Re: Mail disappearing into the ether
From: "Dwayne C . Litzenberger" <dlitz@cheerful.com>
Subject: Re: Mail disappearing into the ether
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 22:01:59 -0600
> Sorry if this isn't much help, but running eximconfig again might help.
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 07:51:10PM -0800, Marshal Wong wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I just found out this morning that no mail is leaving my computer, which is
> > really odd. I'm writing this on a web-based e-mail, so please excuse the ='s
> > at the end of each line.
> >
> > After looking through my exim log, I came upon something funny. I seem to
> > have the domain name iceman.mutsumi.or.jp, when it isn't. It should be either
> > localhost, sympatico.ca, or bellglobal.com. Here, I'll give you a sample.
> >
> > 22:11:40 11nZ1w-0002to-00 <= masee@iceman.mutsumi.or.jp H=debian (localhost)
> > [127.0.0.1] P=esmtp S=582 id=19991115221140L.masee@iceman.mutsumi.or.jp
> > 22:11:41 11nZ1w-0002to-00 => mwong4@po-box.mcgill.ca R=smarthost T=remote_smtp
> > H=smtp1.sympatico.ca [209.226.175.139]
> > 22:11:41 11nZ1w-0002to-00 Completed
> >
> > I have no idea where this name came from. Just a brief background, I'm using
> > DHCP on Sympatico HSE (ASDL). I was e-mailing properly probably up to a week
> > or so ago when I subscribed to the debian-hurd list. I'm using exim. I can
> > receive mail, via fetchmail. Everything else works fine, www, ftp, ICQ. Just
> > not sending out.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Marshal
> >
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Thanks, I found out the problem. I'm using mew and I didn't change
one of the configuration files (/etc/im/SiteConfig). The SMTP servers
weren't finding the domain, so they weren't sending the messages.
Marshal
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