I dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config and set it up as a smarthost with my
isp. It works perfect, the from address shows my hostname like I
wanted. Thank you so much for your help.

rich6176@gmail.com wrote:
> I do have a static ip address. In my logs it just looks like connection
> timeouts.
>
> Christian Schmidt wrote:
> > Hello rich6176@gmail.com,
> >
> > rich6176@gmail.com schrieb/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).
> >
> > What does the answer from the gmail server look like when your machine
> > tries to deliver a mail to it?
> > Has your machine got a fixed IP Address?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Christian
> > --
> > Christian Schmidt | Germany | ChriSchmiLi@gmx.de
> > No HTML Mails, please!!
> > De eene hett 'n Rittergut, de annere ritt 'n Gitter rut.