That doesn't make any difference at all. root-/home/clarker8:fetchmail -u clarker8 t8.cs.man.ac.uk Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 1 message for clarker8 at t8.cs.man.ac.uk. reading message 1 of 1 (1608 header octets) .fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from t8.cs.man.ac.uk fetchmail: Query status=10
----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Hennigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 9:50 PM Subject: Re: Exim and mail > "Richard Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Ok, I want to use exim to deliver mail to local users and I would like to > > use fetchmail to deliver mail from a pop3 server to a particular user. > > However I am having problems getting it to work. > > > > I chose, > > (4) Local delivery only: You are not on a network. Mail for local users > > is delivered. > > > > I can mail to localusers just find using, mail. However if I try and do, > > fetchmail -u username t8.cs.man.ac.uk > > > > reading message 1 of 5 (1386 header octets) .fetchmail: SMTP connect to > > localhost failed > > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from t8.cs.man.ac.uk > > fetchmail: Query status=10 > > You need to add localhost to a list in /etc/exim.conf, specifically > the "local_domains" line. > > It should look something like: > > local_domains = hostname:hostname.junk.org:localhost > > This should fix you up. > > Gary > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
