Re: exim4 local domains

From: Enkidu (enkidu.com_at_com.cliffp.com)
Date: 09/03/05 

Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 17:09:56 +1200

Adam McCarthy wrote:
>
> I currently am running Debian stable (latest) with exim4
> installed and configured for multiple config files.
>
> Now here is what I want to do.
>
> I want to get email to my system using my DNS but I can't
> find anywhere in exim4 or on the Internet to tell exim4
> to see my DNS as my system and not a relay I tried editing
> tons of files and Internet searching but it constantly
> says relay failed. Only thing is, to my DNS, it is not a
> relay but a local delivery.
>
DNS has little to do directly with email delivery.

Please explain your setup and where the email is coming
from! Are you trying to send email out to the Internet from
a workstation through your mail server? Are you trying to
send an email from the mail server using exim4?

Cheers,

Cliff 

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Barzoomian the Martian - http://barzoomian.blogspot.com

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