Dear all,

        No reply, so some more info:

when trying /etc/init.d/exim start|stop|reload or anything, I get no
message like starting MTA.... I suspect this may be connected with my
problem. How can I get it working properly, please?

Matthew

<hair vanishing rapidly... :(>

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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo

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Selwyn College Computer Support
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http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/
http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 14:27:10 +0100 (BST)
From: "M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: My mail doesn't work at all :(((((((((((((((

Dear all,

        Mail is just not working on pick.sel :(

my original setup tried to be clever, and then I tried a simpler one,
neither of which worked (indented lines in [] are the simpler setup).

When I try to send messages to a user on pick, I get an unroutable mail
domain error, and when trying to send from pick, I get either:

550 rejected: cannot route to sender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

or just

connection timed out:
retry timeout exceeded 

in the latter case, I get warnings that the messaage has spend hours on
the queue on pick.sel.cam.ac.uk

I'm probably just missing an obvious package, but would appreciate a
little help finding the trees in amongst the wood...

Matthew



qualify_domain = cam.ac.uk
        [qualify_domain = pick.sel.cam.ac.uk]
local_domains = cam.ac.uk:pick.sel.cam.ac.uk
        [local_domains = ]
local_domains_include_host = true
local_domains_include_host_literals = true
never_users = root
host_lookup_nets = 0.0.0.0/0
sender_host_reject_relay = *
trusted_users = mail
smtp_verify = true
gecos_pattern = ^([^,;]*)
gecos_name = $1

local_delivery:
        driver = appendfile
        group = mail
        mode = 0660
        mode_fail_narrower = false
        file = /var/spool/mail/$(local_part)

address_pipe:
        driver = pipe
        return_output

address_file
        driver=appendfile

address_directory:
        driver = appendfile
        no_from_hack
        prefix = ""
        suffix = ""

address_reply:
        driver = autoreply

remote_smtp:
        driver = smtp

real_local:
        prefix = real-
        driver = localuser
        transport = local_delivery

system_aliases:
        driver = aliasfile
        file = /etc/aliases
        search_type = lsearch

userforward:
        driver = forwardfile
        no_verify
        check_ancestor
        file = .forward
        modemask = 002
        filter

localuser:
        driver = localuser
        transport = local_delivery

lookuphost:
        driver = lookuphost
        transport = remote+smtp

literal:
        driver = ipliteral
        transport = remote_smtp
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Selwyn College Computer Support
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/
http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/
http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/

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