cannot send smtp email with exim

[Alexandra Zaharia]

> > If you're not sure if your ISPs mail server runs POP3 or IMAP, just
>  > use "AUTO" in the .procmailrc file - something like this:
>  >
>  > poll isp.mail.server with proto AUTO

Darn! I'm sorry for mixing things up, I wanted to say ".fetchmailrc"
but didn't pay enough attention.

> actually I should not have even mentioned procmail as all I use it for
>  is to feed spam software, fetchmail gets my email and plaes it in my
>  spool for my MUA to read.

Of course, of course! It was my spelling/attention mistake :-)

> I just need an ubuntu specific guide for
>  configuring exim with smtp auth or find another MTA that is simpler to
>  set up :-)

I'm not really into exim - I hope you'll sort things out!

Alex.