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Q0065: When (as root) I use | -C to run Exim with an alternate configuration file, it gives an error about being...
Q0091: ... Failed to send message from address_reply transport when I run it using | -C to specify an alternate configuration?
Q5023: Why does Exim do ident | callbacks by default? Isn't this just a waste of resources? I've been told this...
Q0740: How can I change the MAIL FROM address that is used for | callouts?
Q0609: ... message twice, according to the log, although there is a difference in | capitalization of the local part of the address.
Q0503: ... message with a Subject: line that contained a non-printing character (a | carriage return). This messed up my filter file. Is there a way to get round it?...
Q9702: How can I get rid of spurious `^M` ( | carriage return) characters in messages sent from CDE dtmail?
Q5006: Why aren't there any man pages for Exim? I don't always | carry my printed documentation.
Q0414: ... `caseful_local_part` on the routers that handle my local domain because my users have upper | case letters in their login names, but incoming mail now has to use the correct...
Q0626: Exim can route local parts independent of their | case, but the Cyrus LMTP daemon requires the correct case. How can I fix this?...
Q0804: ... names into “friendly” names, but if mail comes in for an upper | case login name, it doesn't get rewritten.
Q0414: I have set | `caseful_local_part` on the routers that handle my local domain because my users have upper...
Q0806: ... its contents are not being lowercased. Aren't domains supposed to be handled | caselessly?
Q0707: I have one or two | cases where my host correctly rejects messages, but the remote host is quite...
Q9301: ... trying to compile on an HP machine and I don't have gcc there. So I put | `CC=cc` in the Local/Makefile, but I got this error:
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.
Q9702: ... rid of spurious `^M` (carriage return) characters in messages sent from | CDE dtmail?
Q1701: I am 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...
Q1706: I have listed some hosts in `tls_verify_hosts` and provided them with | certificates, but their connections are always rejected.
Q0072: ... objects to aliases that involve `:include:` items, complaining that it can't | change gid or uid. Why is this?
Q0428: ... that Exim doesn't make use of the `owner-` entries in my alias file to | change the sender address in outgoing messages to a mailing list.
Q0724: ... is “unknown user” instead of the message from the alias file. How can I | change this?
Q0740: How can I | change the MAIL FROM address that is used for callouts?
Q0804: I'm using this rewriting rule to | change login names into “friendly” names, but if mail comes in for an...
Q5018: ... rebuild them on the fly, or do I need to restart Exim every time I make a | change?
Q5028: ... /usr/lib/sendmail (which is a symlink) to the real binary name. Can I | change this?
Q0088: ... and eventually times out. It worked flawlessly with Exim 3. What has | changed?
Q5028: When I HUP the Exim daemon, the name shown in the process table | changes from /usr/lib/sendmail (which is a symlink) to the real binary name. Can...
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 rules.
Q0503: ... received a message with a Subject: line that contained a non-printing | character (a carriage return). This messed up my filter file. Is there a way to...
Q5003: How can I persuade Exim to accept ETRN commands without the leading # | character?
Q5029: A message with a recipient address that contains a non-printing | character is stuck on my mail queue. How can I remove this address?
Q0075: I'm using LDAP, and some email addresses that contain special | characters are causing parsing errors in my LDAP lookups.
Q0411: ... Exim deliver a message locally to any username that is longer than 8 | characters as long as the first 8 characters match one of the local usernames?
Q0604: ... to use MMDF-style mailboxes. How can I get Exim to append the ctrl-A | characters that separate indvidual emails?
Q9702: How can I get rid of spurious `^M` (carriage return) | characters in messages sent from CDE dtmail?
Q0002: Exim is not working. What is wrong? How can I | check what it is doing?
Q0712: ... sendmail to make an 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...
Q1202: ... way? As far as Exim knows, all mail is coming from 127.0.0.1. Will it | check the source address against RBL? Or will it check the From: header?
Q0603: How can mails that are being routed through routers that do not set | `check_local_user` be delivered under the uid of the recipient?
