on january 2, 2007, i replaced an aging hard drive, running debian
potato. for the 3+ years of running potato, i used mutt (exim and
fetchmail) to handle email.

ever since (jan. 2, '07), when i upgraded to sarge, i have not been
able to configure exim4 (correctly), as when i "fetchmail," open
mutt, and look at the messages in /var/mail/"me", i get the error
message, "mail delivery failed," for each email.


when open an email, i see this refernce to localhost:


"the following address(es) failed:

pplaw@localhost

unroutable address"


(if i could get it to recognize my email address as:

"pplaw [at] pcisys.net",

instead of as,

"pplaw@localhost",

then i think it would work. that's where i'm stuck.)

my googling "unroutable address" for exim4 entries and reading
the "exim4-doc-html" file(s) lead me to believe that i may have to
learn how to write code in order to have a realistic chance of fig-
uring out how exim4 (version 4.63-17) needs to be setup.

on the other hand, since it's been 8 months, and counting, it
doesn't look like i'm going to be able to figure out exim4:

1. is there a way to use mutt and fetchmail without setting up
exim4? (i pop3 my email from my isp.);

2. is there another text-based email client that can be used
without trying to configure exim4? or

3. is my only hope to wait and see if exim4 is someday upgraded
to an easier configuration, one like the old "exim"?

4. as an aside, why do the exim4-configure windows have jibber-
ish-looking borders?

thx.



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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:57:13 -0600
p <pplaw@pcisys.net> wrote:

> on january 2, 2007, i replaced an aging hard drive, running debian
> potato. for the 3+ years of running potato, i used mutt (exim and
> fetchmail) to handle email.
>
> ever since (jan. 2, '07), when i upgraded to sarge, i have not been
> able to configure exim4 (correctly), as when i "fetchmail," open
> mutt, and look at the messages in /var/mail/"me", i get the error
> message, "mail delivery failed," for each email.
>
>
> when open an email, i see this refernce to localhost:
>
>
> "the following address(es) failed:
>
> pplaw@localhost
>
> unroutable address"
>
>
> (if i could get it to recognize my email address as:
>
> "pplaw [at] pcisys.net",
>
> instead of as,
>
> "pplaw@localhost",
>
> then i think it would work. that's where i'm stuck.)
>
> my googling "unroutable address" for exim4 entries and reading
> the "exim4-doc-html" file(s) lead me to believe that i may have to
> learn how to write code in order to have a realistic chance of fig-
> uring out how exim4 (version 4.63-17) needs to be setup.
>
> on the other hand, since it's been 8 months, and counting, it
> doesn't look like i'm going to be able to figure out exim4:
>
> 1. is there a way to use mutt and fetchmail without setting up
> exim4? (i pop3 my email from my isp.);

Exim is a MTA. You need one to send mail, but there are many choices,
some much simpler than exim. 'apt-cache search mta'.

Celejar
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:57:13 -0600
p <pplaw@pcisys.net> wrote:

> on january 2, 2007, i replaced an aging hard drive, running debian
> potato. for the 3+ years of running potato, i used mutt (exim and
> fetchmail) to handle email.
>
> ever since (jan. 2, '07), when i upgraded to sarge, i have not been
> able to configure exim4 (correctly), as when i "fetchmail," open
> mutt, and look at the messages in /var/mail/"me", i get the error
> message, "mail delivery failed," for each email.
>
>
> when open an email, i see this refernce to localhost:
>
>
> "the following address(es) failed:
>
> pplaw@localhost
>
> unroutable address"
>
>
> (if i could get it to recognize my email address as:
>
> "pplaw [at] pcisys.net",
>
> instead of as,
>
> "pplaw@localhost",
>
> then i think it would work. that's where i'm stuck.)
>
> my googling "unroutable address" for exim4 entries and reading
> the "exim4-doc-html" file(s) lead me to believe that i may have to
> learn how to write code in order to have a realistic chance of fig-
> uring out how exim4 (version 4.63-17) needs to be setup.
>
> on the other hand, since it's been 8 months, and counting, it
> doesn't look like i'm going to be able to figure out exim4:
>
> 1. is there a way to use mutt and fetchmail without setting up
> exim4? (i pop3 my email from my isp.);

Exim is a MTA. You need one to send mail, but there are many choices,
some much simpler than exim. 'apt-cache search mta'.

Celejar
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