Howto install EXIM4 mail server in ubuntu and LinuxMint

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Exim is a mail transfer agent (MTA) used on Unix-like operating systems. Exim is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence, and it aims to be a general and flexible mailer with extensive facilities for checking incoming e-mail.

Exim has been ported to most Unix-like systems, as well as to Microsoft Windows using the Cygwin emulation layer. Exim 4 is currently the default MTA on Debian GNU/Linux systems.

First   check that you  have  the  rite  hostname  in the  /etc/hosts  file

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 

177.177.177.177 hostname.yourdomain.com hostname

Install  exim4 packages

1- Now to install exim4 packages, open terminal and type the following commands:

sudo apt-get install exim4-daemon-light mailutils exim

2- Start the configuration using the command:

dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config

You will be asked bout General type of mail configuration , Choose the option for “internet site” and select “Ok” to continue.
after this you will be asked about FQDN (fully qualified domain name), insert your fully system mail domain.

For SMTP IP insert 127.0.0.1

For destination mail should be accepted.

Insert your distination like localhost; loacalhost.localdomain; domain.com. mail.domain.com

Relay domain and relay machines keep it empty
For DNS queries select NO
For delivery methode Select maildir format in home directory
For Spllit configuration select NO
For Root and postmaster recipent Enter
root webmaster@yourdomain.com

NOW the MTA (exim4)will be restarted

Try to send email from your Terminal with

echo “This is test mail from my machine .” | mail -s Testing recipient@recepientdomain.com

This method was tested on ubuntu 10.10/ LinuxMint.

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