Q5014: Although I haven't set | `check_spool_space`, Exim is still checking the amount of space on the spool for incoming...
Q0721: ... some clients use Outlook Express, which sends queued messages before | checking the mailbox, so it doesn't work.
Q5014: Although I haven't set `check_spool_space`, Exim is still | checking the amount of space on the spool for incoming SMTP messages that use the...
Q0708: How can I run customized verification | checks on incoming addresses?
Q0709: Does Exim apply RBL | checks to error messages, those with an envelope sender of `<>` ?
Q0003: What does the error | Child process of address_pipe transport returned 127 from command xxx mean?...
Q0021: What does failed to create | child process to send failure message mean? This is a busy mail server with `smtp_accept_max`...
Q0631: I would like to | choose a retry rule based on on the sender rather than the recipient address....
Q0014: ... the DATA command from one particular host, and yet the client host also | claims to be timing out. This seems to affect only certain messages.
Q0728: How do I use Exiscan, SA-Exim, SpamAssassin, | Clam Antivirus, Sophos SAVI, or sophie with Exim?
Q0014: ... responding to the DATA command from one particular host, and yet the | client host also claims to be timing out. This seems to affect only certain messages....
Q0059: When my Outlook Express 6.0 | client sends a STARTTLS command to begin a TLS session, Exim doesn't seem to...
Q0078: Exim is logging the unknown SMTP command `XXXX` from my | client hosts, and they are unable to authenticate.
Q1408: ... this mailing list, the -R won't flush the mailing list message for that | client.
Q1704: When my Outlook Express 6.0 | client sends a STARTTLS command to begin a TLS session, Exim doesn't seem to...
Q1707: I am trying to use TLS with Evolution as a | client, and keep seeing this error: SMTP protocol violation: synchronization error...
Q1708: I trying to use TLS with Outlook as a | client on a box that is running Norton Antivirus, but all my email is being rejected...
Q0721: I have POP-before-SMTP set up on my Exim server, but some | clients use Outlook Express, which sends queued messages before checking the mailbox,...
Q1408: ... 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 for...
Q1701: ... 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 this certificate....
Q1703: I have some legacy | clients that don't use STARTTLS, but which expect to negotiate a TLS session automatically...
Q0040: ... messages (e.g. to routeable, but undeliverable, spammer senders) from | clogging up the queue for days?
Q0017: ... 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 on?
Q1406: When I dial up to | collect mail from my ISP, only the first 10 messages get delivered immediately;...
Q1409: ... would like to have a separate queue per domain for hosts which dial in to | collect their mail.
Q0710: ... sender-recipient combinations, with a specific message for each such | combination.
Q0710: I want to reject certain sender-recipient | combinations, with a specific message for each such combination.
Q0026: ... 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 exist).
Q0734: How do MailScanner and Exiscan | compare? What are the pros and cons?
Q0118: I've set `LOOKUP_INCLUDE=-I/client/include` in Local/Makefile, but the | compilation of exim_dumpdb is ignoring this option and failing. Why?
Q0102: I can't get Exim to | compile with Berkeley DB version 2.x or 3.x.
Q0120: I'm trying to | compile with LOOKUP_WHOSON, but I keep getting In function `whoson_find': undefined...
Q9301: I'm trying to | compile on an HP machine and I don't have gcc there. So I put `CC=cc` in the Local/Makefile,...
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...
Q0113: I've | compiled Exim and I've managed to start it but there was one problem - it always complained that...
Q0113: ... Exim and I've managed to start it but there was one problem - it always | complained that libmsqlclient.so.10 was not found, even though this file is in /usr/local/lib/mysql/....
Q0050: I am getting | complaints from a customer who uses my Exim server for relaying that they are being blocked...
Q0311: When a DNS lookup for MX records fails to | complete, why doesn't Exim send the messsage to the host defined by the A record?...
Q0805: Is it possible to | completely fail a message if the rewrite rules fail?
Q0508: ... the use of relative paths in users' filter files when the directories | concerned are not available from the password data?
