[exim] Forged FROM

2016-07-28 Thread Yan Seiner
Hi everyone: I'm not sure what, if anything can be done about my situation. One spambot is forging my email address and IP in their FROM headers, so my email server is getting hammered with bounces. I've checked and I'm not running an open relay, and the emails are not originating with me

Re: [exim] .forward being ignored

2015-10-05 Thread Yan Seiner
On 10/5/2015 6:40 AM, Jeremy Harris wrote: On 05/10/15 11:31, Yan Seiner wrote: I am running Exim 4.82. It works, except that my .forward file is being ignored. It tests fine, and when I feed it manually it works. [...] But exim ignores it. Show a debug run of a test mail, with it being

[exim] .forward being ignored

2015-10-05 Thread Yan Seiner
I'm stumped, mostly because I've never run across this. I am running Exim 4.82. It works, except that my .forward file is being ignored. It tests fine, and when I feed it manually it works. yan@selene:~$ /usr/lib/sendmail -bf ~/.forward # verifying addresses. Similarly, no_expn means that

Re: [exim] .forward being ignored

2015-10-05 Thread Yan Seiner
On 10/5/2015 7:53 AM, Ian Eiloart wrote: Yes, but it may not be the filters that are at fault. It looks like your router isn’t being inspected. If an earlier router handles the message, then your filter won’t be run. Pipe a known message into Exim, and use -d+all Hers's a dump of -d+all:

[exim] exim taking long time to respond

2015-10-03 Thread Yan Seiner
I am trying to validate my new email server, and I'm finding that it's taking about 6 seconds to respond and 8 second to process an email. The server is lightly loaded so there's something that is causing this delay. AFAIK I have no issues with DNS. I am using dspam+spamassassin, so that

Re: [exim] TLS Base64 unexpected header error

2015-10-01 Thread Yan Seiner
On 9/30/2015 7:16 PM, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: Yan Seiner <y...@seiner.com> (Do 01 Okt 2015 01:07:33 CEST): I'm getting this error. I recently migrated from one server to another, and since then I am seeing this in my logs: TLS error on connection from (cert/key setup: cert=/e

[exim] TLS Base64 unexpected header error

2015-09-30 Thread Yan Seiner
I'm getting this error. I recently migrated from one server to another, and since then I am seeing this in my logs: TLS error on connection from (cert/key setup: cert=/etc/ssl/certs/mail_seiner_com.pem key=/etc/ssl/localkeys/mail.seiner.com/mail.seiner.com.key): Base64 unexpected header

Re: [exim] cc'ing outgoing mail

2014-06-04 Thread Yan Seiner
On 06/04/2014 04:55 AM, Jasen Betts wrote: On 2014-06-03, Yan Seiner y...@seiner.com wrote: I have several domains and email addresses I want to CC myself on. I'm using this router: cc_to_me: driver = redirect domains = xxx.com : yyy.com : zzz.ca

[exim] cc'ing outgoing mail

2014-06-03 Thread Yan Seiner
I have several domains and email addresses I want to CC myself on. I'm using this router: cc_to_me: driver = redirect domains = xxx.com : yyy.com : zzz.ca : aaa.org headers_add = X-cc-to-me: by $primary_hostname on $tod_full\n\ Reply-To:

[exim] syntax and use of ${run}

2014-02-13 Thread Yan Seiner
Where can I find some documentation on the syntax of ${run ...}? I can't find it in the exim spec. Then again, maybe there's a better way to do this. I am trying to include the contents of a file in a header so I've been trying: headers_add = My-Header: ${run {/bin/cat

Re: [exim] copy email going to one domain

2014-02-10 Thread Yan Seiner
On 02/10/2014 02:49 AM, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: Yan Seiner y...@seiner.com (Mo 10 Feb 2014 00:10:08 CET): I would like to keep copies of emails that I send to one particular domain in a separate folder. Some simplistic approach could be the use of shadow_transport transport option

