Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-03 Thread paslist
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 10:57:47PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 10:23:07PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > Seriously, what problems are you having with TBird? Let's get that > > running so you don't have to suffer the horrors of an MUA stuck in the > > 1990s. > > This

Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-03 Thread Paul Scott
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 10:23:07PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I seem to have gotten most important things to work. One thing I > > miss that I need is a quick way to set the From: field since I > > have three different email addresses that I send messages from. ...

Re: Re: Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-03 Thread Paul Scott
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 02:18:20PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote: > > > > > > No, the /etc/mailname is used to resolve the domain part of the email > > > address. If you send mail to e.g. paul (without any @something), then > > > whatever is in your /etc/mailname is appended to the username with @.

Re: Re: Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-03 Thread Simo PW Kauppi
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 03:45:52AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > From: Simo PW Kauppi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 9/3/2005 2:20:56 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Re: simple exim configuration > > > The is value should be your local username i.e.

Re: Re: Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-03 Thread Paul Scott
From: Simo PW Kauppi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 9/3/2005 2:20:56 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Re: simple exim configuration > The is value should be your local username i.e. in your case I guess > 'paul' in all three accounts (if you want all three acc

Re: Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-03 Thread Simo PW Kauppi
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 12:20:11AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > From: Simo PW Kauppi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 06:44:17PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > Thanks for reminding me about mainlog. I'm also getting a lot of these > > > which may be from a bad fetchmail confi

Re: Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-03 Thread Paul Scott
From: Simo PW Kauppi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 06:44:17PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > Thanks for reminding me about mainlog. I'm also getting a lot of these > > which may be from a bad fetchmail config. > > > > 2005-09-02 18:32:29 1EBMtO-0007uZ-9Q == [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-02 Thread Simo PW Kauppi
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 06:44:17PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:29:14PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote: > > > > It is probably so that your own box tries to deliver the message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and fails. Then it sends the failure to the sender > > which in this case i

Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-02 Thread Paul Scott
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:29:14PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote: > > It is probably so that your own box tries to deliver the message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and fails. Then it sends the failure to the sender > which in this case is [EMAIL PROTECTED] which should also fail > because it shouldn't go t

Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-02 Thread Simo PW Kauppi
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 01:07:10PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 10:49:29PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:42:57AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > I have read the info file and some man pages and experimented and don't > > > know how to get exim to

Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-02 Thread Simo PW Kauppi
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 01:07:10PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 10:49:29PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:42:57AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > I have read the info file and some man pages and experimented and don't > > > know how to get exim to

Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-02 Thread Paul Scott
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 10:49:29PM +0300, Simo PW Kauppi wrote: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:42:57AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > I have read the info file and some man pages and experimented and don't > > know how to get exim to deliver mail to a remote site. > > > > I am using 'dpkg-reconfigur

Re: simple exim configuration

2005-09-02 Thread Simo PW Kauppi
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:42:57AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > I have read the info file and some man pages and experimented and don't know > how to get exim to deliver mail to a remote site. > > I am using 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' to configure. See file below. > > My ISP returns: > >

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-22 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 22 December 2002 5:44 am, Paul Scott wrote: > Did you use fetchmailconf to generate /etc/fetchmailrc? I have run it > several times and now it doesn't run. It spends about a minute with an > hourglass and then the hourglass disappears. T

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-21 Thread Paul Scott
Alan Chandler wrote: Can you tell me what configuration causes any of those connections (except for those which have already been answered in this thread). Fetchmail Runs as a daemon (debian package loaded and started by /etc/init.d/fetchmail) - - I have listed some of my /etc/fetchmailrc

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-21 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 December 2002 8:16 am, Paul Scott wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: ... > >but for instance, I do > > > >fetchmail ->smtp->exim (as MTA)->pipe->spamassassin->exim(as > >sendmail)->$HOME/Maildir->courier->pop3->kmail > > Can you tell me what

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-21 Thread Paul Scott
Oops. Here's to the list: Mark L. Kahnt wrote: On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 03:16, Paul Scott wrote: experience) is that when I do 'inetd restart' I find in /var/log/daemon.log: Dec 21 01:10:23 joy inetd[32608]: restart: No such file or directory You want: /etc/init.d/inetd restart to select

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-21 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 03:16, Paul Scott wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: > [***SNIP!!!***] > Yes, that's what I'm trying at the moment. Unfortunately fetchmailconf > has stopped working. The only clues I presently have (with my limited > experience) is that when I do 'inetd restart' I find in

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-21 Thread Paul Scott
Alan Chandler wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'll copy this back to the list Thanks. I forgot to readdress the last two here to the list. On Friday 20 December 2002 10:44 pm, you wrote: .. I haven't changed what was installed. I now wonder what the relationship be

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Scott
Oops! I didn't send two of these to the list: David H. Clymer wrote: ${local_part} is taken from the recipiant's email address. if someone sent you an email (to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) the exim splits up the address on the @ and sets two variables: local_part: paul domain: foo.com What pro