Q0023: ... host name from IP address when I have the sender's IP address in an ACL | condition? My configuration contains this ACL statement:
Q0035: I set a `hosts` | condition in an ACL to do a lookup in a file of IP addresses, but it doesn't work....
Q0726: ... sending an unknown user name and an empty password. What is wrong with this | condition in a PLAIN authenticator?
Q0312: Is it possible to use a | conditional expression for the host item in a `route_list` for manualroute router? I...
Q5034: Is there any way to make the `queue_only` option | conditional? I would like the ability to queue messages from external sources while...
Q9602: ... standard with RH5.2 Linux to rotate my mail logs. Anyone worked out the logrotate | config file that will do this?
Q0023: ... from IP address when I have the sender's IP address in an ACL condition? My | configuration contains this ACL statement:
Q0043: What does the error Unable to get interface | configuration: 22 Invalid argument mean?
Q0054: I'm getting an Exim | configuration error unknown rewrite flag character (m) in line 386 but I haven't used...
Q0065: When (as 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...
Q0091: ... from address_reply transport when I run it using -C to specify an alternate | configuration?
Q0425: ... servers receive incoming mail at random. I would like to have the same | configuration file for all the servers, which does local delivery for the mailboxes...
Q5025: What precautions should I take when editing Exim's run time | configuration file?
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 and modify the...
Q9605: ... try to test the Mail program, I get the following error: Failed to open | configuration file /etc/exim.conf.
Q9606: I'm having trouble | configuring Exim 4 on a Debian system. How does /etc/exim4/conf.d work?
Q0607: ... message from Exim... something like not supported. Can I activate delivery | confirmations?
Q0026: I'm trying to get Exim to | connect an alias to a pipe, but it always gives error code 127, with the comment (could...
Q0068: Exim times out when trying to | connect to some hosts, though those hosts are known to be up and running. What's...
Q0077: ... I try to read mail from my PC I get connection rejected or unable to | connect.
Q1705: I have listed some hosts in `tls_try_verify_hosts`, but when they | connect, no data appears in $tls_peerdn.
Q0317: ... smart hosts, where the one to be used is determined by which ISP I'm | connected to.
Q1401: When I'm not | connected to the Internet, how can I arrange for mail to other hosts on my local...
Q1404: ... delivery of waiting mail when I dial in. How can I arrange for any new messages that arrive while I'm | connected to be delivered immediately?
Q0009: ... What does no immediate delivery: too many messages received in one SMTP | connection mean?
Q0017: ... to a particular server, it fails, giving the error Remote end closed | connection after data or Broken pipe or a timeout. What's going on?
Q0018: Why do messages not get delivered down the same | connection when I do something like: `exim -v -R @aol.com`? For other domains, I do this and...
Q0045: ... entries in the log that mention two different IP addresses for the same | connection. Why is this? For example:
Q0049: ... message no immediate delivery: more than 10 messages received in one | connection mean?
Q0053: Exim on my host responds to a | connection with `220 *****...` and won't understand EHLO commands.
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?
Q0077: ... delivering mail just fine. However, when I try to read mail from my PC I get | connection rejected or unable to connect.
Q0733: ... tell Exim not to lookup the IP address against any DNS black list if the | connection is over IPv6?
Q0736: Is it possible to tell exim to drop the | connection after a server attempts to send a message to a number of unknown users?...
Q0738: How can I configure Exim to delay the SMTP | connection if more than 10 invalid recipients are received in one message?
Q1405: I have an ISDN | connection and would like a way of running the queue automatically when it is up....
Q1703: ... STARTTLS, but which expect to negotiate a TLS session automatically on | connection to the ssmtp port (465). Can Exim handle this?
Q0018: `... @aol.com`? For other domains, I do this and I see the appropriate waiting for passed | connections to get used messages.
Q0020: Why do | connections to my machine's SMTP port take a long time to respond with the banner,...
Q0021: ... `smtp_accept_max` set to 500, but this problem started to occur at about 300 incoming | connections.
Q0031: Exim is rejecting | connections from hosts that have more than one IP address, for no apparent reason....
