the initial experiment with exim was generally good.
i set up virtual domains as per
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/140
so i have in /etc/exim4/vh/towardsfreedom.com
prad : pradtf at localhost
kyron : kyrontf at localhost
michael : pradtf at hotmail.com
prad at towardsfreedom.com and kyron at towardsfreedom.com get their emails
delivered nicely to:
/var/mail/pradtf
/var/mail/kyrontf
however, michael at towardsfreedom.com deliveries aren''t going to
pradtf at hotmail.com as in a redirect.
instead, i''m getting this sort of stuff in the /var/log/exim4/mainlog:
2011-06-11 06:18:53 1QVFML-0000Rq-SL == pradtf at hotmail.com <michael at
towardsfreedom.com> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed
out
2011-06-11 06:18:53 1QVFMT-0000Ru-FX == pradtf at hotmail.com <michael at
towardsfreedom.com> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not
reached for any host
2011-06-11 06:18:54 1QVFMU-0000Rv-AG == pradtf at hotmail.com <michael at
towardsfreedom.com> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not
reached for any host
and
2011-06-11 06:19:15 1QVG2Y-0000aV-VY mx4.hotmail.com [65.55.92.136] Connection
timed out
2011-06-11 06:19:36 1QVG2Y-0000aV-VY mx4.hotmail.com [65.55.37.88] Connection
timed out
so it seems that exim can''t "find" hotmail in order to
deliver there,
may be?
or is it not looking?
according to the tutorial i have
/etc/exim4/conf.d/router/350_exim4-config_vdom_aliases
vdom_aliases:
driver = redirect
allow_defer
allow_fail
domains = dsearch;/etc/exim4/virtual
data =
${expand:${lookup{$local_part}lsearch*@{/etc/exim4/virtual/$domain}}}
retry_use_local_part
pipe_transport = address_pipe
file_transport = address_file
no_more
with the comment:
"Here we tell exim how to lookup the local recipients."
so perhaps we aren''t looking up the non-locals?
how is this to be resolved so that i can redirect email to other addresses?
--
in friendship,
prad
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:28:09PM -0700, prad wrote:> 2011-06-11 06:18:53 1QVFML-0000Rq-SL == pradtf at hotmail.com <michael at towardsfreedom.com> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed out > 2011-06-11 06:18:53 1QVFMT-0000Ru-FX == pradtf at hotmail.com <michael at towardsfreedom.com> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host > 2011-06-11 06:18:54 1QVFMU-0000Rv-AG == pradtf at hotmail.com <michael at towardsfreedom.com> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host > > and > > 2011-06-11 06:19:15 1QVG2Y-0000aV-VY mx4.hotmail.com [65.55.92.136] Connection timed out > 2011-06-11 06:19:36 1QVG2Y-0000aV-VY mx4.hotmail.com [65.55.37.88] Connection timed out > > so it seems that exim can''t "find" hotmail in order to deliver there, > may be?exim can''t seem to be able to connect to hotmail. See: http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4UserFAQ#my_exim_cannot_connect_to_the_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 3221 2323190
Marc Haber <mh+pkg-exim4-users at zugschlus.de> writes:> See: > http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4UserFAQ#my_exim_cannot_connect_to_the_outside >thx marc! the problem we''ve found has to do with an improperly constructed firewall - we''re blocking ourselves. the article was helpful though because it got me thinking and try looking at being able to send emails directly with exim -v -odf and learn about several other commands such as exim -bpu and exim -Mrm to work on the queue (which i guess is where all the unsendables end up being ''recycled'') once we get the firewall working right, i think all will be well. -- in friendship, prad