* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> I setup exim on my system this weekend, but it's not working quite
> right. I had a school assignment to create a simple smtp client so I
> setup exim so I could test it without blocking the phone line. exim
> delivers locally just fine. However, it won't send any mail to other
> domains. I have it configured as a "smarthost" and I can send
> messages using the remote server via telnet. exim's log seems to
> indicate that it thinks it delivered the message, but messages aren't
> getting out.
>
> A section from my /etc/exim/exim.conf (let me know if you want to see
> more :-)) ;
>
> smarthost:
> driver = domainlist
> transport = remote_smtp
> route_list = * mail.rit.edu bydns_a
>
I think you will find this works better if you replace "bydns_a" with "byname",
unless you are running your own dns server. I think you need to put the whole
thing in quotes, as well, i.e.:
route_list = "* mail.rit.edu byname"
HTH
Cam
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