Re: MTA Frustration: Exim
On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, George Bonser wrote:
> > Unfortunately, it doesn't work. I've also tried running eximconfig and
> > selecting local system (mail is sent and recieved only locally). This
> > doesn't work either. This is making me quite suspicious: maybe something
> > else is broken. Is it possible exim doesn't like my machine name
> > ("Caliban") starting with a capital?
> >
>
> Can you give an example of the exact error you are getting. A look at the
> /var/log/exim/mainlog and /var/log/exim/paniclog might be helpful.
<*slaps himself on the forehead*> Of course, check the logfiles!
<*solemly puts on duncecap*>
Okay the messages I get when local delivery attempted are:
main:
1998-09-20 15:55:28 0zKaau-00007s-00 == ajt@caliban T=local_delivery defer
(13): Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post
/var/spool/mail/ajt.lock.Caliban.36047cb0.000001ea
paniclog:
1998-09-20 15:42:54 socket bind() to port 25 for address (any) failed:
Address already in use: daemon abandoned
This looks diagnostic, although I don't know what to do about it.
> I would change that hostname to caliban if I were you.
have done so. I was rather more ignorant of hostname/username conventions
when I first set up the machine.
I guess I could always use Pann's smail configuration stuff, but I've read
too much of the exim docs to give up now. Anyhow, I like exim better than
smail :]
Andrew Tarr
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate"
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