Can't get Exim to send mail

Mon Jun 6 00:00:00 GMT 2005

Hi,
I'm hoping someone can help me out. The smtp server I'm forced (by my
ISP) to use, smtp.rcn.com, sometimes doesn't respond for 20 seconds at
a time, and since I often send from Gnus -- which is synchronous -- I
thought I might avoid locking up my Gnus UI by setting up an Exim
daemon to send the messages for me. I'm behind a Linksys router,
which is behind a cablemodem.
Unfortunately, nothing goes out. I get
2005年06月03日 17:24:25 exim 4.50 daemon started: pid=5800, no queue runs, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv4)
2005年06月03日 17:24:38 IHJ252-00004S-31 <= dave@boost-consulting.com U=dave P=local S=483 id=u1x7jp209.fsf@boost-consulting.com
2005年06月03日 17:24:38 IHJ252-00004S-31 == dave@boost-consulting.com R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host
in the log over and over again. Running exim with -c -d -bd isn't
very illuminating (to me at least):
bash-2.05b$ exim -c -d -bd
CYGWIN = "". Root / mapped to C:\.
Starting uid 1007, gid 513, ntsec 1, privileged 0.
root_uid 1007, exim_uid 18, exim_gid 0, config_uid 18.
Exim version 4.50 uid=1007 gid=513 pid=5800 D=fbb95cfd
Probably GDBM (native mode)
Support for: iconv() PAM OpenSSL
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch dbm dbmnz dnsdb dsearch ldap ldapdn ldapm passwd
Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext spa
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore/mbx autoreply pipe smtp
changed uid/gid: forcing real = effective
 uid=1007 gid=513 pid=5800
 auxiliary group list: <none>
configuration file is /etc/exim.conf
log selectors = 00000ffc 00020800
trusted user
admin user
user name "U-I9300\dave" extracted from gecos field "U-I9300\dave,S-1-5-21-3636523670-1880225306-361
9271284-1007"
originator: uid=1007 gid=513 login=dave name="U-I9300\dave"
 5800 listening on all interfaces (IPv4) port 25
 5800 pid written to /var/spool/exim/exim-daemon.pid
 5800 changed uid/gid: running as a daemon
 5800 uid=1007 gid=513 pid=5800
 5800 auxiliary group list: 0 544
 5800 LOG: MAIN
 5800 exim 4.50 daemon started: pid=5800, no queue runs, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv4)
 5800 set_process_info: 5800 daemon: no queue runs, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv4)
 5800 daemon running with uid=1007 gid=513 euid=1007 egid=513
 5800 Listening...
I'm sure I'm much too ignorant of networking and mail issues, but 
the instructions for configuring exim don't seem all that clear to
me. For example, I don't know how to configure the "primary
hostname." I'm hoping someone can help. I've attached my exim.conf.
Thanks,
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