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| Q0417: ... could just create a .vacation.msg file in their home directory and not have to | edit their .forward file? |
| Q5025: What precautions should I take when | editing Exim's run time configuration file? |
| Q0415: ... use my existing alias files and forward files as well as procmail and | effectively drop in Exim in place of Sendmail ? |
| Q0053: ... host responds to a connection with 220 *****... and won't understand | EHLO commands. |
| Q0085: I see a lot of rejected | EHLO ... syntactically invalid argument(s). I know it's because of the underscore... |
| Q0732: ... would like to either warn or deny when a host uses an underscore in the | EHLO command. |
| Q5005: ... 3.5.8 (ghostview) to try printing spec.ps. After every printed page, the printer | ejects a blank sheet. Is this something to do with using “letter” rather... |
| Q0634: ... the user's home directory, even when the delivery is to a file that is | elsewhere? |
| Q0042: ... the sender address is <>. Why is the Sender on the bounce message | empty? |
| Q0104: ... about to upgrade to a new Exim release. Do I need to ensure the spool is | empty, or take any other special action? |
| Q0505: My problem is that Exim replaces $local_part with an | empty string in the system filtering. What's wrong or what did I miss? |
| Q0512: ... reference the Envelope-To: header in my filter, but $h_envelope-to: is always | empty. |
| Q0726: ... authentication can be bypassed by sending an unknown user name and an | empty password. What is wrong with this condition in a PLAIN authenticator?... |
| Q1701: ... trying to set up an Exim server that uses a self-signed certificate to | enable my clients to use TLS. However, clients other than Exim refuse to accept... |
| Q0038: What does the error message error in forward file (filtering not | enabled): missing or malformed local part mean? |
| Q1702: ... to advertise support for SMTP authentication only when the session is | encrypted? |
| Q0017: ... specific message to a particular server, it fails, giving the error Remote | end closed connection after data or Broken pipe or a timeout. What's going... |
| Q0104: I'm about to upgrade to a new Exim release. Do I need to | ensure the spool is empty, or take any other special action? |
| Q0056: ... However, whenever a user sends an email it gets sent with the return path ( | envelope sender) apache@server_name.com because the PHP script is running as apache.... |
| Q0429: ... given domain to local mailboxes, but also to generate messages to the | envelope senders. |
| Q0709: Does Exim apply RBL checks to error messages, those with an | envelope sender of <> ? |
| Q5015: ... <= <>. Am I correct in assuming that the <> indicates that the | envelope did not contain any “From” data? |
| Q9811: ... live mail server to use in tests of a new server. I want to preserve the | envelope contents, but to suppress any error notifications to the original sender.... |
| Q0512: I'm trying to reference the | Envelope-To: header in my filter, but $h_envelope-to: is always empty. |
| Q0003: What does the | error Child process of address_pipe transport returned 127 from command xxx... |
| Q0013: What does the | error message transport system_aliases: cannot find transport driver "redirect"... |
| Q0017: ... deliver a specific message to a particular server, it fails, giving the | error Remote end closed connection after data or Broken pipe or a timeout. What's... |
| Q0026: ... trying to get Exim to connect an alias to a pipe, but it always gives | error code 127, with the comment (could mean unable to exec or command does not... |
| Q0027: What does the | error Spool file is locked mean? |
| Q0032: ... library, even though is it present within LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I'm getting this | error: |
| Q0033: What does the | error lookup of host "xx.xx.xx" failed in yyy router mean? |
| Q0036: Why do I get the | error Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post when Exim tries to... |
| Q0038: What does the | error message error in forward file (filtering not enabled): missing or malformed... |
| Q0043: What does the | error Unable to get interface configuration: 22 Invalid argument mean? |
| Q0044: What does the | error Failed to create spool file mean? |
