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Can't get Exim to send mail


Hi,

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.

Unfortunately, nothing goes out.  I get

2005-06-03 17:24:25 exim 4.50 daemon started: pid=5800, no queue runs, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv4)
2005-06-03 17:24:38 IHJ252-00004S-31 <= dave@boost-consulting.com U=dave P=local S=483 id=u1x7jp209.fsf@boost-consulting.com
2005-06-03 17:24:38 IHJ252-00004S-31 == dave@boost-consulting.com R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host


in the log over and over again.  Running exim with -c -d -bd isn't
very illuminating (to me at least):

bash-2.05b$ exim -c -d -bd
CYGWIN = "". Root / mapped to C:\.
Starting uid 1007, gid 513, ntsec 1, privileged 0.
root_uid 1007, exim_uid 18, exim_gid 0, config_uid 18.
Exim version 4.50 uid=1007 gid=513 pid=5800 D=fbb95cfd
Probably GDBM (native mode)
Support for: iconv() PAM OpenSSL
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch dbm dbmnz dnsdb dsearch ldap ldapdn ldapm passwd

Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext spa
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore/mbx autoreply pipe smtp
changed uid/gid: forcing real = effective
  uid=1007 gid=513 pid=5800
  auxiliary group list: <none>
configuration file is /etc/exim.conf
log selectors = 00000ffc 00020800
trusted user
admin user
user name "U-I9300\dave" extracted from gecos field "U-I9300\dave,S-1-5-21-3636523670-1880225306-361
9271284-1007"
originator: uid=1007 gid=513 login=dave name="U-I9300\dave"
 5800 listening on all interfaces (IPv4) port 25
 5800 pid written to /var/spool/exim/exim-daemon.pid
 5800 changed uid/gid: running as a daemon
 5800   uid=1007 gid=513 pid=5800
 5800   auxiliary group list: 0 544
 5800 LOG: MAIN
 5800   exim 4.50 daemon started: pid=5800, no queue runs, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv4)
 5800 set_process_info:  5800 daemon: no queue runs, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv4)
 5800 daemon running with uid=1007 gid=513 euid=1007 egid=513
 5800 Listening...


I'm sure I'm much too ignorant of networking and mail issues, but 
the instructions for configuring exim don't seem all that clear to
me.  For example, I don't know how to configure the "primary
hostname."  I'm hoping someone can help.  I've attached my exim.conf.


Thanks,

Attachment: exim.conf
Description: Text document

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