Re: exim4 some config error causing error how to pinpoint
On 2016-09-13, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> I've attempted to setup exim4 on a second debian OS, using the
> working configuration from the older one.
>
> Before getting too detailed I think I see something in output of my
> debug technique that indicated somewhere my host is telling exim the
> wrong host name.
>
> (dv is host with working config )
>
> I use this technique; sending a mail like this:
> mailx -v -s "TEST 160912_211756 dv" reader@newsguy.com < ~/txtmsg.txt
>
> I run that command then watch the smtp output from the little
> test script named `tmail'.
>
> On the working host the first bit of output:
>
> $ tmail reader@newsguy.com
> sending like this:
> mailx -v -s "TEST 160912_211756 dv" reader@newsguy.com < ~/txtmsg.txt
> LOG: MAIN
> <= harry@dv U=harry P=local S=546
>
> [...]
>
> Now the second, non-working host:
>
> tmail reader@newsguy.com
> sending like this: (Non-working host is `d2')
> mailx -v -s "TEST 160912_211617 d2" reader@newsguy.com < ~/txtmsg.txt
>
> LOG: MAIN
> <= harry@d2local.lan U=harry P=local S=440
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Notice the above difference .. in the working host it shows
> harry@dv (hostname is dv.local.lan)
> In the non-working host:
> harry@d2local.lan (hostname is d2.local.lan)
>
> Somewhere in my setup exim4 is finding the hostname without the
> separating dot in d2.local.lan and is using d2local.lan
>
> Which may be causing the failure: Following the smtp otuput:
>
> ------- ------- ---=--- ------- -------
>
> delivering 1bjcKi-0001Ey-9B
> R: nonlocal for reader@newsguy.com
> LOG: MAIN
> ** reader@newsguy.com R=nonlocal: Mailing to remote domains not supported
> LOG: MAIN
> <= <> R=1bjcKi-0001Ey-9B U=Debian-exim P=local S=1650
> LOG: MAIN
> Completed
> delivering 1bjcKi-0001F0-Fy
> R: nonlocal for harry@d2local.lan
> LOG: MAIN
> ** harry@d2local.lan R=nonlocal: Mailing to remote domains not supported
> LOG: MAIN
> Frozen (delivery error message)
>
> ------- ------- ---=--- ------- -------
>
> Or am I making too much of the missing dot and it really is that I've
> missed an important setting that lets exim4 deliver to outside of lan?
>
Run 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' as root on the second host to repair
the hostname. See §8.5.3. of the documentation[1] for details.
You can also inspect the working settings on the first machine using
'debconf-show exim4-config'.
1: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch08s05.html.en
--
Liam
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