Re: Setting up Exim
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 07:57:39PM +0200, vw@geus.DK wrote:
| Allright, maybe this is a stupid question, but I'm stuck:
| In X, I open a xterm and type eximconfig. I supply my mailserver's id and
| tell it where to put the mail (in the sole user's account: mine!). Not too
| difficult, even for a newbie like me.
| Now, when I try to get my mail, I run fetchmail (the modem flickers), then
^^^^^^^^^^
I think this is a fetchmail problem, not exim. However, can you send
mail to yourself locally, as well as to your ISP account? Anyway, you
need to instruct fetchmail where to get your mail, the user name and
password to use, protocol, etc... See man fetchmail. There isn't too
much too it.
| exim, and I get an error something like no mail adresses supplied. How come?
| I've set up exim at least 5 times, just to make sure, in and out of X, as
| root and as user, rebooted, all to no avail.
| What am I doing wrong? To the best of my knowledge, I am setting it up
| exactly as the Mail-HOWTO told me.
| Clues most welcome :-)
| Regards
| Vitux
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