Where does exim store mail? (or, where did the email go?)

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So, I've just set up mail and mutt and I'm happily sending emails to a gmail.com address.

I am using EXIM as my MTA.

Now, when I reply to those emails (so they get send back to my domain) I see a record that they appeared in /var/spool/mail, but cat doesn't seem like a very clever way to read it.

How do I properly read mail that is sent to me at my server? How can I set up additional email addresses like me@myserver.com, perry@myserver.com, katy-is-my-wife@myserver.com

Links to resources would be helpful – I am searching now as I type but I'm not finding instructions just yet

Best Answer

I don't know exim very well, but by default it should deliver the e-mail to either a mailbox or a Maildir in the user's home folder. The simplest way to get additional e-mail account is to setup additional users on the server (there are other ways, and you can use aliases to send multiple e-mail addresses to the same user).

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Here is my guess.. You are doing this from a home internet connection. Most ISPs block outbound connections to port 25 to all other hosts but their own email server(s) to stop people from sending spam from their home connections or to stop spam bots.

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