exim + local email only

kurrupt · 11-11-2005, 09:53 PM

Hello guys, I have been googling around and iam still having issues setting up exim to send email to the loop back address, all I want is my cron job respnses emailed to me locally on the same PC.. everytime i try to send a test email.. it adds name@boxname.ispdns.com and i would like to remove that ispdns.com junk because i want it to come back to me

how would this be setup ?

Thanks

keefaz · 11-12-2005, 03:01 PM

Could you post your /etc/hosts ?

kurrupt · 11-12-2005, 03:45 PM

127.0.0.1 localhost talonb0x

::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

foo_bar_foo · 11-12-2005, 06:29 PM

there are most likely lots of ways to do this
(this stuff is from exim4 -- i have an older exim3 file around i think if you are using exim3)
what is adding the extra junk at the end of the Aaddress is the exim.conf line
qualify_domain =
so leave that blank and it should use primary_hostname value
also involved is the line

Code:

domainlist local_domains = @ : \
    @[] : \
    localhost : \
    boxname

and of course in the accept list
accept domains = +local_domains
Remote addresses are only those with a domain that does not match any item
in the "local_domains" setting above

there is also some junk in directors configuration (the first set of stuff) that handles local mail
mine says

Code:

real_local:
#!!# prefix renamed local_part_prefix
  driver = accept
  check_local_user
  local_part_prefix = real-
  transport = local_delivery

the junk is so complicated because its variables defined elsewhere in the file most times
will try to help more if needed

jdogpc · 11-12-2005, 06:44 PM

hi

Try this

edit your exim.conf file and change or insert these lines:

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#In the Main configuration section

domainlist local_domains = @ : "What ever else domains you want separated by :"
hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : "What ever else subnets or ip's you want separated by :"

#TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION

# This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections.

remote_smtp:
driver = smtp

# This transport is used for local delivery to user mailboxes in traditional
# BSD mailbox format. By default it will be run under the uid and gid of the
# local user, and requires the sticky bit to be set on the /var/mail directory.
# Some systems use the alternative approach of running mail deliveries under a
# particular group instead of using the sticky bit. The commented options below
# show how this can be done.

local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
file = /var/mail/$local_part
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
group = mail
mode = 0660

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

it is good idea to add an alias to root if you are sending mail's to root.
edit /etc/aliases:
.
.
.
# Person who should get root's mail
root: Some_User

and ten run newaliases

Hope this helps, it is working for me not just for local delivery but also for remote as I using it as mail mail server.

JdogPC