Re: Exim4. When smarthost fails
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 15:34, David Baron wrote:
> Once messages were unfrozen, the error messages are:
> ... R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost defer (-53): retry time not reached
> for any host
>
> after exim_tinydb, no more freezeups but:
> ...R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost defer (110): Connection timed out
>
> These occurred repeatedly for each message as send was retried.
It looks to me as though your isp is rejecting your mail for some reason (or
you are failing to connect).
Is there a firewall blocking you, or dns not giving the right ip address or
something like that.
>
> The /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf file is:
> /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
> #
> # Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
> # yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'
>
> dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
> dc_other_hostnames=''
> dc_local_interfaces=''
> dc_readhost='my.domain.net'
> dc_relay_domains=''
> dc_minimaldns='false'
> dc_relay_nets=''
> dc_smarthost='provider.domain.net'
> CFILEMODE='644'
> dc_use_split_config='true'
> dc_hide_mailname='true'
>
> [I placed dummy domain names for illustration. I go thing working by
> changing 'smarthost' to 'internet'.
Sorry, I can't interpret this lot as I made my own exim4.conf by hand - so not
sure how these work.
--
Alan Chandler
alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi
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