming the /etc/exim4/conf.d > > directory to verify that the conf.d was not in use and received errors > > launching exim4 from the Debian start script. However, when I enabled > > sa-exim, I did so with a command in the monolithic file. Confused? Me > > too). > > > > > > Could I suggest you read also the README.Debian.gz file, it's in the > /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/ directory. > > > > > Here is the error: > > > > > > > > 2005-12-06 11:47:35 H=(principal) [10.1.1.56] F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > rejected RCPT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: relay not permitted > > > > For this you should update /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and run > update-exim4.conf or run dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config and answer the > questions. > > > > > > > > > I tried to edit the existing relay_from_hosts command but that didn't > > work: > > > > > > > > .ifndef MAIN_RELAY_NETS > > > > MAIN_RELAY_NETS = DEBCONFrelay_netsDEBCONF > > > > .endif > > > > hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : 10.1.1.56 ::::1 : > > MAIN_RELAY_NETS > > > > Don't do this. > > > > > > > Then I tried putting it in the config file "bare": > > > > > > > > relay_from_hosts = localhost : 10.1.1.56 : > > Don't do this either. > > > > This is probably very easy, but I've been banging my head against it for > > a day now, and am at my wits end. Any help is greatly appreciated. > > It is easy, once you read the right readme files. > > Steven. > > -- > Limericks are art forms complex, > Their topics run chiefly to sex. > They usually have virgins, > And masculine urgin's, > And other erotic effects. > > -- > ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users > ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ > ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/ -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
