Re: exim not sending mail
--- Michael Heldebrant <Heldebrant.Michael@mayo.edu> wrote:
> So I take it that you are both sending and receiving mail directly
> from
> your machine. Are you supposed to send your mail to another host as
> per
> your usual terms of service? For instance I send all my outgoing
> mail
> to netmail.home.com as my outgoing server. It seems like you as a
> localhost aren't set up to send directly, and I'm not sure how to get
> exim to do that off the top of my head or taking a quick peek through
> the man page and my config files.
>
> --mike
AFAIK, I'm just an ordinary dialup user and should be sending mail to
my telco isp, pop.mts.net, to which I connect to retrieve mail, but
which refuses telnet connections to port 25
patrick.
>
> On 09 Aug 2001 11:13:03 -0700, patrick q wrote:
> > >
> > > On 09 Aug 2001 10:46:58 -0700, patrick q wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to config exim|procmail|mutt with a DSL connection
> to
> > > the
> > > > internet, single workstation.
> > > >
> > > > I've managed to setup so I can receive mail ok (to
> > > patrickq@mts.net),
> > > > and send internally but can't send externally, exim just queues
> the
> > >
> > > > mail and logs with error:
> > > >
> > > > 2001-08-09 12:08:02 rpmq@yahoo.com T=remote_smtp defer (-44):
> retry
> > > > time not reached for any host
> > > >
> > > > I ran eximconfig choosing 'Smarthost' and the defaults. The
> only
> > > thing
> > > > that I can think of is an authentication problem, I haven't
> entered
> > > > username/password anywhere, and there is no /etc/exim/password
> > > file. I
> > > > don't know how or where to enter this info anyway.
> > > >
> > > > I tried the exim manual but it's painfully apparent that I have
> no
> > > clue
> > > > :-(
> > > >
> > > > I'd be really grateful for some advice!
> > > >
> > > > patrick.
> > > >
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> > > > --
> >
> > --- Michael Heldebrant <Heldebrant.Michael@mayo.edu> wrote:
> > > What happens if you telnet to your outgoing smtp server on port
> 25?
> > >
> > > --mike
> >
> > I'm not sure, this is all new to me.
> > Do you mean: telnet localhost 25? which gives...
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > Connected to loopback.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > 220 gauss ESMTP Exim 3.22 #1 Thu, 09 Aug 2001 13:00:40 -0500
> >
> > 500 Unrecognized command
> >
> > thx,
> > patrick.
> >
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