Re: configuring exim

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh <Sandip> writes:


    Sandip> remote_smtp: driver = smtp 
    Sandip> authenticate_hosts = what.do.i.write.here

The smarthost DNS name if you want to use SMTP AUTH. I don't.

    Sandip> route_list = "* what.do.i.write.here byname(or something
    Sandip> else?)"

Ask your network admin!

What is your SMTP smarthost? Is it outside your LAN? If it is, put the
DNS name (and use byname, or better bydns_a).

At this point your problem seems to be with your understanding of your
own network, not Linux or exim. The questions you need to ask are:

- Is your smarthost your NT server? If yes put the IP address (it is a
192.* private address right) and use the byname option.

- Is your smarthost a public server outside your LAN? If so, ask your
network admin for it's DNS name. But it in the route_list with
the 'bydns_a' option. 

- Can you do full DNS lookups from your box? Use 'dig' to check if you
can get an A record for the route_list entry if you are using a
hostname. If you don't have full DNS you have a problem, but you could
fix this by putting an entry for the smarthost

- Have you looked in /var/logs/exim/mainlog and
/var/logs/exim/paniclog to see what happens when your mail delivery
fails? 


Bottom line questions: what is your smarthost? Does it have a DNS
entry you can find with 'dig'? Can you 'telnet smarthost smtp'
succesfully? If you can't answer these questions, don't start anywhere
else.

Cheers!
Shyamal