Re: Exim, can send mail but not receive

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

    "Gordon" == Gordon Chapman <gordon.chapman@freeuk.com> writes:

    Gordon> Just installed Exim 3.35, I can send mail from the server
    Gordon> and from a machine on the LAN. The machine has the domain
    Gordon> MX record pointing to it. The /var/mail/$user user files
    Gordon> receive the mail but clients seem incapable of collecting
    Gordon> this mail. Using outlook express, get the following Your
    Gordon> server has unexpectedly terminated the
    Gordon> connection. 

Exim is only a Mail Transfer Agent, it is not a POP or IMAP server
that allows email clients to fetch mail. You need to install and
configure a POP or IMAP server for Outlook Express to be able to fetch
mail. ("apt-cache search pop" and "apt-cache search imap" will help in
looking at your options).

Most Unix style mail clients do not need such servers if they are
running on a machine that can read /var/mail/${user} files. POP is
what Outlook Express is expecting when fetching mail. Exim provides
the SMTP interface that Outlook Express can use to send mail, and SMTP
is also used when mail is exchanged between systems.

Cheers!
Shyamal