Hello p, p cooper, 19.06.2006 (d.m.y):
> sorry to be so stupid > How do i tell exim that procmail exists on this system You need to create a procmail router and a corresponding transport. Ask Google for examples. I'm sure you'll find lots on the Web. > ( and more importantly why) Because exim must know that local mails shall be handed over to procmail. ...or that local mails shall be delivered to $HOME/maildir/whatever. > I thought that www-> fetchmail->procmail and email client ->exim->www > wouldnt need to communicate. procmail is used for incoming mails only, so the second "interaction" is not necessary. > One receives mail and puts it in a maildir > someone and the other receivesan SMTP connection and then send the mail > somewhere If you want to be able to send mails "locally" (from local user A to local user B) you need to integrate procmail. > would defining locally delivered mail to include local_domains work > (cant > see how or where though im afraid ? You didn't get it: exim uses another place to store the locally deliverd emails than your procmail configuration does. Nevertheless, it's useful to tell exim about which domains to consider as local_domains. Regards, Christian Schmidt -- Warum ist die DDR-Wirtschaft in die Knie gegangen? Weil sie gerade zum Sprung ansetzten wollte um die kapitalistische Wirtschaft zu überholen. -- ## 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/
