Help configuring email server...

[Gerald Combs]

linux at bizniche.com wrote:

> In my home dir, I have a .forward with:
> ~/Maildir

  [ ... ]

> 2004-10-05 13:08:02 1CEnRF-0001Pe-00 == ~/Maildir/@mdg.homelinux.org
> <mdg at mdg.homelinux.org> directing defer (-41): retry time not reached

Are you sure having "~/Maildir" in your .forward file is correct?  It
looks like exim is trying to deliver to an account called "~/Maildir" on
your local machine.  .forward files are usually used to redirect mail to
another address or to a command pipeline, e.g. for procmail filtering or
TMDA.