On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, George Bonser wrote: > On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Andrew wrote: > > > Is this line right from exim.conf? > > local_domains = csc.canterbury.ac.nz:student.canterbury.ac.nz > > If you want all email for [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be delivered to the local machine, yes.
right, I don't want to do that. > What exactly are you trying to do? If your machine is> calabash.student.canterbury.ac.uk then THAT is what you need as the local > domain. Any domain that is not your machine is not a local domain. A local > domain means the local machine ... not one within a few miles of your > location. eximconfig asks: What is the `visible' mail name of your system? This will appear on From: lines of outgoing messages. I answered student.canterbury.ac.nz, because that's what I want on the From: lines of outgoing messages. eximconfig puts it on the local_domains list. I take it this is not what I want. > THis of course assumes that calabash.student.canterbury.ac.uk is a real > machine with real DNS and can have mail delivered directly to it from the > internet. Otherwise, you are probably better off using your university > mail server as your smarthost and set your mail client to read pop3 mail > from their server just like Windows clients That's what I want to do. Outgoing mail is working fine. The only other thing I want is for local mail (such as [EMAIL PROTECTED]) to be delivered. At the moment it's not being delivered, and I have no idea why. Andrew Tarr "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate" |___ http://multinet.co.nz/personalhomepages/locusmeus/antechamber.html |~~~