[exim] copy email going to one domain

2014-02-09 Thread Yan Seiner
I would like to keep copies of emails that I send to one particular domain in a separate folder. In other words, I want exim to add cc:me to emails that are sent to one particular domain. Is this something exim can do, and if so, where would I start? (nothing nefarious about this; I use my

Re: [exim] Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)

2012-04-13 Thread Yan Seiner
On Fri, April 13, 2012 1:09 am, Sven Hartge wrote: I recommend using haveged: http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/ I installed this and the problem has not reappeared. Hopefully that should fix it. -- On two occasions I have been asked,—Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine

Re: [exim] Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)

2012-04-12 Thread Yan Seiner
On Wed, April 11, 2012 10:39 pm, Phil Pennock wrote: On 2012-04-11 at 13:26 -0700, Yan Seiner wrote: 2012-04-11 13:22:16 1SI3wt-0006jb-DK Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message) Run exiwhat, it will tell you which Exim processes exist, what they're currently doing

[exim] Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message)

2012-04-11 Thread Yan Seiner
I just started getting this message. Seems that many emails (but not all) are getting hung up. 2012-04-11 13:22:16 1SI3wt-0006jb-DK Spool file is locked (another process is handling this message) I have no idea why this started happening; I've checked all the usual suspects and I have plenty of

[exim] pipe transports, aliases, oh my

2011-11-07 Thread Yan Seiner
I am using Request Tracker (http://www.bestpractical.com) which has a mailgate. In the past I've just used aliases to pipe the mail to the appropriate command. Exim doesn't allow that (Or at least it's strongly discouraged.) I have about 20 aliases that are piped to various commands.

[exim] Wildcard aliases

2011-09-09 Thread Yan Seiner
I am trying to figure out a way to process all email addresses that match a specific pattern with an external script. In essence, I need to set up a pipe alias for all emails of the form rt-*@my.domain.com: |/my/local/script Is there a simple way to do this? -- ## List details at

Re: [exim] Wildcard aliases

2011-09-09 Thread Yan Seiner
Roger Burton West wrote: On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 11:56:12AM -0700, Yan Seiner wrote: Is there a simple way to do this? A router with local-part-prefix set? R How do I go about setting something like that up? exim works for me so well that I never have an opportunity to learn

[exim] pipes: what am I missing?

2011-09-09 Thread Yan Seiner
I am trying to set up a pipe to a shell script. rt_router: driver = accept local_part_prefix_optional local_part_prefix = rt- transport = rt_transport rt_transport: driver = pipe command = /usr/local/bin/rtcat The goal is to have exim dump the email to a shell script if it's prefaced

Re: [exim] Are you human?

2009-08-11 Thread Yan Seiner
Michael Heydon wrote: Exim wrote: I just had a client ask for something I haven't done. He wants emails from unknown users to be sent back with a are you human request they must respond to correctly. If they do, then they will be automatically added to a list of valid senders.

[exim] Require authentication from local users

2009-06-18 Thread Yan Seiner
never have to touch it, so when I want to change the config I basically start over - having forgotten everything I've learned before... The last time I had to reconfigure it was in 2007.) --Yan -- Yan Seiner, PE -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim

Re: [exim] Require authentication from local users

2009-06-18 Thread Yan Seiner
Phil Pennock wrote: On 2009-06-18 at 08:55 -0700, Yan Seiner wrote: I'm hot in pursuit of my time-limited ACL. I've run into yet another stumbling block; my exim config allows local users to send mail without authentication. Can I get a couple of hints on how to configure exim to: 1

Re: [exim] Require authentication from local users

2009-06-18 Thread Yan Seiner
Yan Seiner wrote: Phil Pennock wrote: Note that you're just adding an extra rejection step at the start of acl_check_rcpt, so if you keep all the rest of that logic the same then you won't risk an open mail relay (unless you're already an OMR). Actually, the only thing that's

