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# Exim FAQ: Keyword-in-context index

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Q0008: If I run `./exim` | `-d -bt user@domain` all seems well, but when I send a message from my User...
Q0064: When I run `exim` | `-d test@domain` it delivers fine, but when I send a message from the mail command, I get...
Q0062: When I try to start an Exim | daemon it crashes. I ran a debugger and discovered that the crash is happening in the...
Q0063: When I try to start an Exim | daemon, nothing happens. There is no process, and nothing is written to the Exim...
Q0619: ... NFS. I get the error fcntl() failed: No locks available, though the lock | daemon is running on the NFS server and other hosts are able to access it.
Q0626: ... Exim can route local parts independent of their case, but the Cyrus LMTP | daemon requires the correct case. How can I fix this?
Q5028: When I HUP the Exim | daemon, the name shown in the process table changes from /usr/lib/sendmail (which...
Q0047: ... On a reboot, or a restart of the mail system, I see the message Mailer | daemons: exim abandoned: unknown, malformed, or incomplete option -bz sendmail....
Q0014: Exim is timing out after receiving and responding to the | DATA command from one particular host, and yet the client host also claims...
Q0017: ... server, it fails, giving the error Remote end closed connection after | data or Broken pipe or a timeout. What's going on?
Q0069: What does the error SMTP | data timeout (message abandoned) on connection from... mean?
Q0081: What does error in redirect | data: included file xxxx is too big mean?
Q0087: What does rejected after | DATA: malformed address: xx@yy may not follow <xx@yy> : failing address in...
Q0432: I use NIS for my user | data. How can I stop Exim rejecting mail when my NIS servers are being restarted?...
Q0508: ... files when the directories concerned are not available from the password | data?
Q0723: ... PLAIN authentication; Exim keeps responding "535 Incorrect authentication | data".
Q1705: ... listed some hosts in `tls_try_verify_hosts`, but when they connect, no | data appears in $tls_peerdn.
Q5015: ... that the `<>` indicates that the envelope did not contain any “From” | data?
Q5018: If I am using dbm files for | data that Exim reads, can I rebuild them on the fly, or do I need to restart...
Q9812: How can I lookup | data from a single file using both single IP addresses and IP address blocks as keys?...
Q0007: I've put the entry `*@domain.com` in a lookup | database, but it isn't working. The expansion I'm using is:
Q0055: What does the error Failed to open wait-remote_smtp | database: Invalid argument mean?
Q0080: Am I to understand that the | database lookups must only return one value? They can not return a list of values?...
Q1004: I just wondered if it might be helpful to put the hints | database on a RAM disk during regular operation. Did anybody try that yet?
Q0058: What does the error failed to open | DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: File exists mean?
Q0071: What does the error failed to open | DB file /var/spool/exim//db/retry: Illegal argument mean?
Q0102: I can't get Exim to compile with Berkeley | DB version 2.x or 3.x.
Q0116: I have tried to build Exim with Berkeley | DB 3 and 4, but I always get errors.
Q9607: ... having difficulties trying to make Exim 4 with Redhat 9 and Berkeley | DB 4.
Q0006: I've put an entry for `*.my.domain` in a | DBM lookup file, but it isn't getting recognized.
Q0011: Instead of exim_dbmbuild, I'm using a homegrown program to build | DBM (or cdb) files, but Exim doesn't seem to be able to use them.
Q5018: If I am using | dbm files for data that Exim reads, can I rebuild them on the fly, or do I...
Q9705: ... has been crashing on my Solaris x86 system, apparently while running | DBM functions.
Q0424: How can I disable Exim's | de-duplication features? I want it to do two deliveries if two different aliases expand...
Q9605: I installed | debian 2.2 linux on a small 325mb 486 laptop. When I try to test the Mail program, I...
Q9606: I'm having trouble configuring Exim 4 on a | Debian system. How does /etc/exim4/conf.d work?
Q9608: I'm running Exim 3 under | Debian, and want to upgrade to Exim 4. How difficult is it?
Q0004: My virtual domain setup isn't working. How can I | debug it?
Q0062: When I try to start an Exim daemon it crashes. I ran a | debugger and discovered that the crash is happening in the function getservbyname()....
