[wellylug] Re: Mutt & exim4 freeze outgoing mail ..

[Adam Bogacki]

> >> What's the distro? Seems to be a Debian type one, but usually the Debian
> >>   exim4 conf file resides in /var/lib/exim4/config-autogenerated or
> >> something... It is generated from a number of macros and a template file.
> >>
> >> One problem is that you haven't set the 'visiblename' macro.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Cliff
> > 
> > 
> > Ubuntu Edgy Eft. I had it working but my ISP rang to say they were receiving 
> > mail from 'root'. Ahem. I fixed that .. but now this. 'visiblename' seems to be
> > the problem. I set what seemed the appropriate option in 
> > /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template and saved it as /etc/exim4/exim4.conf ..
> > - clearly it wasn't.  
> >
> Um, that probably the wrong thing to do. I've refreshed my memory of the 
> Debian way of maintaining the conf file. Please see the man page for 
> update-exim4.conf. The /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template should remain as 
> /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template. There shoudl *not* be a 
> /etc/exim4/exim4.conf file if you want to use the Debian scheme.
> 
> /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf is where you make the main changes and 
> set the macro definitions. In particular there is a 
> 'dc_use_split_config='true' variable that decides whether or not the 
> configuration process uses /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template file or the 
> /etc/exim4/conf.d split files.
> 
> Once you have made the changes you desire, you then run 
> 'update-exim4.conf' which generates the 
> /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated file. THIS file is the one that is 
> by default used by exim.
> 
> You can short circuit this rigmarole by copying 
> /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated to /etc/exim4/exim4.conf and exim 
> should then use that. However this makes redundant the template and the 
> conf.d files, so you will henceforth have to make change directly to the 
> /etc/exim4/exim4.conf file.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Cliff

Hmm .. My ISP rang to tell me that mail is arriving 
From: 'root at paradise.net.nz' again, since the latest 
'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' (correctly done as root). 

/etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf .. looks OK.

I'm bit stumped at the moment.

Any ideas ? 

Adam.
afb at paradise.net.nz