Re: mail does not work

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh <Sandip> writes:

    Sandip> i had been trying to use mail the unix way after shifting
    Sandip> to linux from windows.


    Sandip> i ran eximconfig and answered the q to the best of my
    Sandip> abilities. however, outgoing mails are not yet going.


Did you chose smarthost or not? If you picked smarthost, what is your
smarthost? 

Here is my entry:

######################################################################
#                          ORDER DOES MATTER                         #
#  A remote address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted.  #
######################################################################

# Remote addresses are those with a domain that does not match any item
# in the "local_domains" setting above.

# Send all mail to a smarthost

smarthost:
  driver = domainlist
  transport = remote_smtp
  route_list = "* smtp.sbcglobal.net bydns_a"

end


    Sandip> my machine is connected to a server that runs win nt. it
    Sandip> has its own ip address. my machine also has a static ip
    Sandip> address. then there is a gateway and two dns servers.


    Sandip> in windows i used to use the nt server's ip address as
    Sandip> smtp server address and it would work. it still works in
    Sandip> linux/ mozilla combination.


    Sandip> how do i do it? ideally, i will NOT like to depend on the
    Sandip> nt server to send my mails out. can that be done?

Where does your nt server send it's mail to? Does it use SMTP?

Cheers!
Shyamal