Q0702: ... don't want to block spam entirely; how can I inspect each message before | deciding whether or not to deliver it?
Q0407: How can I arrange for a | default value when using a query-style lookup such as LDAP or NIS+ to handle aliases?...
Q0418: I want to use a | default entry in my alias file to handle unknown local parts, but it picks up...
Q0434: ... alias file with an `lsearch*` lookup, but that send all messages to the | default address.
Q0628: I have the | default retry rule, which I thought meant that Exim should keep trying for four...
Q5021: What does Exim use for POP and IMAP as a | default? Do I have to install anything else?
Q5023: Why does Exim do ident callbacks by | default? Isn't this just a waste of resources? I've been told this is an ancient...
Q9812: ... want to set `smtp_accept_max_per_host` by this means, and also include a | default.
Q0731: Is there any | defence I can use against spam sent through an open proxy?
Q0423: ... or directory) when Exim tries to look for a .forward file, and the delivery is | deferred.
Q0602: ... happen when it is about to contact a remote host or when a delivery is | deferred.
Q1408: If email has been | deferred to a member on a local mailing list (implemented through forward files), and...
Q0413: When a user's .forward file is syntactially invalid, Exim | defers delivery of all messages to that user, which sometimes include the user's own...
Q0046: A short time after I start Exim I see a | defunct zombie process. What is causing this?
Q0020: ... with the banner, when connections to other ports respond instantly? The | delay is sometimes as long as 30 seconds.
Q0738: How can I configure Exim to | delay the SMTP connection if more than 10 invalid recipients are received in...
Q9807: Is there any way to have messages sent to a specific local address | delayed by - say - 24 hours?
Q0419: ... which people have been warned not to use any more. How can I arrange to | delete any mail that is sent to them?
Q0077: I've installed Exim and it is | delivering mail just fine. However, when I try to read mail from my PC I get connection rejected...
Q0036: Why do I get the error Permission | denied: creating lock file hitching post when Exim tries to do a local delivery?...
Q0430: Whenever Exim tries to route a local address, it gives a permission | denied error for the .forward file, like this:
Q0732: I would like to either warn or | deny when a host uses an underscore in the EHLO command.
Q0807: I want to rewrite local sender addresses | depending on the domain of the recipient.
Q0008: ... well, but when I send a message from my User Agent, it does not arrive at its | destination.
Q5004: ... that emails I send with a Bcc: line are being delivered to their final | destination with the Bcc: line still present.
Q9803: ... secondary MX is down for some time. Is there a way to run the queue for that | destination separately from the main queue?
Q0509: How can I set up a filter file to | detect and block virus attachments?
Q0317: ... like to do is have alternative smart hosts, where the one to be used is | determined by which ISP I'm connected to.
Q1404: ... or `queue_smtp_domains` set, and use -qf to force delivery of waiting mail when I | dial in. How can I arrange for any new messages that arrive while I'm connected...
Q1406: When I | dial up to collect mail from my ISP, only the first 10 messages get delivered...
Q1409: I would like to have a separate queue per domain for hosts which | dial in to collect their mail.
Q1402: I have a | dial-up machine, and I use the `queue_smtp_domains` option so that remote mail only goes out when...
Q1403: ... configured when it is acting as a temporary storage system for a domain on a | dial-up host?
Q0609: ... sending the same message twice, according to the log, although there is a | difference in capitalization of the local part of the address.
Q0507: What are the main | differences between using an Exim filter and using procmail?
Q0045: I see entries in the log that mention two | different IP addresses for the same connection. Why is this? For example:
Q0076: ... Exim to use syslog for its logs, with the main and reject logs sent to | different files, but whenever a message is rejected, I get one message on the reject...
Q0206: How can I get Exim to deliver certain domains to a | different SMTP port on my local host?
Q0416: ... Exim so any message sent to a non-existing user would bounce back with a | different message, based on the name of non-existing user?
Q0424: ... Exim's de-duplication features? I want it to do two deliveries if two | different aliases expand to the same address.
Q0427: How can I have an address looked up in two | different alias files, and delivered to all the addresses that are found?
