Exim on Ubuntu

[Eric Cope]

I was able to get Exim working. I stopped trying to use my smtp server as a
smart host and used my laptop as the smart host. It works now...

Eric

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Eric Cope <eric.cope at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know my ISP does not block it because a) my Thunderbird accounts reach my
> mail servers every day, and b) the mail function on my FreeBSD box works
> just fine.
> Here is some info from my logs...
>
> 2008-08-19 21:00:56 1KVesS-0003fD-Vw <= eric at e-mobile-2 U=eric P=local
> S=374
> 2008-08-19 21:00:58 1KVesS-0003fD-Vw ** eric.cope at gmail.com R=smarthost
> T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
> TO:<eric.c
> ope at gmail.com>: host voltampenterprises.com [67.159.44.157]:
> 550-Verification failed for <eric at e-mobile-2>\n550-The mail server could
> not deliver mail to
>  eric at e-mobile-2.  The account or domain may not exist, they may be
> blacklisted, or missing the proper dns entries.\n550 Sender verify failed
> 2008-08-19 21:00:59 1KVesV-0003fG-0R <= <> R=1KVesS-0003fD-Vw U=Debian-exim
> P=local S=1500
> 2008-08-19 21:00:59 1KVesS-0003fD-Vw Completed
> 2008-08-19 21:01:03 1KVesV-0003fG-0R ** eric at e-mobile-2R=hub_user_smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail
> server after RCPT TO:<e
> ric at e-mobile-2>: host voltampenterprises.com [67.159.44.157]: 550-The mail
> server could not deliver mail to eric at e-mobile-2.  The account
> or\n550-domain
> may not exist, they may be blacklisted, or missing the proper dns\n550
> entries.
> 2008-08-19 21:01:03 1KVesV-0003fG-0R Frozen (delivery error message)
> 2008-08-19 21:14:18 Start queue run: pid=14694
> 2008-08-19 21:14:18 1KVesV-0003fG-0R Message is frozen
> 2008-08-19 21:14:18 End queue run: pid=14694
> 2008-08-19 21:44:18 Start queue run: pid=16077
> 2008-08-19 21:44:18 1KVesV-0003fG-0R Message is frozen
> 2008-08-19 21:44:18 End queue run: pid=16077
>
> Here is the path I expect it to take:
> eric at e-mobile-2 (laptop) -> mail.voltampenterprises.com (smtp mail server)
> -> eric.cope at gmail.com (final destination)
>
> what is a 550 dns entry?
>
> I don't have a problem cutting out the mail server, but I thought that was
> the best way to get the mail out...
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Eric
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows at usa.net>wrote:
>
>> After a long battle with technology, Eric Cope wrote:
>> > apt-get'ed exim and mailutils. I installed and ran the dpkg-reconfigure
>> > command. I am trying to use an external smtp server
>> > (mail.voltampmedia.com). I highly doubt my ISP blocks smtp
>>
>> Think again.  Many, many places block or silently discard traffic to port
>> 25
>> that doesn't match one of @SMALLNUM destination addresses.  There are far
>> too
>> many damned spam zombies out there, you know.  Check your logs for
>> details.
>>
>> > The mail command works. I see the mail in the queue (sudo mailq).
>> > However, the mail just sits in the queue, never going anywhere.
>>
>> Check the logs.  Crank the log level up and then force a redelivery
>> attempt
>> with the exim equivalent of "postqueue -f" if there's nothing in the logs.
>>
>> > The lack of google results scares me. Either it is so insanely easy,
>> that
>> > its not even worth putting tutorials online, or
>>
>> It sounds like you want to use a smarthost.  As such, check out
>> http://wiki.exim.org/FAQ/Routing_to_remote_hosts/Q0304 as well as the
>> obvious
>> toplevel site.  The default Debian config for exim is also a complete
>> mess,
>> about 10 separate files when it should really be 1 file, and there's a way
>> to
>> fix that but it's been forever since I worked with it.  There's a ton of
>> useful info in the README and on the wiki.  HTH anyway,
>>
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