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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Berber?= <rberber AT prodigy DOT net DOT mx>
Subject:  Re: Can't get Exim to send mail
Date:  Sun, 05 Jun 2005 19:22:45 -0500
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David Abrahams wrote:

> I'm hoping someone can help me out.  The smtp server I'm forced (by my
> ISP) to use, smtp.rcn.com, sometimes doesn't respond for 20 seconds at
> a time, and since I often send from Gnus -- which is synchronous -- I
> thought I might avoid locking up my Gnus UI by setting up an Exim
> daemon to send the messages for me.  I'm behind a Linksys router,
> which is behind a cablemodem.
[snip]

I didn't check all your config but you are missing the most important part, you
should have under routers:

begin routers

smart_route:
   driver = manualroute
   transport = remote_smtp
   route_list = * smtp.rcn.com


That's the first thing to change, worry later about timeouts or anything else.

HTH
-- 
René Berber


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