Rejected e-mails
I'm trying to set up e-mail on debian (I'm not sure which version - before the login int says 2.1, after the login 2.0.36).
I've succeeded, with the help of recent exchanges on the debian-user list and perusal of pop3 and smtp protocols, in either sending messages out or fetching them, but not both without changing my /etc/exim.conf file. In this exim.conf file I have the following line:
local_domains=pop.debitel.net:localhost
I don't really know what this does, but my reading suggested that I do this. pop.debitel.net is the mail server of my ISP.
In the 'rewrite' section of the exim.conf file I have the line:
dave@jardine davidj@debitel.net
I have a standalone computer at home christened 'jardine' with a user account 'dave'. 'davidj@debitel.net' is both my e-mail address and my user ID with my ISP. (Yes, they insist on the whole thing as user ID.)
My .fetchmailrc file is:
poll pop3.pop.debitel.net protocol pop3
user davidj@debitel.net there password <pwd> is dave@jardine here forcecr
Now, with this configuration I can send messages out, but I have to comment out the 'rewrite' line in exim.config when I use fetchmail. If I don't the e-mails are conscientiously downloaded from the server, but then they disappear into thin air.
I've been thrown off the list because my previous attempts at setting the system up resulted in mail piling up on a mail server which started bouncing them back, so could you please cc any ideas on sorting this out?
TIA
David
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