Exim FAQ: KWIC index section F

# Exim FAQ: Keyword-in-context index

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Q0621: My .forward file is `|/usr/bin/procmail` | `-f-` and mail gets delivered, but there was a bounce to the sender, sending...
Q0051: ... I test my system filter with -bf, I get the error filtering command " | fail" is disabled. Why is this?
Q0805: Is it possible to completely | fail a message if the rewrite rules fail?
Q0015: What does the message Socket bind() to port 25 for address (any) | failed: address already in use mean?
Q0021: What does | failed to create child process to send failure message mean? This is a busy mail server...
Q0023: Why is Exim refusing to relay, saying | failed to find host name from IP address when I have the sender's IP address...
Q0024: When I run `exim -bd -q10m` I get PANIC LOG: exec of exim -q | failed.
Q0033: What does the error lookup of host "xx.xx.xx" | failed in yyy router mean?
Q0044: What does the error | Failed to create spool file mean?
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 operator...
Q0071: What does the error | failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim//db/retry: Illegal argument mean?
Q0091: Why is Exim giving the error | Failed to send message from address_reply transport when I run it using -C to...
Q0423: ... 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 for...
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 on the NFS server...
Q9605: ... laptop. When I try to test the Mail program, I get the following error: | Failed to open configuration file /etc/exim.conf.
Q0032: Exim is | failing to find the MySQL library, even though is it present within LD_LIBRARY_PATH....
Q0087: ... rejected after DATA: malformed address: xx@yy may not follow <xx@yy> : | failing address in "from" header mean?
Q0106: ... seem to be recognizing my operating system type correctly, and so is | failing to build.
Q0118: ... Local/Makefile, but the compilation of exim_dumpdb is ignoring this option and | failing. Why?
Q9603: I'm seeing the message inetd[334]: imap/tcp server | failing (looping), service terminated on a RedHat 5.2 system, causing imap connections...
Q0618: I am trying to set exim up to have a automatic | failover if it sees that the system that it is sending all mail to is down.
Q0017: ... Whenever Exim tries to deliver a specific message to a particular server, it | fails, giving the error Remote end closed connection after data or Broken pipe...
Q0025: ... get a pipe command to run when I include a `${if` expansion in it. This | fails:
Q0107: Exim | fails to build, complaining about the absence of the `killpg` function.
Q0311: When a DNS lookup for MX records | fails to complete, why doesn't Exim send the messsage to the host defined by...
Q0021: What does failed to create child process to send | failure message mean? This is a busy mail server with `smtp_accept_max` set to 500,...
Q0620: ... delivery, giving the error retry time not reached for any host after a long | failure period?
Q0712: ... user has exceeded their email quota. If they have I issue a temporary | failure and a message - can I do this with Exim?
Q0635: The log message error ignored appears after some delivery | failures. What does it mean?
Q0613: I have set | `fallback_hosts` on my smtp transport, but after the error sem@chat.ru cannot be resolved at...
Q0716: ... sender addresses from which she will accept mail? I want to do this so my | family members don't get any spam (or other inappropriate mail).
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 on the...
Q0424: How can I disable Exim's de-duplication | features? I want it to do two deliveries if two different aliases expand to the...
Q1201: When I run | fetchmail, I get the error SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address xxx@localhost....
Q1202: I'm currently using Exim with | fetchmail and I'd like to use the RBL on Exim, but will it work? Do I need to configure...
Q0423: Some of our users have no home directories; the | field in the password file contains /no/home/dir. This causes the error failed to stat...
Q9709: ... 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'.
Q0029: I can't seem to | figure out why PAM support doesn't work correctly.
Q0022: What does No transport set by system | filter in a log line mean?
Q0051: When I test my system | filter with -bf, I get the error filtering command "fail" is disabled. Why is...
Q0501: My | filter isn't working. How can I test it?
Q0502: ... need is the ability to obtain the result of a pipe command so that I can | filter externally and redirect internally. Is this possible?
Q0503: ... that contained a non-printing character (a carriage return). This messed up my | filter file. Is there a way to get round it?
Q0506: Using $recipients in a system | filter gives me another problem: how can I do a string lookup if $recipients...
Q0507: What are the main differences between using an Exim | filter and using procmail?
Q0508: How can I allow the use of relative paths in users' | filter files when the directories concerned are not available from the password...
Q0509: How can I set up a | filter file to detect and block virus attachments?
Q0511: Whenever my system | filter uses a `mail` command to send a message, I get the error User 0 set for address_reply...
Q0512: I'm trying to reference the Envelope-To: header in my | filter, but $h_envelope-to: is always empty.
Q0513: I want my system | filter to freeze all mails greater than 500K in size, but to exclude those to a specific...
