Pkg exim4 users - Jul 2009 - smarthost-config not working; unrouteable, frozen

Hi List,

I''m using a debian 4.0 with the 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64 kernel and the
standard-exim4 package (4.63-17).

I had exim4 running on debian 5.0 before, but i had to switch back to 
4.0, so i decided to copy the /etc/exim4, but that just didn''t work.
So i deleted the /etc/exim4 by hand (that was a bad idea, got me in 
trouble when reinstalling) and ended up reinstalling all exim4-packages.

Unfortunatly, exim4 still won''t work. I get the following errors for 
every mail:

cat /var/log/exim4/mainlog
...
2009-07-13 13:59:52 1MPcee-0001Kb-5A ** office at mediadesign.at: 
Unrouteable address
2009-07-13 13:59:53 1MQKCH-0001fZ-0K Error while reading message with no 
usable sender address (R=1MPcee-0001Kb-5A): at least one malformed 
recipient address: root at ETC_MAILNAME - malformed address: _MAILNAME may 
not follow root at ETC
2009-07-13 13:59:53 1MPcee-0001Kb-5A Process failed (1) when writing 
error message to root at ETC_MAILNAME (frozen)
2009-07-13 13:59:53 1MPd2b-0001GE-4x Unfrozen by forced delivery
2009-07-13 13:59:53 1MPd2b-0001GE-4x ** root at localhost: Unrouteable address
2009-07-13 13:59:53 1MQKCH-0001fb-1i Error while reading message with no 
usable sender address (R=1MPd2b-0001GE-4x): at least one malformed 
recipient address: root at ETC_MAILNAME - malformed address: _MAILNAME may 
not follow root at ETC
2009-07-13 13:59:53 1MPd2b-0001GE-4x Process failed (1) when writing 
error message to root at ETC_MAILNAME (frozen)
2009-07-13 13:59:53 1MPcmG-0001Og-PQ Unfrozen by forced delivery
2009-07-13 13:59:53 1MPcmG-0001Og-PQ ** office at mediadesign.at: 
Unrouteable address
2009-07-13 13:59:58 1MQKCM-0001fd-8j Error while reading message with no 
usable sender address (R=1MPcmG-0001Og-PQ): at least one malformed 
recipient address: root at ETC_MAILNAME - malformed address: _MAILNAME may 
not follow root at ETC
2009-07-13 13:59:58 1MPcmG-0001Og-PQ Process failed (1) when writing 
error message to root at ETC_MAILNAME (frozen)
...

my configs:
pretty simple, i want all mails to be forwarded to a smarthost in my 
LAN. Configured it with dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config as the howto''s 
told me (worked perfectly under debian 5.0)

the smarthost is up and running, responds to smtp requests.
network and dns is up and running

Don''t know where to look at. Could there be some old config-files that 
are still interfering? problems with the internal db because of dirty 
uninstalling?

Any help is greatly appreciated, any additional Info will be provided ASAP.

Thanks,

-- 

Christoph Krell
Technik

________________________________________________________________________________

Xidras GmbH
Stockern 47
3744 Stockern
Austria

Christoph Krell <christoph.krell at xidras.com> wrote:
[...]
> I had exim4 running on debian 5.0 before, but i had to switch back to 
> 4.0, so i decided to copy the /etc/exim4, but that just didn''t
work.
> So i deleted the /etc/exim4 by hand (that was a bad idea, got me in 
> trouble when reinstalling) and ended up reinstalling all exim4-packages.
> Unfortunatly, exim4 still won''t work. I get the following errors
for
> every mail:
[...]
> error message to root at ETC_MAILNAME (frozen)
[...]
> Don''t know where to look at. Could there be some old config-files
that
> are still interfering?
[...]

Either that, or some missing ones.

Do you still have a copy of the old working exim4 configuration for
Debian 5.0?

If yes you could simply echange your broken /etc/exim4 with the backup
copy and install exim4 from backports.org.

If not I would go through the painful reinstall route:

dpkg --force-depends --purge exim4-config
apt-get install exim4-config

cu andreas
-- 
`What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are
so grateful to you.''
`I sew his ears on from time to time, sure''

Andreas Metzler schrieb:
> Christoph Krell <christoph.krell at xidras.com> wrote:
> [...]
>   
>> I had exim4 running on debian 5.0 before, but i had to switch back to 
>> 4.0, so i decided to copy the /etc/exim4, but that just didn''t
work.
>> So i deleted the /etc/exim4 by hand (that was a bad idea, got me in 
>> trouble when reinstalling) and ended up reinstalling all
exim4-packages.
>>     
>
>   
>> Unfortunatly, exim4 still won''t work. I get the following
errors for
>> every mail:
>>     
> [...]
>   
>> error message to root at ETC_MAILNAME (frozen)
>>     
> [...]
>   
>> Don''t know where to look at. Could there be some old
config-files that
>> are still interfering?
>>     
> [...]
>
> Either that, or some missing ones.
>
> Do you still have a copy of the old working exim4 configuration for
> Debian 5.0?
>
> If yes you could simply echange your broken /etc/exim4 with the backup
> copy and install exim4 from backports.org.
>
> If not I would go through the painful reinstall route:
>
> dpkg --force-depends --purge exim4-config
> apt-get install exim4-config
>
> cu andreas
>   
All i got is the old /etc/exim4 directory, would that be enough?

Why would the reinstall route be painful, are there any side-effects?


@Ken:

nemesis:~# cat /etc/mailname
mediadesign.at


thanks,
Christoph

Christoph Krell <christoph.krell at xidras.com>
wrote:
> Andreas Metzler schrieb:
[...]
>> Do you still have a copy of the old working exim4 configuration for
>> Debian 5.0?
>> If yes you could simply echange your broken /etc/exim4 with the backup
>> copy and install exim4 from backports.org.
>> If not I would go through the painful reinstall route:
>> dpkg --force-depends --purge exim4-config
>> apt-get install exim4-config
> All i got is the old /etc/exim4 directory, would that be enough?
I think so.
> Why would the reinstall route be painful, are there any side-effects?
Just that you would have to configure exim frm scratch. If you haven''t
done any major customization it shouldn''t be much work.

cu andreas

-- 
`What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are
so grateful to you.''
`I sew his ears on from time to time, sure''

I reinstalled and copied the directory again, now it seems to work fine.

Thanf you very much for your support!

have a nice day,
Christoph


Andreas Metzler schrieb:
> Christoph Krell <christoph.krell at xidras.com> wrote:
>   
>> Andreas Metzler schrieb:
>>     
> [...]
>   
>>> Do you still have a copy of the old working exim4 configuration for
>>> Debian 5.0?
>>>       
>
>   
>>> If yes you could simply echange your broken /etc/exim4 with the
backup
>>> copy and install exim4 from backports.org.
>>>       
>
>   
>>> If not I would go through the painful reinstall route:
>>>       
>
>   
>>> dpkg --force-depends --purge exim4-config
>>> apt-get install exim4-config
>>>       
>
>
>   
>> All i got is the old /etc/exim4 directory, would that be enough?
>>     
>
> I think so.
>
>   
>> Why would the reinstall route be painful, are there any side-effects?
>>     
>
> Just that you would have to configure exim frm scratch. If you
haven''t
> done any major customization it shouldn''t be much work.
>
> cu andreas
>
>