[sambo]

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, i see it’s not running.

Odd thing, that config file. The installer wouldn’t write it until I made the directory o+w. Apparently the installer forgets to ask permission. I then fixed the config file ownership and it seemed OK. Before I did that, exim would die with the complaint that the config file was missing (as it was).

anyway:

[jerusalem:~] sambo% ls -l /usr/exim/
total 48
drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 544 Oct 25 18:53 bin
-rw-r–r– 1 root wheel 23886 Oct 27 11:08 configure

Yes, i made a few changes to the file. I added a hostname I would like to appear in the headers rather than the one the DHCP server gives me.

primary_hostname = jerusalem.avoidant.org

Also turned off host lookup, since the only thing I want exim to do in this case is send outgoing mail from my laptop to the world. No other users or uses.

# host_lookup = *

Aside from that, nothing.

I used to run an older version of exim on my old powerbook, but at some point when I tried upgrading it stopped working. I was too busy to examine the causes, but now it’s become important, as I’m using other people’s networks for my major ‘net access, and it’s rather a pain to have to switch SMTP server settings 5 or 6 times a day. I’d prefer to just use “localhost”.

Thanks!

—sambo

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