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'll copy this back to the list On Friday 20 December 2002 10:44 pm, you wrote: .. > >>>On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:13, Paul Scott wrote: > Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has: > > local_delivery: > driver = appendfile > group = mail >

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 20 December 2002 8:03 pm, Paul Scott wrote: > David H. Clymer wrote: > >On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:13, Paul Scott wrote: > >>Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has: > >> > >>local_delivery: > >> driver = appendfile > >> group = mail > >> mode = 066

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread David H. Clymer
> >> > >${local_part} is taken from the recipiant's email address. if someone > >sent you an email (to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) the exim splits up the address on > >the @ and sets two variables: > > > >local_part: paul > >domain: foo.com > > > What process does that substitution? I'm not exactly sure,

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Scott
David H. Clymer wrote: On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:13, Paul Scott wrote: Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has: local_delivery: driver = appendfile group = mail mode = 0660 mode_fail_narrower = false envelope_to_add = true return_path_add = true file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part} but mutt te

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread David H. Clymer
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:13, Paul Scott wrote: > Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has: > > local_delivery: > driver = appendfile > group = mail > mode = 0660 > mode_fail_narrower = false > envelope_to_add = true > return_path_add = true > file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part} > > but mutt

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Scott
Ok. My /etc/exim/exim.conf has: local_delivery: driver = appendfile group = mail mode = 0660 mode_fail_narrower = false envelope_to_add = true return_path_add = true file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part} but mutt tells me that /var/spool/mail/paul is not a mailbox. BTW the way where is

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Scott
Paul Scott wrote: David H. Clymer wrote: Ah. This is one of those areas I haven't quite got down: How do I tell who's listening to port 25? Do you have any suggestions as to what to you could try: lsof -i TCP:25 That gives me: inetd 243 root 11u IPv4 477720 TCP *:smtp (

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread David H. Clymer
I just realized that I wasnt sending my replies to the list :) silly me. davidc -Forwarded Message- From: David H. Clymer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: simple exim configuration Date: 20 Dec 2002 13:20:56 -0500 > That gives me: &

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Scott
David H. Clymer wrote: Ah. This is one of those areas I haven't quite got down: How do I tell who's listening to port 25? Do you have any suggestions as to what to you could try: lsof -i TCP:25 That gives me: inetd 243 root 11u IPv4 477720 TCP *:smtp (LISTEN) What progr

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread Paul Scott
Pigeon wrote: On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:29:55PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: Pigeon wrote: According to man fetchmail, it delivers it by SMTP to port 25, whence it is picked up by exim or whatever other MTA you have and delivered to wherever it has to go. Ah. This is one of those areas I

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-20 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:29:55PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Pigeon wrote: > > >On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:02:21AM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote: > > > > > >>Paul Scott wrote (on 18 Dec 2002 at 23:57): > >> > >> > >> > fetchmail to get the mail, procmail to sort it, mozilla or mutt to > >>

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-19 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:02:21AM +0100, Tony Crawford wrote: > Paul Scott wrote (on 18 Dec 2002 at 23:57): > > > >fetchmail to get the mail, procmail to sort it, mozilla or mutt to > > >display it, you're all set. > > > > > That sounds great. Thanks. > > > > Any ideas why I can't apt-get remo

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-19 Thread Paul Scott
Benedict Verheyen wrote: Give aptitude a try. Very nice. I don't like dselect either. It's ugly. Thanks. I do have it installed and agree that it's more friendly than dselect. Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-19 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > >>On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: >> >> >>>John Griffiths wrote: >>> >>> >>> At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: >

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-19 Thread Paul Scott
Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: John Griffiths wrote: At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: Any ideas why I can't apt-get remove exim without removing mutt? use dselect. much easier than apt-get :) I have been

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-19 Thread Tony Crawford
Paul Scott wrote (on 18 Dec 2002 at 23:57): > >fetchmail to get the mail, procmail to sort it, mozilla or mutt to > >display it, you're all set. > > > That sounds great. Thanks. > > Any ideas why I can't apt-get remove exim without removing mutt? Because the mutt package expects the system to

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > John Griffiths wrote: > > >At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > > > >>What do I need to do to get exim to get mail from my ISP? Or at least > >>where is the best document or tutorial to read to answer my own questions?

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-18 Thread Sandip P Deshmukh
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:57:02PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > John Griffiths wrote: > > >At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Any ideas why I can't apt-get remove exim without removing mutt? use dselect. much easier than apt-get :) -- regards, sandip p deshmukh --***

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-18 Thread Paul Scott
John Griffiths wrote: At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: What do I need to do to get exim to get mail from my ISP? Or at least where is the best document or tutorial to read to answer my own questions? exim doesn't fetch mail fetchmail fetches mail. Thanks. So that's why

Re: simple exim configuration

2002-12-18 Thread John Griffiths
At 11:17 PM 12/18/02 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: >What do I need to do to get exim to get mail from my ISP? Or at least >where is the best document or tutorial to read to answer my own questions? exim doesn't fetch mail fetchmail fetches mail. from the sound of it you don't really need exim (or a