[wellylug] Re. Mutt & Exim4 freeze outgoing mail ..

[Cliff Pratt]

Adam Bogacki wrote:
> Thanks Cliff.
> 
> Details below.
> 
>>            From: 
>> Adam Bogacki
>> <afb at paradise.net.nz>
>>              To: 
>> slug at slug.org.au
>>         Subject: 
>> Mutt & Exim4
>> freeze outgoing
>> mail ..
>>            Date: 
>> Mon, 15 Jan 2007
>> 13:47:29 +1300
>>          Mailer: 
>> Evolution 2.8.1 
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi, 
>>
>> I'm getting the following in /var/log/exim4/mainlog but am unsure how
>> to
>> get smtp working.
>>
>>
>>> 2007-01-15 13:02:18 1H6FIo-0001zL-4g <=
>> logcheck at DEBCONFvisiblenameDEBCONF U=logcheck P=local S=766
>>> 2007-01-15 13:02:18 1H6FIo-0001zL-4g **
>> root at debconfvisiblenamedebconf: Unrouteable address
>>> 2007-01-15 13:02:18 1H6FIo-0001zP-T4 <= <> R=1H6FIo-0001zL-4g
>> U=Debian-exim P=local S=1631
>>> 2007-01-15 13:02:18 1H6FIo-0001zL-4g Completed
>>> 2007-01-15 13:02:19 1H6FIo-0001zP-T4 **
>> logcheck at debconfvisiblenamedebconf: Unrouteable address
>>> 2007-01-15 13:02:19 1H6FIo-0001zP-T4 Frozen (delivery error message)
>>> 2007-01-15 13:16:53 1H6FWv-00026V-6z <= afb at paradise.net.nz U=adam
>> P=local S=603 id=20070115001653.GA5028 at paradise.net.nz
>>> 2007-01-15 13:16:53 1H6FWv-00026V-6z ** adamfb at gmail.com:
>> Unrouteable
>> address
>>> 2007-01-15 13:16:53 1H6FWv-00026X-Fj <= <> R=1H6FWv-00026V-6z
>> U=Debian-exim P=local S=1395
>>> 2007-01-15 13:16:53 1H6FWv-00026V-6z Completed
>>> 2007-01-15 13:16:53 1H6FWv-00026X-Fj ** afb at paradise.net.nz:
>> Unrouteable address
>>> 2007-01-15 13:16:53 1H6FWv-00026X-Fj Frozen (delivery error message)
>>> 2007-01-15 13:18:20 Start queue run: pid=8137
>> The relevant part of /etc/exim4/exim4.conf seems to be
>>
>>
>>>  38 # This sets a macro DC_minimaldns if dc_minimaldns=true. If
>>>      39 # dc_minimaldns=false, this expands to an empty line.
>>>      40 .ifndef DC_minimaldns
>>>      41 DC_minimaldns=DEBCONFminimaldnsDEBCONF
>>>      42 .endif
>>>      43 
>>>      44 # Create other macros from Debconf. Macros created here are
>> used in
>>>      45 # other places in exim config.
>>>      46 .ifndef DC_visiblename
>>>      47 DC_visiblename=DEBCONFvisiblenameDEBCONF
>>>      48 .endif
>> My .muttrc has
>>
>> set sendmail="/usr/sbin/exim4"
>>
>> .. and incoming mail works fine.
>>
>> What am I missing here ?
>>
>> Adam Bogacki,
>> afb at paradise.net.nz
> 
> I'm using Ubuntu Edgy Eft.
> 
> How should I define the ['visiblename'] macro ?
> 
Hi Adam,

Since you have a file called /etc/exim4/exim4.conf AND it contains this 
macro, I'd say that the setup is rather different on Edgy to standard 
Debian, or for that matter RedHat...

Did you install a package? What are the file names in /etc/exim4?

Cheers,

Cliff