Q0050: ... Exim server for relaying that they are being blocked with a Too many | connections error.
Q1706: ... hosts in `tls_verify_hosts` and provided them with certificates, but their | connections are always rejected.
Q9603: ... failing (looping), service terminated on a RedHat 5.2 system, causing imap | connections to be refused. The imapd in use is Washington Univers 12.250. Could this...
Q9609: Why do some servers refuse SMTP | connections from my Linux box, but accept connections from hosts running other operating...
Q0734: How do MailScanner and Exiscan compare? What are the pros and | cons?
Q0737: Is there some way to tell Exim not to | consider 127.0.0.1 as a valid MX?
Q0083: Netscape on Unix is sending messages | containing an unqualified user name in the Sender: header line, which Exim is rejecting because...
Q0616: Can Exim add a | Content-Length: header to messages it delivers?
Q0806: ... I'm using $domain as the key for a lookup in a rewriting rule, but its | contents are not being lowercased. Aren't domains supposed to be handled caselessly?...
Q9811: ... 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.
Q1005: ... my system load too much, and there are many Exim processes. How can I | control this?
Q0428: I've | converted from Sendmail, and I notice that Exim doesn't make use of the `owner-` entries...
Q0034: Exim works fine on one host, but when I | copied the binary to another identical host, it stopped working (it could not...
Q5030: ... scenario, with two different configuration files. How can I run a second | copy of eximon to inspect and modify the alternate queue?
Q5033: How can I send a | copy of all outgoing messages to another mailbox?
Q9809: Can I configure Exim so that my gateway host sends a | copy of each incoming message to each of two internal hosts?
Q0073: I'm seeing log file | corruption, with parts of log lines getting mangled by other log entries.
Q0074: What does the error message remote delivery process | count got out of step mean?
Q0629: I'm having trouble with quotas and | Courier, because Exim is not handling maildirsize files.
Q0730: How can I use the same passwords for SMTP authentication as I use for | Courier IMAP access to my server?
Q0062: ... daemon with -bd it crashes. I ran a debugger and discovered that the | crash is happening in the function getservbyname(). What's going on?
Q0062: When I try to start an Exim daemon with -bd it | crashes. I ran a debugger and discovered that the crash is happening in the function...
Q9701: Exim builds fine with gcc on SunOS 4 but | crashes inside sscanf().
Q9703: On SunOS 4 Exim | crashes when looking up domains in the DNS that have more than 10 A records.
Q0001: Exim is | crashing. What is wrong?
Q0602: Exim keeps | crashing with segmentation errors (signal 11 or 139) during delivery. This seems...
Q9601: Exim is mysteriously | crashing, usually when forking to send a delivery error message.
Q9705: Exim has been | crashing on my Solaris x86 system, apparently while running DBM functions.
Q0021: What does failed to | create child process to send failure message mean? This is a busy mail server with `smtp_accept_max`...
Q0044: What does the error Failed to | create spool file mean?
Q0065: ... with an alternate configuration file, it gives an error about being unable to | create a spool file when trying to run an autoreply transport. Why is this?
Q0417: ... /usr/ucb/vacation processing automatically, so that people could just | create a .vacation.msg file in their home directory and not have to edit their .forward...
Q0711: Will Exim allow me to | create a file of regexs and match incoming external email to the list - and if...
Q0614: ... a lot of kids, but is there some limit to the number of processes it | creates?
Q0036: Why do I get the error Permission denied: | creating lock file hitching post when Exim tries to do a local delivery?
Q0604: I want to use MMDF-style mailboxes. How can I get Exim to append the | ctrl-A characters that separate indvidual emails?
Q0901: I would like add some | custom headers to selected outgoing mail based on a specific domain and the subject...
Q0708: How can I run | customized verification checks on incoming addresses?
Q0626: Exim can route local parts independent of their case, but the | Cyrus LMTP daemon requires the correct case. How can I fix this?
Q0630: How can I configure Exim to deliver to a | Cyrus message store?
Q9203: How can I use Exim for authenticated SMTP using | Cyrus on FreeBSD?

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