On Sun 02 Oct 2016 at 21:41:50 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 12:52:44PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > I have the same setup and all customisations (apart from hubbed_hosts) > > have been done via debconf. TBH, I cannot see why /etc/hosts should be > > consulted because I thought there is first a check for an MX record and > > then an attempt to resolve the host *using the DNS* if there was none. > > > > Your instructions are clear so I can continue to try more customising > > via debconf. > > > > mo appears to have had no more success than I have. Don't know about > > Mark. > > > > -- > > Brian > > > > That's twice you've mentioned conf.d now, bear in mind in a > defaults-accepting Debian installation of exim4, it's not used.
It shouldn't make any difference whether the split configuration is used or not for what we are doing. A defaults-accepting installation would use "local delivery only; not on a network". Obviously this would not suit testing mail delivery to other machines on the LAN. It was at this first page I made my mistake! I chose "Internet site......" because that is the way I always send mail. No wonder I got "Unrouteable address". Was it clear that I should have used "mail sent by smarthost......" (Liam?)?. Mystery solved. I've not tested extensively but I can get mail to go to a user on another machine. I'm not enamoured of this technique because it does not suit my mail setup. So I will stick with the more versatile hubbed_hosts. Thanks for all the clues. -- Brian.