| Q0050: ... for relaying that they are being blocked with a Too many connections | error. |
| Q0051: When I test my system filter with -bf, I get the | error filtering command "fail" is disabled. Why is this? |
| Q0052: What does ridiculously long message header in an | error report mean? |
| Q0054: I'm getting an Exim configuration | error unknown rewrite flag character (m) in line 386 but I haven't used any... |
| Q0055: What does the | error Failed to open wait-remote_smtp database: Invalid argument mean? |
| Q0058: What does the | error failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: File exists mean? |
| Q0060: Why am I getting the | error failed to expand /data/lists/lists/${lc for require_files: ${lc is not a known... |
| Q0061: What does the | error Too many “Received” headers - suspected mail loop mean? |
| Q0065: ... root) I use -C to run Exim with an alternate configuration file, it gives an | error about being unable to create a spool file when trying to run an autoreply... |
| Q0067: What does the | error too many unrecognized commands mean? |
| Q0069: What does the | error SMTP data timeout (message abandoned) on connection from... mean? |
| Q0070: What does the | error SMTP command timeout on connection from... mean? |
| Q0071: What does the | error failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim//db/retry: Illegal argument mean?... |
| Q0074: What does the | error message remote delivery process count got out of step mean? |
| Q0081: What does | error in redirect data: included file xxxx is too big mean? |
| Q0082: What does relocation | error: /lib/libnss_dns.so.2: symbol __libc_res_nquery, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not... |
| Q0084: ... to resubmit the message, but when I use my tested command in an alias file, I get an | error from gpg. |
| Q0086: What does SMTP protocol violation: synchronization | error (next input sent too soon) mean? |
| Q0089: What does the | error kernel: application bug: exim(12099) has SIGCHLD set to SIG_IGN but calls... |
| Q0091: Why is Exim giving the | error Failed to send message from address_reply transport when I run it using... |
| Q0092: The | error message Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. occurs when I try to... |
| Q0103: I'm getting an undefined symbol | error for hosts_ctl when I try to build Exim. (On some systems this error is undefined... |
| Q0105: What does the | error install-info: command not found mean? |
| Q0110: ... support. I have included -lpam in EXTRALIBS, but I'm still getting a linking | error: |
| Q0111: I'm getting the | error db.h: No such file or directory when I try to build Exim. |
| Q0112: I'm getting the | error /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldb when I try to build Exim. |
| Q0412: Why am I seeing the | error bad mode (100664) for /home/test/.forward? I've looked through the documentation... |
| Q0413: ... messages. Can it be told to ignore the .forward file and/or inform the user of the | error? |
| Q0423: ... the field in the password file contains /no/home/dir. This causes the | error failed to stat /no/home/dir (No such file or directory) when Exim tries to look... |
| Q0430: ... Whenever Exim tries to route a local address, it gives a permission denied | error for the .forward file, like this: |
| Q0511: ... Whenever my system filter uses a mail command to send a message, I get the | error User 0 set for address_reply transport is on the never_users list. What... |
| Q0514: When I try to send to two addresses I get an | error in the filter file malformed address: , e@fgh.com may not follow a@bcd.com.... |
| Q0601: What does the | error Neither the xxx router nor the yyy transport set a uid for local delivery... |
| Q0607: ... receipt” for example in Netscape Mailbox sending options, then I get an | error message from Exim... something like not supported. Can I activate delivery... |
| Q0613: I have set fallback_hosts on my smtp transport, but after the | error sem@chat.ru cannot be resolved at this time Exim isn't using them. |
| Q0619: I can't get Exim to deliver over NFS. I get the | error fcntl() failed: No locks available, though the lock daemon is running... |
| Q0620: ... does Exim bounce messages without even attempting delivery, giving the | error retry time not reached for any host after a long failure period? |
