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Harold J. Ballinger wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Courier New";">My
/var/spool/exim4/msglog is filling up with
messages similar to the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Courier New";">2009-06-04
12:26:17 Received from hobbit@ U=hobbit
P=local S=929<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Courier New";">2009-06-04
12:26:33 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:it@mydomain.com">it@mydomain.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:IT@mydomain.com"><IT@mydomain.com></a>
R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL
FROM:<hobbit@> SIZE=1973: host exchange.mydomain [10.10.10.21]:
501 5.5.4
Invalid Address<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Process failed (1)
when writing error message to
hobbit@ (frozen)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have reconfigured Exim4 to allow remote mail,
but I can’t
find a way to make the email alerts from hobbit/xymon use a different
“MAIL
FROM” than “hobbit@”, which our Exchange server knows is not
a valid address.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have tried making sure that the hostname is
defined in the
bbserver config and that the domain is configured in resolv.conf. I
also tried
creating an entry for “hobbit: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:hobbit@mydomain.com">hobbit@mydomain.com</a>”
in /etc/email-addresses<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not a *nix guru by any means, and I’m sure
this is something simple that I’m missing?</p>
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Did you adjust the relevant section of ~/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg to
suit your needs?<br>
<br>
<tt># For the hobbitd_alert module<br>
MAILC="mail -r <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:xymon@mydomain.com">xymon@mydomain.com</a>" # Command to send an e-mail
with no subject<br>
MAIL="$MAILC -r <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:xymon@domain.com">xymon@domain.com</a> -s" # Command to send an e-mail
with a subject</tt><br>
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Joe
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