OK, thanks Phil for all the information! I am pretty much stuck in the mud with this, so the detailed help is much appreciated. I won't be getting back to it until the weekend...
As far as the name server, I think I'll be OK with that part of it (I've also noted Noah's post below). I had one running for a while out of curiosity, but then uninstalled it, not seeing a need for it. > What I typed out above (below now) should be incredibly helpful :) It looks like it will be - again thanks! Tom Phil Brutsche wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > What I can't figure out is how to configure Exim to send mail from one > > machine to the other on the LAN. And I suspect there is some basic > > fundamental of email/networking that I don't understand that is blocking > > the way. > > > > My home network setup is very simple: > > - I call the network 'home' (192.168.1.0) > > - each host obviously has it's own hostname > > - so I have newdebian.home and olddebian.home > > - and those names/addresses are in /etc/hosts on each machine > > - I don't run a local name server - I use my IPS's name servers > > - and those IP addresses are in /etc/resolv.conf. > > - other services such as telnet, ftp, ping work fine using hostnames > > > > But I can't get email to work between the two hosts. When I try, Exim > > just returns it to the same machine, with this message included: > > > > A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its > > recipients. The following address(es) failed: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > unrouteable mail domain "newdebian.home" > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > You need to get exim to know about the "newdebian.home" name. > > > The problem based on the error message, is that Exim doesn't know about > > *.home hostnames. My question is: How do I get it to know about them? > > You need to run a private DNS server on one of your Linux systems. Both > of your Linux systems needs to use your private DNS server for *all* name > lookups. As me or on the mailing list if you need help setting that up. > > When delivering email, SMTP systems tend to use what's called the "MX > record" for a certain DNS name (whether it's tux.creighton.edu or > creighton.edu) to know what host should be handling that email. > > I have yet to find a SMTP agent that can use just the straight /etc/hosts > file. > > > I have run eximconfig on both machines, choosing option #1 which is > > "Internet machine". That sets up 2 default router entries in > > /etc/exim.config as shown at the end of this post. I understand that for > > non-local mail, a router has to be configured in /etc/exim.conf, which > > then hands it off to a transport, which I assume would be "remote-smtp". > > Or no? > > Close. This is what I do to my exim config at home to make this work > (obviously the values you use will be different): > > 1) set "local_domains" to be the domains you want to route. I have > "local_domains = /etc/exim/local-domains"; /etc/exim/local-domains is a > file that contains: > > localhost > kaitain.brutsche.com > brutsche.com > druid.obix.com > kaitain.obix.com > giedi.obix.com > arrakis.obix.com > fury.obix.com > aeryn.obix.com > > 2) create transport definitions to define how to get mail to the > destination. I have in the Transports configuration: > > druid_smtp: > driver = smtp > hosts = druid.brutsche.com > > giedi_smtp: > driver = smtp > hosts = giedi.brutsche.com > > arrakis_smtp: > driver = smtp > hosts = arrakis.brutsche.com > > fury_smtp: > driver = smtp > hosts = fury.brutsche.com > > aeryn_smtp: > driver = smtp > hosts = aeryn.brutsche.com > > 3) create directors to do the actual routing. I have in the Directors > configuration: > > druid: > driver = smartuser > transport = druid_smtp > domains = druid.obix.com > no_more > > giedi: > driver = smartuser > transport = giedi_smtp > domains = giedi.obix.com > no_more > > arrakis: > driver = smartuser > transport = arrakis_smtp > domains = arrakis.obix.com > no_more > > fury: > driver = smartuser > transport = fury_smtp > domains = fury.obix.com > no_more > > aeryn: > driver = smartuser > transport = aeryn_smtp > domains = aeryn.obix.com > no_more > > > I've been going through the Exim documentation, but it sorely lacks for > > some SFE (Simple F**king Examples) for those of us with simple needs. > > Tell me about it... It took me a week or two to figure out how to do just > this much :) > > > Any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated, as would > > anyone who can straighten out any misunderstanding(s) I have that are > > obvious from reading this post <BG>. Thanks. > > What I typed out above should be incredibly helpful :) > > - -- > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > GPG fingerprint: 9BF9 D84C 37D0 4FA7 1F2D 7E5E FD94 D264 50DE 1CFC > GPG key id: 50DE1CFC > GPG public key: http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/gpg-public-key.asc > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE6FCtV/ZTSZFDeHPwRAoEWAJwOnY4OHiCGqv2Fb4ATJLTQqPjyLgCg1n+l > h8LRjprS0ZjfI1vbBf1Cf54= > =EdrT > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
