On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 01:55:47PM -0400, james wrote: | dman wrote: | > | > On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 12:41:43PM -0400, james wrote: | > | Hello, I'm running exim as my mail server | > | and I'm getting the following error: | > | | > | Any idea what this error means: | > | 2002-05-06 05:48:22 174f6U-0005xJ-00 <= root@www.cell.dhs.org U=root | > | P=local S=311 | > | 2002-05-06 05:48:22 174f6U-0005xJ-00 ** shinden@sympatico.ca: | > | unrouteable mail domain "sympatico.ca" | > | > It means that exim doesn't know how it is supposed to get mail to | > a server that is responsible for the sympatico.ca domain | | Ok, so how do I tell it how to get the mail to an extenal server? Configure the routers correctly. :-). I don't know what is wrong without seeing your config. I can't even test it on my system because I no longer have exim3 (I've got 4.04 now!). Perhaps http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user%40lists.debian.org/msg82754.html will be helpful? | > What does | > $ grep local_domains /etc/exim/exim.conf | > show? sympatico.ca is NOT your local domain. | | www:/etc# grep local_domains exim.conf | # any data for it. This sets local_domains to an empty string, which is | not | local_domains = www.cell.dhs.org:localhost:www | local_domains_include_host = true | local_domains_include_host_literals = true | # in the "local_domains" setting above. That looks mostly alright. The fact that 'www' is a local domain is why sending mail to '<user>@www' works -- exim delivers it directly to /var/mail/<user> itself and that piece of the routing is configured correctly. (note that 'www' is not a FQDN and isn't the greatest idea for a local domain, but as long as you don't stick those addresses in public places it won't affect anyone else; the problem is that only your system can send mail to @www) -D -- He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him. Proverbs 13:24 GnuPG key : http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/public_key.gpg
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