Hi Odhiambo,
Thanks for your reply.
Yes you are right, i must be very specific before asking such type of
question.
Ok following is my settings and please guide if u can.
I have two machines (FreeBSD) on the same local networks. Both have exim
installed (I know only one required)
Machine 1:
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/etc/hosts: ip1 machine1.domain.com
ip2 machine2.domain.com
/etc/rc.conf: hostname machine1.domain.com
ifconfig ip1 netmask ....
/etc/resolve.conf: domainname domain.com
/usr/local/etc/exim/configure:
primary_hostname machine1.domain.com
and configured as outgoing relay for machine2.domain.com
And have user test (say)
Machine 2:
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/etc/hosts: ip1 machine1.domain.com
ip2 machine2.domain.com
/etc/rc.conf: hostname machine2.domain.com
ifconfig ip2 netmask ....
/etc/resolve.conf: domainname domain.com
/usr/local/etc/exim/configure:
primary_hostname machine2.domain.com
Now i want to send mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But it gives error dns lookup could not complete. I can ping between both
machines using the hostname (not ip address). Also i can send mail from [EMAIL
PROTECTED] to my yahoo id from both machines if connect to network. But can't
send mails between them. I am not using any POP, IMAP or MUA or any client. I
am just using mail command to send mail and see the contens of /var/mail/test
for any mails.
Futher googling, i configure machine1 as SMTP server for machine2 on
configuration file of exim in machine2 (in the routers section). But still
getting some error as dns lookup time out (couldn't recall). Right now i don't
have the log from /var/log/exim/mainlog file. I will send them later if
required.
Is there any specific settings require for gateway and dns server?
Thanks
Jajati
Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Jajati Sahu wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am very new to any mailing application.
> I have installed exim on my FreeBSD machine. I want to send mail
> from one machine to another machine on the same local network. I
> configured some relay settings on configure file for exim but could
> not able to send mails to other machines.
> Any pointers or specific configurations for two machines exchanging
> mails using exim?
Hello Jajati,
E-mails are never sent between machines. Emails are sent between
e-mail addresses. For e-mail to work, there must be a domain name,
e.g. gmail.com.
In your case, you will require to configure exim (Edit the file
/usr/local/etc/exim/configure) and give it a domain name, under the
entry:
domainlist local_domains = YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME_HERE
Then you need to create user accounts on this "server" (yes, it just
became a mail server). Using outlook, you can then send mail from
[EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, you will
also require another application to help in the RETRIEVAL of the
e-mail. This is called POP3 server and you can use
/usr/ports/mail/dovecot for it.
The waters you have decided to step on are deep - you must be able to
read about these applications, understand how they work, configure
yours and only ask questions when you have problems and when you can
explain the nature of the problem you encounter, not a general
question like you asked, which is almost vague!
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Nairobi,KE
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