Jeremiah Foster
2005-Jun-14 10:42 UTC
[Pkg-exim4-users] exim4 failing to route to localhost under debian
I suspect I have mis-configured exim4. While following the documentation and wiki instructions I tested my exim4 installation under sarge with exim4 -bV and exim4 -bt <localuser> as well as exim4 -bt <remote user> and all worked swimmingly. However, when I send a mail from <remote user> to <local user> over the internet I do not receive any mail on my server. Paniclog includes only two lines of information regarding an attempt to start another deamon on 127.0.0.1 and mainlog states; 2005-06-14 12:34:45 Start queue run: pid=31743 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1DhsPy-0001tZ-H8 Message is frozen 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1DhqOe-0002sb-Mq Message is frozen 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1DhqOe-0002ue-QA Message is frozen 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1Dhtqs-0002r3-9h Message is frozen 2005-06-14 12:34:45 End queue run: pid=31743 Have I mis-configured exim4 so that it fails to deliver mail from remote hosts to my host or do I just need to flush the queue? Many thanks - Jeremiah
Marc Haber
2005-Jun-14 11:15 UTC
[Pkg-exim4-users] exim4 failing to route to localhost under debian
Hi, On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 12:42:11PM +0200, Jeremiah Foster wrote:> However, when I send a mail from <remote user> to <local user> over the > internet I do not receive any mail on my server. > Paniclog includes only > two lines of information regarding an attempt to start another deamon on > 127.0.0.1 and mainlog states; > > 2005-06-14 12:34:45 Start queue run: pid=31743 > 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1DhsPy-0001tZ-H8 Message is frozen > 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1DhqOe-0002sb-Mq Message is frozen > 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1DhqOe-0002ue-QA Message is frozen > 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1Dhtqs-0002r3-9h Message is frozen > 2005-06-14 12:34:45 End queue run: pid=31743 > > Have I mis-configured exim4 so that it fails to deliver mail from remote > hosts to my host or do I just need to flush the queue?The log clearly says that exim is not receiving the message. Maybe you are still running a different mail server? What does # netstat -anp | grep '':25.*LISTEN'' (invoked as root) say? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don''t trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835
Jeremiah Foster
2005-Jun-14 11:30 UTC
[Pkg-exim4-users] exim4 failing to route to localhost under debian
> > >Marc Haber wrote: > >Thanks Marc,> On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 12:42:11PM +0200, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > > >> However, when I send a mail from <remote user> to <local user> over >> the internet I do not receive any mail on my server. >> Paniclog includes only two lines of information regarding an attempt >> to start another deamon on 127.0.0.1 and mainlog states; >> >> 2005-06-14 12:34:45 Start queue run: pid=31743 >> 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1DhsPy-0001tZ-H8 Message is frozen >> 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1DhqOe-0002sb-Mq Message is frozen >> 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1DhqOe-0002ue-QA Message is frozen >> 2005-06-14 12:34:45 1Dhtqs-0002r3-9h Message is frozen >> 2005-06-14 12:34:45 End queue run: pid=31743 >> >> Have I mis-configured exim4 so that it fails to deliver mail from >> remote hosts to my host or do I just need to flush the queue? >> > > > The log clearly says that exim is not receiving the message. Maybe you > are still running a different mail server? > > What does > > # netstat -anp | grep '':25.*LISTEN'' > > (invoked as root) say? > >Netstat outputs only one line: tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2592/exim4 This means that I have only exim4 listening on the mail port (25) correct? Thanks, Jeremiah
Jeremiah Foster
2005-Jun-14 12:23 UTC
[Pkg-exim4-users] exim4 failing to route to localhost under debian
Marc Haber wrote:>[Did you deliberately take the discussion off-list?] > >My apologies, I will reply to the list in the future.>On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 01:22:51PM +0200, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > > >>Netstat outputs only one line: >>tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* >>LISTEN 2592/exim4 >> >>This means that I have only exim4 listening on the mail port (25) correct? >> >> > >that means that you have exim4 listening on 127.0.0.1, which will keep >you from receiving mail from the Internet since 127.0.0.1 is never >reachable from outside. > >So the logical thing to do is to add my static IP to the list of addresses. Thanks, Jeremiah
Marc Haber
2005-Jun-14 12:43 UTC
[Pkg-exim4-users] exim4 failing to route to localhost under debian
Hi, On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 01:30:11PM +0200, Jeremiah Foster wrote:> Netstat outputs only one line: > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN 2592/exim4 > > This means that I have only exim4 listening on the mail port (25) correct?that means that you have exim4 listening on 127.0.0.1, which will keep you from receiving mail from the Internet since 127.0.0.1 is never reachable from outside. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don''t trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835