On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 12:41:43PM -0400, james wrote: > Hello, I'm running exim as my mail server > and I'm getting the following error: > > Any idea what this error means: > 2002-05-06 05:48:22 174f6U-0005xJ-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=root > P=local S=311 > 2002-05-06 05:48:22 174f6U-0005xJ-00 ** [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > unrouteable mail domain "sympatico.ca" > 2002-05-06 05:48:22 174f6U-0005xL-00 <= <> R=174f6U-0005xJ-00 U=mail > P=local S=1079 > 2002-05-06 05:48:22 174f6U-0005xJ-00 Error message sent to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2002-05-06 05:48:22 174f6U-0005xJ-00 Completed > > I get that error if I try this command: > echo "this is a test" | mail -s "subject" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If I type in the following command though it works properly: > echo "this is a test" | mail -s "subject" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So, I can't mail out past the machine that has exim running > but I'm not sure why... > > PS: the command that works might be mailing locally so it's > success might have nothing to do with exim...
Check you dns-settings. What does `host -t mx sympatico.ca' return? HTH Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]