Q5030: I am using exim in a two queues scenario, with two | different configuration files. How can I run a second copy of eximon to inspect...
Q9608: I'm running Exim 3 under Debian, and want to upgrade to Exim 4. How | difficult is it?
Q9607: I'm having | difficulties trying to make Exim 4 with Redhat 9 and Berkeley DB 4.
Q0305: How can I arrange for mail on my local network to be delivered | directly to the relevant hosts, but all other mail to be sent to my ISP's mail...
Q0423: Some of our users have no home | directories; the field in the password file contains /no/home/dir. This causes the error failed...
Q0508: ... can I allow the use of relative paths in users' filter files when the | directories concerned are not available from the password data?
Q0623: ... /var/spool/mail has grown drastically. Is there any possibility of using two | directories?
Q0111: I'm getting the error db.h: No such file or | directory when I try to build Exim.
Q0115: What does Can't open ../scripts/newer: No such file or | directory mean? I got it while trying to build Exim.
Q0417: ... automatically, so that people could just create a .vacation.msg file in their home | directory and not have to edit their .forward file?
Q0423: ... /no/home/dir. This causes the error failed to stat /no/home/dir (No such file or | directory) when Exim tries to look for a .forward file, and the delivery is deferred....
Q0634: ... How can I stop a local transport from trying to access the user's home | directory, even when the delivery is to a file that is elsewhere?
Q9804: ... temporarily lock out a user by disabling the password and moving the home | directory to another place. How can we arrange to reject mail for users in this...
Q0424: How can I | disable Exim's de-duplication features? I want it to do two deliveries if two...
Q9804: We want to be able to temporarily lock out a user by | disabling the password and moving the home directory to another place. How can we...
Q1601: How can I add a | disclaimer or an advertisement to a message?
Q0062: When I try to start an Exim daemon it crashes. I ran a debugger and | discovered that the crash is happening in the function getservbyname(). What's going...
Q1004: ... just wondered if it might be helpful to put the hints database on a RAM | disk during regular operation. Did anybody try that yet?
Q5017: ... purely in memory, that is, it is handled without it ever hitting the | disk?
Q0425: My users' mailboxes are | distributed between several servers according to the first letter of the user name....
Q0729: How can I screen out addresses that are neither valid usernames or | distribution lists on mail being forwarded to an internal Win2K server?
Q0012: ... route to any remote domains. It doesn't seen to be able to access the | DNS.
Q0034: ... binary to another identical host, it stopped working (it could not resolve | DNS names).
Q0310: If a | DNS lookup returns no MX records why doesn't Exim just bin the message?
Q0311: When a | DNS lookup for MX records fails to complete, why doesn't Exim send the messsage...
Q0315: I'd like route all mail with addresses that can't be resolved (the | DNS lookup times out) to a relay machine.
Q0321: ... use only IPv4 or only IPv6 addresses when it finds both types in the | DNS?
Q0733: ... Is there any way to tell Exim not to lookup the IP address against any | DNS black list if the connection is over IPv6?
Q9703: On SunOS 4 Exim crashes when looking up domains in the | DNS that have more than 10 A records.
Q0305: ... other mail to be sent to my ISP's mail server? The local hosts are all | DNS-registered and behave like normal Internet hosts.
Q0080: ... must only return one value? They can not return a list of values? The | documentation seems to indicate that it's possible to return a list.
Q0412: ... error bad mode (100664) for /home/test/.forward? I've looked through the | documentation but can't see anything to suggest that Exim has to do anything other than read...
Q5006: ... aren't there any man pages for Exim? I don't always carry my printed | documentation.
Q0408: If I don't fully qualify the addresses in a virtual | domain's alias file then mail to aliases which also match the local domain get...
Q0004: My virtual | domain setup isn't working. How can I debug it?
Q0205: ... can I get Exim to deliver to me locally and everyone else at the same | domain via SMTP to the MX record specified host?
Q0207: Why does Exim lower-case the local-part of a non-local | domain when routing?
Q0308: I have a | domain for which some local parts must be delivered locally, but the remainder...
Q0309: ... configure Exim on a firewall machine so that if mail arrives addressed to a | domain whose MX points to the firewall, it is forwarded to the internal mail...
