Re: mail does not work
Hi,
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> i had been trying to use mail the unix way after shifting to linux from
> windows.
>
> i ran eximconfig and answered the q to the best of my abilities.
> however, outgoing mails are not yet going.
>
> my machine is connected to a server that runs win nt. it has its own ip
> address. my machine also has a static ip address. then there is a
> gateway and two dns servers.
>
> in windows i used to use the nt server's ip address as smtp server
> address and it would work. it still works in linux/ mozilla combination.
>
> how do i do it? ideally, i will NOT like to depend on the nt server to
> send my mails out. can that be done?
>
I am not really sure how exim is configured by default, but usually
mail servers try to connect to the destination servers theirselves.
But since most ISP's filter every action on port 25 (due to spam
prevention) you need to use the relay mail server of your ISP.
It has been a long time since I had to configure my exim, so I am not sure
if this is the solution. Edit /etc/exim/exim.conf and search for something
like this and alter it:
######################################################################
# ROUTERS CONFIGURATION #
# Specifies how remote addresses are handled #
######################################################################
# ORDER DOES MATTER #
# A remote address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. #
######################################################################
# Remote addresses are those with a domain that does not match any item
# in the "local_domains" setting above.
route_append:
driver = domainlist
transport = remote_smtp
route_list = "* mail.chello.nl byname"
where you should replace mail.chello.nl with your ISP's outgoing mail
server. Restart and try again.
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
> thanx in advance
>
> -sandip
>
>
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