>> All of a sudden I can't send out mail, if I try to force exim with -qf
>> I get
>> 1998-10-16 19:01:26 0zUDEj-0000FQ-00 TCP service "smtp" not found
>>
>> (using Exim version 1.92 #1 built 13-May-1998 10:01:52)
>>
>> fetchmail delivers incoming mail without any trouble...
>>
>> Is this something on my end or is it more likely to be my ISP?
>> (sending this throough my school account...)
Check that you have a line in /etc/inet.d like :
smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs
and make sure it is not commented out etc.
Note that if you make any changes, you'll have to restart
inetd for changes to affect.
--j
