Re: Exim PPP localhost and me

[Dave Sherohman <esper@usinternet.com>]

Astro D. Boy said:
> I am running Debian Potato with Exim version 3.03 #1 built 04-Aug-1999; my
> problems stem from local mail delivery. Whenever I try to send mail to
> user@localhost, exim seems to strip the localhost and replace it with the
> remotehost-- making it user@remotehost.com.

Although there are other things that could be wrong, check that these three
settings are correct in /etc/exim.conf:

qualify_domain = remotehost.com
  (Substitute your ISP for remotehost.com)
  
qualify_recipient = localhost
  (You should be OK substituting your machine's name here, but I suggest
  leaving it as "localhost" so that if you just send mail to "user" without
  specifying a hostname, exim won't convert it to "user@remotehost.com".)
  
local_domains = localhost:mymachine
  (If remotehost.com is included here, sending mail to other users of your
  ISP is problematic, as they're recognized as being local accounts.  If you
  have multiple boxen on your end, make this 
  local_domains = localhost:mymachine:myothermachine:...)

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