[Evolution-users] Evolution and exim4

[rob stone]

Hello,

On Thu, 2026-04-16 at 11:20 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2026-04-16 at 03:05 +0200, Ralf Mardorf via evolution-users
> wrote:
> > Years ago, I used a replacement for sendmail (not sendemail). I
> > don't
> > remember what it was called, but it was easy to use, and looking at
> > the
> > link now, it was most likely msmtp.
> > 
> > Too funny, not only is sendemail installed on my computer, but I
> > even
> > compiled the package myself. I can’t remember ever using sendemail,
> > but
> > I definitely used a sendmail replacement at one point.
> > 
> > I strongly recommend using a sendmail replacement instead of this
> > apparently discontinued sendemail.
> 
> Sendmail is the full mailer daemon. The usual substitutes are Postfix
> and EXMH (others are available). In term of what the OP is asking,
> this
> is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
> 
> SendEmail is currently supported on Fedora, not discontinued. If
> Debian
> doesn't have it, that's another matter. There are a number of
> alternatives but I haven't needed to look for one.
> 
> poc


On the  Debian platform sendmail is a symlink to exim4.
If you type:-

man sendmail

the exim4 man page is displayed.

There is a bucket load of documentation in /usr/share/doc/exim4,
however most of it goes over my head. 

I altered the exim4 conf to use "internet" instead of "local" and sent
my test message. The exim4 logs show it was rejected by hotmail.com
saying that my ISP is blacklisted! Joke??

So there is something incorrect within the format of the message and I
just have to research a solution.

Rob