| Q0632: What does the | error User 1 set for local_mbx_delivery transport is on the never_users list... |
| Q0635: The log message | error ignored appears after some delivery failures. What does it mean? |
| Q0709: Does Exim apply RBL checks to | error messages, those with an envelope sender of <> ? |
| Q1103: I'm trying to set up majordomo, but I'm getting a wrong mode | error when I try to send it mail. |
| Q1201: When I run fetchmail, I get the | error SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address xxx@localhost. |
| Q1301: Exim built with Perl support exits with the | error message ./exim: can't load library 'libperl.so'. |
| Q1302: Exim built with Perl support exits with several | error messages of the form undefined reference to `PL_stack_sp'. |
| Q1707: ... am trying to use TLS with Evolution as a client, and keep seeing this | error: SMTP protocol violation: synchronization error (next input sent too soon):... |
| Q9301: ... have gcc there. So I put CC=cc in the Local/Makefile, but I got this | error: |
| Q9401: On BSDI 4.0, Exim built with Perl support exits with the | error message |
| Q9601: ... Exim is mysteriously crashing, usually when forking to send a delivery | error message. |
| Q9604: I get the too many open files | error especially when a lot of messages land for Majordomo at the same time.... |
| Q9605: ... 486 laptop. When I try to test the Mail program, I get the following | error: Failed to open configuration file /etc/exim.conf. |
| Q9709: When I try to compile Exim 4.x on Solaris 2.5.1 I get an | error along the lines of no such field in struct as 'value.ui32'. |
| Q9811: ... new server. I want to preserve the envelope contents, but to suppress any | error notifications to the original sender. |
| Q0030: ... lookup for hosts that are allowed to relay, but it is giving really weird | errors. |
| Q0075: ... some email addresses that contain special characters are causing parsing | errors in my LDAP lookups. |
| Q0116: I have tried to build Exim with Berkeley DB 3 and 4, but I always get | errors. |
| Q0602: Exim keeps crashing with segmentation | errors (signal 11 or 139) during delivery. This seems to happen when it is about... |
| Q1708: ... Antivirus, but all my email is being rejected with Unsupported command | errors. Why? |
| Q1407: RFC 1985 specifies that the SMTP command | ETRN host.domain causes all mail queued for that host, no matter what domain... |
| Q1408: ... local mailing list (implemented through forward files), and one of our | ETRN clients is on this mailing list, the -R won't flush the mailing list message... |
| Q5003: How can I persuade Exim to accept | ETRN commands without the leading # character? |
| Q0041: What does the message unable to set gid=ddd or uid=ddd ( | euid=ddd): local delivery to ... transport=ttt mean? |
| Q0088: ... SENDFILE.EXE sometimes hangs while trying to send a message to Exim 4, and | eventually times out. It worked flawlessly with Exim 3. What has changed? |
| Q0205: How can I get Exim to deliver to me locally and | everyone else at the same domain via SMTP to the MX record specified host? |
| Q1707: I am trying to use TLS with | Evolution as a client, and keep seeing this error: SMTP protocol violation: synchronization... |
| Q0615: When a message in the queue got to 12h old, Exim wrote retry timeout | exceeded and removed all messages in the queue to this host - even recent messages.... |
| Q0712: ... ioctl call at the time of the SMTP RCPT command, to check if a user has | exceeded their email quota. If they have I issue a temporary failure and a message... |
| Q1402: ... address anything@aol.com is returned within about 15 minutes saying retry time | exceeded, and all addresses are affected. |
| 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 or bar.oyoy.org to be included.... |
| Q0513: ... my system filter to freeze 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 $domain... |
| Q0024: When I run exim -bd -q10m I get PANIC LOG: | exec of exim -q failed. |
| Q0026: ... it always gives error code 127, with the comment (could mean unable to | exec or command does not exist). |
| Q0089: What does the error kernel: application bug: | exim(12099) has SIGCHLD set to SIG_IGN but calls wait() mean? |
| Q0011: Instead of | exim_dbmbuild, I'm using a homegrown program to build DBM (or cdb) files, but Exim doesn't... |