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. What is...
Q0622: Can I write an ordinary file when I run a perl script as a transport | filter for the remote_smtp and address_pipe transports?
Q0711: ... message into a special location? Also is it possible to make Exim only | filter parts of an incoming email - e.g. ignore large MIME attachments for example...
Q0905: I know I can use a system | filter to replace certain headers in messages, but how can I add text to existing...
Q0038: What does the error message error in forward file ( | filtering not enabled): missing or malformed local part mean?
Q0051: When I test my system filter with -bf, I get the error | filtering command "fail" is disabled. Why is this?
Q0505: ... is that Exim replaces $local_part with an empty string in the system | filtering. What's wrong or what did I miss?
Q0904: How I can insert the PGP header line using Exim | filters?
Q5004: ... noticed that emails I send with a Bcc: line are being delivered to their | final destination with the Bcc: line still present.
Q0079: Our new PIX | firewall is causing problems with incoming mail. How can this be fixed?
Q0309: How can I configure Exim on a | firewall machine so that if mail arrives addressed to a domain whose MX points...
Q0411: ... locally to any username that is longer than 8 characters as long as the | first 8 characters match one of the local usernames?
Q0425: ... users' mailboxes are distributed between several servers according to the | first letter of the user name. All the servers receive incoming mail at random....
Q1406: When I dial up to collect mail from my ISP, only the | first 10 messages get delivered immediately; the remainder just sit on the queue...
Q0054: I'm getting an Exim configuration error unknown rewrite | flag character (m) in line 386 but I haven't used any flags on my rewriting...
Q0054: ... unknown rewrite flag character (m) in line 386 but I haven't used any | flags on my rewriting rules.
Q0088: ... trying to send a message to Exim 4, and eventually times out. It worked | flawlessly with Exim 3. What has changed?
Q1408: ... files), and one of our ETRN clients is on this mailing list, the -R won't | flush the mailing list message for that client.
Q0087: What does rejected after DATA: malformed address: xx@yy may not | follow <xx@yy> : failing address in "from" header mean?
Q0514: ... get an error in the filter file malformed address: , e@fgh.com may not | follow a@bcd.com. What is going on?
Q0406: ... .forward to pipe to a shell command which appends to the user's INBOX. How can I | forbid this?
Q0610: How can I | force the next retry time for a host to be now?
Q1404: I have `queue_domains` 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...
Q0614: ... holidays my ISP has always hundreds of e-mails waiting for me. These are | forced down Exim's throat in one go. Exim spawns a lot of kids, but is there...
Q9601: Exim is mysteriously crashing, usually when | forking to send a delivery error message.
Q0038: What does the error message error in | forward file (filtering not enabled): missing or malformed local part mean?
Q0316: I would like to | forward all incoming email for a particular domain to another host via SMTP. Whereabouts...
Q0415: Can I use my existing alias files and | forward files as well as procmail and effectively drop in Exim in place of Sendmail...
Q0426: One of the things I want to set up is for anything@onedomain to | forward to anything@anotherdomain. I tried adding $local_part@anotherdomain to...
Q1408: ... been deferred to a member on a local mailing list (implemented through | forward files), and one of our ETRN clients is on this mailing list, the -R won't...
Q5027: ... want the reply/from person to get them. If I think they need it I will | forward it myself.
Q0309: ... arrives addressed to a domain whose MX points to the firewall, it is | forwarded to the internal mail server, without having to have a list of all the...
Q0320: How can I arrange for all mail to user@some.domain to be | forwarded to user@other.domain?
Q0729: ... that are neither valid usernames or distribution lists on mail being | forwarded to an internal Win2K server?
Q0628: ... default retry rule, which I thought meant that Exim should keep trying for | four days, but it seems to be bouncing some messages immediately.
Q9201: On | FreeBSD, /usr/sbin/sendmail is a symbolic link to /usr/sbin/mailwrapper; it doesn't...
Q9202: A script that | FreeBSD runs nightly uses mailq with the -Ac parameter. Why doesn't Exim recognize...
Q9203: How can I use Exim for authenticated SMTP using Cyrus on | FreeBSD?
Q0513: I want my system filter to | freeze all mails greater than 500K in size, but to exclude those to a specific domain....
Q0319: ... longer than the retry time indicates they should. They are all getting | frozen because some remote admin has set their MX record to 127.0.0.1.
Q0062: ... crashes. I ran a debugger and discovered that the crash is happening in the | function getservbyname(). What's going on?
Q0107: Exim fails to build, complaining about the absence of the `killpg` | function.
Q0120: I'm trying to compile with LOOKUP_WHOSON, but I keep getting In | function `whoson_find': undefined reference to `wso_query'.
Q5001: ... limited set of users to perform a limited set of Exim administration | functions? I don't want to put them all in the exim group.
Q9705: ... been crashing on my Solaris x86 system, apparently while running DBM | functions.

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