Re: Exim using incorrect hostname [SOLVED]

2006-01-05 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Chris Howie wrote: > Daniel Webb wrote: > > I had to make my /etc/hosts file like this before exim4 worked right in this > > respect: > > > > 127.0.0.1 foobar.com localhost > > > > not > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost foobar.com the corrrect way should be: 127.0.0.1 lo

Re: Exim using incorrect hostname [SOLVED]

2006-01-05 Thread Chris Howie
Daniel Webb wrote: > I had to make my /etc/hosts file like this before exim4 worked right in this > respect: > > 127.0.0.1 foobar.com localhost > > not > > 127.0.0.1 localhost foobar.com Thanks, that worked! This might be a good addition to exim's debconf or something. It shouldn't do it aut

Re: Exim using incorrect hostname

2006-01-05 Thread Daniel Webb
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 03:12:27AM -0500, Chris Howie wrote: > When I configured exim (with `dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config`), I told it that > my system mail name was "foobar.com" (actually I didn't, but we'll pretend > that's what I called it). /etc/mailname contains "foobar.com" as well, but >

Re: Re: Exim using incorrect hostname

2006-01-04 Thread Chris Howie
> Exim works fine. I don't think you're braindead. Take a look at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/10/msg00460.html. This is what > helped me get my mail setup working well. I fail to see how that post helps. It's not even related to the problem I'm having, and doesn't document any d

Re: Exim using incorrect hostname

2006-01-04 Thread Steven Wheelwright
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 03:12:27AM -0500, Chris Howie wrote: > When I configured exim (with `dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config`), I told it that > my system mail name was "foobar.com" (actually I didn't, but we'll pretend > that's what I called it). /etc/mailname contains "foobar.com" as well, but > w

Exim using incorrect hostname

2006-01-04 Thread Chris Howie
When I configured exim (with `dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config`), I told it that my system mail name was "foobar.com" (actually I didn't, but we'll pretend that's what I called it). /etc/mailname contains "foobar.com" as well, but when sending mail exim issues "EHLO localhost.localdomain", and when r