| Q0118: ... LOOKUP_INCLUDE=-I/client/include in Local/Makefile, but the compilation of | exim_dumpdb is ignoring this option and failing. Why? |
| Q5030: ... with two different configuration files. How can I run a second copy of | eximon to inspect and modify the alternate queue? |
| Q0119: I know there are some 3rd-party patches for Exim, for | exiscan and other things. Where are they? |
| Q0728: How do I use | Exiscan, SA-Exim, SpamAssassin, Clam Antivirus, Sophos SAVI, or sophie with Exim?... |
| Q0734: How do MailScanner and | Exiscan compare? What are the pros and cons? |
| Q0026: ... 127, with the comment (could mean unable to exec or command does not | exist). |
| Q0415: Can I use my | existing alias files and forward files as well as procmail and effectively drop... |
| Q0905: ... filter to replace certain headers in messages, but how can I add text to | existing headers? I want to add [SPAM] to the subject line of messages that appear... |
| Q0058: ... does the error failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: File | exists mean? |
| Q1301: Exim built with Perl support | exits with the error message ./exim: can't load library 'libperl.so'. |
| Q1302: Exim built with Perl support | exits with several error messages of the form undefined reference to `PL_stack_sp'.... |
| Q9401: On BSDI 4.0, Exim built with Perl support | exits with the error message |
| Q9706: The | exiwhat utility isn't working for me on a Solaris 2 system. |
| Q0060: Why am I getting the error failed to | expand /data/lists/lists/${lc for require_files: ${lc is not a known operator... |
| Q0424: ... de-duplication features? I want it to do two deliveries if two different aliases | expand to the same address. |
| Q0426: ... anything@anotherdomain. I tried adding $local_part@anotherdomain to my aliases but it did not | expand - it sent it to that literal address. |
| Q0007: ... the entry *@domain.com in a lookup database, but it isn't working. The | expansion I'm using is: |
| Q0019: There seems to be a problem in the string | expansion code: it doesn't recognize references to headers such as ${h_to}. |
| Q0025: I can't seem to get a pipe command to run when I include a ${if | expansion in it. This fails: |
| Q0090: I can't seem to get a pipe command to run when I include a ${lookup | expansion in it. |
| Q1703: I have some legacy clients that don't use STARTTLS, but which | expect to negotiate a TLS session automatically on connection to the ssmtp port... |
| Q0202: Can I specify a list of domains to | explicitly reject? |
| Q9808: I have a mailing list | exploder on one host, and three other hosts where I want to do the actual deliveries... |
| Q0717: ... of security issues are raised. Nessus complains that Exim answers to | EXPN and/or VRFY; sometimes it even complains that Exim allows relaying. |
| Q0059: When my Outlook | Express 6.0 client sends a STARTTLS command to begin a TLS session, Exim doesn't... |
| Q0721: ... POP-before-SMTP set up on my Exim server, but some clients use Outlook | Express, which sends queued messages before checking the mailbox, so it doesn't... |
| Q0741: How can I get Outlook | Express to use TLS when authenticating? |
| Q1704: When my Outlook | Express 6.0 client sends a STARTTLS command to begin a TLS session, Exim doesn't... |
| Q0312: Is it possible to use a conditional | expression for the host item in a route_list for manualroute router? I tried the... |
| Q0421: I can't get a regular | expression to work in a local_parts option on one of my routers. |
| Q0431: How do I configure Exim to allow arbitrary | extensions in local parts, of the form +extension? |
| Q0313: I send all | external mail to a smart host, but this means that bad addresses also get passed... |
| Q0711: Will Exim allow me to create a file of regexs and match incoming | external email to the list - and if a match is found file the offending message... |
| Q5034: ... queue_only option conditional? I would like the ability to queue messages from | external sources while deliver locally generated email as normal. |
| Q0502: ... the ability to obtain the result of a pipe command so that I can filter | externally and redirect internally. Is this possible? |
| Q0110: I'm trying to build Exim with PAM support. I have included -lpam in | EXTRALIBS, but I'm still getting a linking error: |
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