Re: Configuring Exim for mail delivery
On 2016-10-02, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun 02 Oct 2016 at 21:41:50 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 12:52:44PM +0100, Brian wrote:
>> >
>> > I have the same setup and all customisations (apart from hubbed_hosts)
>> > have been done via debconf. TBH, I cannot see why /etc/hosts should be
>> > consulted because I thought there is first a check for an MX record and
>> > then an attempt to resolve the host *using the DNS* if there was none.
>> >
>> > Your instructions are clear so I can continue to try more customising
>> > via debconf.
>> >
>> > mo appears to have had no more success than I have. Don't know about
>> > Mark.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Brian
>> >
>>
>> That's twice you've mentioned conf.d now, bear in mind in a
>> defaults-accepting Debian installation of exim4, it's not used.
>
> It shouldn't make any difference whether the split configuration is used
> or not for what we are doing.
>
> A defaults-accepting installation would use "local delivery only; not on
> a network". Obviously this would not suit testing mail delivery to other
> machines on the LAN. It was at this first page I made my mistake!
>
> I chose "Internet site......" because that is the way I always send
> mail. No wonder I got "Unrouteable address". Was it clear that I should
> have used "mail sent by smarthost......" (Liam?)?. Mystery solved. I've
> not tested extensively but I can get mail to go to a user on another
> machine.
§2.1 of /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.html (from exim4-base)
provides some assistance.
>
> I'm not enamoured of this technique because it does not suit my mail
> setup. So I will stick with the more versatile hubbed_hosts.
>
> Thanks for all the clues.
>
At least your curiosity has been satisfied. :)
--
Liam
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