>> Isn't there a howto on how to set up a single pc with a dialup connection
>> to an ISP using exim, fetchmail and procmail? I know I do not need
>> procmail if I use exim, but then I have to understand how exim works and I
>> cannot get it working for a basic system.
I have fetchmail feeding straight to procmail like:
mda "formail -s /usr/bin/procmail"
procmail then sorts and delivers it to to my homedir.
>> Sorry if I sound a bit grumpy, but I am a bit frustrated.
No wonder - you seem to be taking the hard road on this,
I remember your mails about this ages a go.
>> The reason why
>> I wanted to try out exim was because I get problems with a "Sender" field
>> when I use smail. Some mail servers reject my mail as the following
>> message illustrates (irrelevant lines removed):
Hrmm. I use the following in my exim.conf:
qualify_domain = lonesom.pp.fi
local_domains = lonesom.pp.fi:lonesom.pp.fi
local_domains_include_host = true
local_domains_include_host_literals = true
that get's the host part right for me.
--j
