I don't see that option in my configurations files. I have
dc_relay_domains='' and relay_to_domains = MAIN_RELAY_TO_DOMAINS. This
was installed using debconf. Sorry there's still alot I need to learn
about exim.

Cédric THIBAULT wrote:
> René Berber wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 13, 12:51 am, rich6... wrote:
> >
> >> I purchased a domain name for a machine I own and installed exim4 on
> >> it. I can send an email to my bellsouth email address but not gmail. I
> >> searched the net and it turns out the reason is because my domain name
> >> is not considered a trusted domain and it was recommended to use a
> >> relay server (such as google or bellsouth). If I setup my machine to
> >> relay to gmail or bellsouth would I be able to keep my email address
> >> i.e. "m...@mydomain.com" or would the domain name change to bellsouth or
> >> gmail respectively. If it would change the domain name is there another
> >> configuration I can use?
> >
> > Yes to the "would be able to keep" question, a "smart relay" does not
> > change the message or its headers.
> >
> > There could be a problem if the "smart relay" does not accept messages
> > that have a "from" header that uses another domain, you can ask
> > Bellsouth (your ISP?), I don't know Google but I don't expect them to
> > relay other domains.
> >
> > As Christian said, you can review your logs and see why gmail refused
> > to accept your message. It could be that your domain doesn't have the
> > appropriate DNS records, forward and reverse resolution for your mail
> > server.
> >
> > HTH
> Or it could be because you accept to relay all the domain ? Is it the
> case ? Have you the '*' parameter in your relay_domain field ?