Ubuntu
exim4 package

exim4-config ignores /etc/mailname

Bug #49776 reported by Matthew McEachen
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
exim4 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

http://wiki.debian.org/EtcMailName seems to indicate that /etc/mailname should be the hostname to use on outgoing news and mail messages. Running dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config (after manually editting the /etc/mailname to be a FQDN), the "System mail name" was still "localhost.localdomain".

OK, no biggie, I typed the contents of /etc/mailname into the System mail name, and left "Other destinations for which mail is accepted" as empty.

With this configuration, though, exim4 didn't realize that it was the mailserver for /etc/mailname.

Only after I changed the "Other destinations for which mail is accepted" to ALSO include the /etc/mailname contents did exim4 believe it was the mailserver for my FQDN.

Revision history for this message
Matthew McEachen (mrm-ubuntu) wrote :

IMHO, the bug could be resolved simply by changing the terminology from "Other destinations for which mail is accepted" to "Destinations for which mail is accepted". Sucking in /etc/mailname would be nice too.

Revision history for this message
Simon Law (sfllaw) wrote :

Agreed on Matthew's proposed solutions.

Changed in exim4:
importance: Untriaged → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Szymon Scholz (quomoow)
Changed in exim4 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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