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[Mutt] #3321: no email sent -- installation problem, I think



#3321: no email sent -- installation problem, I think
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 Reporter:  naiman        |       Owner:  mutt-dev
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  major         |   Milestone:          
Component:  mutt          |     Version:          
 Keywords:  installation  |  
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 Dear Mutters,

 Hi.  I have enjoyed Mutt for some time -- thanx!

 I am currently in the process of moving to a new hosting site, and for
 some odd reason, they do not have Mutt.  (Horrors!)

 So, I decided to build it myself.

 It went smoothly (other than having to remove "--with-sasl", and adding
 "--enable-debug"), however when I sent mail, e.g.:

      ~/usr/bin/mutt -d2 -s "backup from HostMonster"
 aaron.naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx < ~/public_html/.htaccess

 I received nothing at the target email address.  I also saw no debug/trace
 file, in order to send you.

 I thought it might be a firewall or proxy issue at the new hosting site,
 but they checked the exim log file and found:

 2009-08-30 20:22:27 1MhwXL-0000f8-5P <= guestwho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 U=guestwho P=local S=1692 id=20090831022227.GA2528@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 2009-08-30 20:22:27 1MhwXL-0000f8-5P failed to open database lock file
 /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: No such file or directory
 2009-08-30 20:22:27 1MhwXL-0000f8-5P ** aaron.naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 R=message_bounce: "syntax error in Exim::expand_string argument: failed to
 open /etc/demouids for linear search: No such file or directory at
 /etc/exim.pl.local line 1315.
 2009-08-30 20:22:27 1MhwXL-0000f8-5P Completed

 I do not really understand it -- is it a configuration thing?

 Thanx for your time!

 HAGD,

 Aaron

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