Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:04:00 -0400 From: Lester Ingber To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: mutt/exim DNS problems? Message-ID: <20030618080400.A19685@ingber.com> Reply-To: Lester Ingber Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i X-URL: http://www.ingber.com/ X-URL-ALT: http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/ Note-from-DJ: This may be spam Olaf: I tried your test: echo test | exim ingber AT alumni DOT caltech DOT edu but got in /var/log/exim/exim_main.log 2003-06-18 07:47:19 HGOE2U-0002VO-LO <= ingber AT ingber DOT com U=ingber P=local S=280 2003-06-18 07:47:41 HGOE2U-0002VO-LO alumni.caltech.edu [131.215.49.51]: Network is unreachable 2003-06-18 07:47:41 HGOE2U-0002VO-LO == ingber AT alumni DOT caltech DOT edu R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (114): Network is unreachable I do not see how to set anything like "smarthost" in my exim.conf file? Here is a diff between the default /etc/exim.conf file and mine: ------------8<------------ top cut -> bottom ------------->8------------ --- > #primary_hostname = sensei.ingber.com > primary_hostname = ingber.com 57,59c57,61 < domainlist local_domains = @ < domainlist relay_to_domains = < hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 --- > #domainlist local_domains = @ > domainlist local_domains = > #domainlist relay_to_domains = ingber.com : 130.94.234.156 > domainlist relay_to_domains = > hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : 130.94.234.156 357c359 < no_more --- > ## no_more 363,368c365 < # This router handles aliasing using a linearly searched alias file with the < # name /etc/aliases. When this configuration is installed automatically, < # the name gets inserted into this file from whatever is set in Exim's < # build-time configuration. The default path is the traditional /etc/aliases. < # If you install this configuration by hand, you need to specify the correct < # path in the "data" setting below. --- > # This router handles aliasing using a traditional /etc/aliases file. 370c367 < ##### NB You must ensure that the alias file exists. It used to be the case --- > ##### NB You must ensure that /etc/aliases exists. It used to be the case 461,462d457 < # Turning initgroups on is very inefficient. It should only be done if < # supplementary groups are needed during deliveries, e.g. to run filters. 470d464 < initgroups = no 546,559d539 < < ###################################################################### < # CONFIGURATION FOR local_scan() # < ###################################################################### < < # If you have built Exim to include a local_scan() function that contains < # tables for private options, you can define those options here. Remember to < # uncomment the "begin" line. It is commented by default because it provokes < # an error with Exim binaries that are not built with LOCAL_SCAN_HAS_OPTIONS < # set in the Local/Makefile. < < # begin local_scan < ------------8<------------ bottom cut <- top ------------->8------------ exim -bV gives Exim version 4.20 #1 built 15-May-2003 19:33:41 Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2003 Probably GDBM (native mode) Support for: OpenSSL Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext spa Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore/mbx autoreply pipe smtp Configuration file is /etc/exim.conf mutt -v gives Mutt 1.4i (2002-05-29) Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Michael R. Elkins and others. Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `mutt -vv'. Mutt is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `mutt -vv' for details. System: CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) (i686) [using ncurses 5.2] Compile options: -DOMAIN -DEBUG -HOMESPOOL -USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK -DL_STANDALONE +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK +USE_POP +USE_IMAP -USE_GSS +USE_SSL -USE_SASL -HAVE_REGCOMP +USE_GNU_REGEX +HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_START_COLOR +HAVE_TYPEAHEAD +HAVE_BKGDSET +HAVE_CURS_SET +HAVE_META +HAVE_RESIZETERM +HAVE_PGP +BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS -SUN_ATTACHMENT +ENABLE_NLS +LOCALES_HACK -HAVE_WC_FUNCS -HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET -HAVE_LANGIN FO_YESEXPR +HAVE_ICONV -ICONV_NONTRANS -HAVE_GETSID -HAVE_GETADDRINFO -ISPELL SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail" MAILPATH="/var/spool/mail" PKGDATADIR="/usr/share/mutt" SYSCONFDIR="/etc" EXECSHELL="/bin/sh" -MIXMASTER Thanks. Lester : On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 01:23:05AM -0400, Lester Ingber wrote: : > I'm using Cygwin under XP Professional on an IBM Thinkpad, connected : > wireless to an SMC router, using IBM Access Connections to set up my : > computer on a DHCP private 198.... address to receive DHCP gateway and : > DNS info from ISPs that change when I change locations (on travel). : > : > I have no problems conecting anywhere on the Internet using Netscape and : > Iexplorer browsers, or even using Eudora to send Email. Under Cygwin, : > I can ssh login to various machines. However, using mutt (using exim) : > I keep getting "Network is unreachable"??? mutt/exim worked fine when : > I first set up my system, but now mutt/exim is failing? : > : > Any suggestions on settings I might test/try? : : The same configuration works fine here under w2k. How is exim configured : ? Does it use a smarthost or does it try to to deliver mail directly ? : Can you send mail using : : $ echo test |exim : : : : : Gruss Olaf Föllinger : : -- : Olaf Föllinger : Berater : S.E.S.A. Software und Systeme AG -- Prof. Lester Ingber ingber AT ingber DOT com ingber AT alumni DOT caltech DOT edu www.ingber.com www.alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/