Q0314: ... where attempts to mail to valid sites are rejected with unknown mail | domain. This only happens a few times a day and there is no particular pattern...
Q0316: I would like to forward all incoming email for a particular | domain to another host via SMTP. Whereabouts would I configure that?
Q0405: ... addresses in /etc/aliases or do I have to set up an alias file for each | domain?
Q0408: If I don't fully qualify the addresses in a virtual | domain's alias file then mail to aliases which also match the local domain get...
Q0409: ... local part at certain virtual domains to go to a single address for each | domain.
Q0414: I have set `caseful_local_part` on the routers that handle my local | domain because my users have upper case letters in their login names, but incoming...
Q0429: I would like to deliver mail addressed to a given | domain to local mailboxes, but also to generate messages to the envelope senders....
Q0513: ... all mails greater than 500K in size, but to exclude those to a specific | domain. However, I don't seem to be able to use $domain in a system filter.
Q0802: I have Exim configured to remove the hostname portion of the | domain on outgoing mail, and yet the hostname is present when the mail gets delivered....
Q0807: I want to rewrite local sender addresses depending on the | domain of the recipient.
Q0901: ... add some custom headers to selected outgoing mail based on a specific | domain and the subject line.
Q1403: ... Exim be configured when it is acting as a temporary storage system for a | domain on a dial-up host?
Q1407: RFC 1985 specifies that the SMTP command `ETRN host.` | `domain` causes all mail queued for that host, no matter what domain it's for,...
Q1409: I would like to have a separate queue per | domain for hosts which dial in to collect their mail.
Q5008: If I set up a | domain list to contain *customer.com, it matches customer.com and abc.customer.com as...
Q0012: Exim is unable to route to any remote | domains. It doesn't seen to be able to access the DNS.
Q0018: ... same connection when I do something like: `exim -v -R @aol.com`? For other | domains, I do this and I see the appropriate waiting for passed connections to get...
Q0202: Can I specify a list of | domains to explicitly reject?
Q0203: How can I arrange to do my own qualification of non-fully-qualified | domains, and then pass them on to the next router?
Q0206: How can I get Exim to deliver certain | domains to a different SMTP port on my local host?
Q0309: ... to the internal mail server, without having to have a list of all the | domains involved?
Q0405: On a host that accepts mail for several | domains, do I have to use fully qualified addresses in /etc/aliases or do I have...
Q0409: I want mail for any local part at certain virtual | domains to go to a single address for each domain.
Q0419: I have some obsolete | domains which people have been warned not to use any more. How can I arrange to...
Q0422: How can I arrange for all addresses in a group of | domains *.example.com to share the same alias file? I have a number of such groups....
Q0435: ... alias file contains fully qualified addresses as keys, and some wildcard | domains in the form @foo.bar. Can Exim handle these?
Q0718: ... points me to right rules to prevent sending/receiving messages to/for | domains which have one MX to localhost or only have address 127.0.0.1 ?
Q0806: ... lookup in a rewriting rule, but its contents are not being lowercased. Aren't | domains supposed to be handled caselessly?
Q1501: The MX records for some UUCP | domains point to my local host. How do I get it to pass the messages on to UUCP?...
Q5009: I want to match all | domains of the form *.oyoy.org but want a few exceptions. For instance I don't want foo.oyoy.org...
Q9703: On SunOS 4 Exim crashes when looking up | domains in the DNS that have more than 10 A records.
Q0623: My /var/spool/mail has grown | drastically. Is there any possibility of using two directories?
Q0013: ... does the error message transport system_aliases: cannot find transport | driver "redirect" in line 92 mean?
Q0415: ... existing alias files and forward files as well as procmail and effectively | drop in Exim in place of Sendmail ?
Q0736: Is it possible to tell exim to | drop the connection after a server attempts to send a message to a number of...
Q5012: Does Exim support Delivery Status Notification ( | DSN), Message Status Notification (MSN), or any other form of delivery acknowledgement?...
Q9707: How do I stop Sun's | dtcm from hanging?
Q9702: How can I get rid of spurious `^M` characters in messages sent from CDE | dtmail?

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