Re: exim4 local domains

From: Adam McCarthy (anonymous_at_privacy.net.invalid)
Date: 09/03/05 

Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:15:32 -0400

Enkidu wrote:
> 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
>
I want to be able to send and receive email from the server.

I want to have email address with my DNS at the end instead of using my
IP even though it doesn't seem to want to use my IP now.

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