You'll get better support I think from the mailing list set up by debian to support their exim4 changes:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users They understand the nuances of their configuration and understand the abilities of each mode much better than those of us who use the standard exim configuration. Regards... Todd On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Léon Dignòn <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear subscribers, > > I installed exim4 on Debian 6 and used dpkg-reconfigure to choose the > configuration "internet site; mail is send and received directly usind > SMTP". Although my server has the hostname mydomain.com, it is not the > primary mail server for @mydomain.com. Unfortunately my server acts as the > final destination for @mydomain.com. Thus sending an email to > [email protected], where something is not a user on my server, will not > work because of an unrouteable address. Instead my mail server should look > for the mx entries via DNS. > > 2011-10-13 13:36:57 1REJar-00035V-7z <= [email protected]=root P=local > S=331 > 2011-10-13 13:36:57 1REJar-00035V-7z ** [email protected]: Unrouteable > address > 2011-10-13 13:36:57 1REJar-00035V-7z Completed > > Help is much appreciated. > > /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf: > dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet' > dc_other_hostnames='localhost' > dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1 ; ::1' > dc_readhost='' > dc_relay_domains='' > dc_minimaldns='false' > dc_relay_nets='' > dc_smarthost='' > CFILEMODE='644' > dc_use_split_config='false' > dc_hide_mailname='' > dc_mailname_in_oh='true' > dc_localdelivery='mail_spool' > > /etc/mailname: > mydomain.com > > /etc/hostname: > mydomain.com > -- > ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users > ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ > ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/ > -- If Americans could eliminate sugary beverages, potatoes, white bread, pasta, white rice and sugary snacks, we would wipe out almost all the problems we have with weight and diabetes and other metabolic diseases. -- Dr. Walter Willett, Harvard School of Public Health -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