Re: [exim] time-of-day ACLs

2009-06-17 Thread Yan Seiner
Ian Eiloart wrote: --On 16 June 2009 08:17:21 -0700 Yan Seiner y...@seiner.com wrote: I'd like to be able to deny access to specific users at specific times of day. At times other than these Joe's access to the smtp server should be denied. I'd like to be able to do this on a per-user

Re: [exim] time-of-day ACLs

2009-06-17 Thread Yan Seiner
Phil Pennock wrote: On 2009-06-16 at 08:17 -0700, Yan Seiner wrote: I'd like to be able to deny access to specific users at specific times of day. For example, user Joe might have access during the following hours (local time): 0600-0745 1700-1900 2000-2145 At times other than

[exim] time-of-day ACLs

2009-06-16 Thread Yan Seiner
this on a per-user basis. --Yan -- Yan Seiner, PE -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/

[exim] Misconfigured FQDN

2009-04-14 Thread Yan Seiner
) *** (envelope-from y...@seiner.com) id 1Lts3S-IN-Uw for x...@; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:28:39 -0700 -- Yan Seiner, PE Support my bid for the 4J School Board http://www.seiner.com -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http

[exim] exim meltdown

2009-03-17 Thread Yan Seiner
, but I'd like to get exim smart enough to stop receiving messages if it's too busy while I figure this out.) --Yan -- Yan Seiner Support my bid for the 4J School Board. Visit http://www.seiner.com/schoolboard -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim

Re: [exim] [OT] Stupid spammers

2009-02-18 Thread Yan Seiner
- http://wiki.exim.org/ !DSPAM:499ca55790211804284693! -- o__ ,/'_ o__ (_)\(_),/'_o__ Yan Seiner (_)\(_) ,/'_ o__ Personal Trainer (_)\(_),/'_o__ Professional Engineer (_)\(_) ,/'_ Who says engineers

Re: [exim] multiple copies of exim4 running

2008-12-10 Thread Yan Seiner
Marc Sherman wrote: Gerard Hooton wrote: Which config file do I set the max connections, I have a split config That's a question for the debian mailing list. Split config isn't supported here. Dumb question: What's a split config? --Yan -- ## List details at

[exim] Virtual users with no local accounts

2008-12-04 Thread Yan Seiner
(_)\(_),/'_o__ Yan Seiner (_)\(_) ,/'_ o__ Personal Trainer (_)\(_),/'_o__ Professional Engineer (_)\(_) ,/'_ Who says engineers have to be pencil necked geeks? (_)\(_) You are an adult when you realize that everyone's an idiot

[exim] exim fails to start after debian lenny upgrade

2008-05-13 Thread Yan Seiner
it? -- o__ ,/'_ o__ (_)\(_),/'_o__ Yan Seiner (_)\(_) ,/'_ o__ Personal Trainer (_)\(_),/'_o__ Professional Engineer (_)\(_) ,/'_ Who says engineers have to be pencil

Re: [exim] exim fails to start after debian lenny upgrade

2008-05-13 Thread Yan Seiner
Graeme Fowler wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 05:57 -0700, Yan Seiner wrote: OK, this is not quite an exim problem, but I hope someone can clue me in... You're quite right, it isn't - you'll be better off asking on the relevant Debian support list: http://lists.alioth.debian.org

Re: [exim] imap recomendation

2008-03-27 Thread Yan Seiner
$h_from: contains [EMAIL PROTECTED] then save mail/system elif not personal then save mail/lists endif --Yan -- o__ ,/'_ o__ (_)\(_),/'_o__ Yan Seiner (_)\(_) ,/'_ o__ Certified Personal Trainer (_)\(_),/'_o__ Licensed Professional Engineer

[exim] Slightly OT: autodelete older emails

2008-03-26 Thread Yan Seiner
this as each mail comes in, or daily in batch, but how do I set up a filter to delete older emails? Or should I write a script to do this from cron? --Yan -- o__ ,/'_ o__ (_)\(_),/'_o__ Yan Seiner (_)\(_) ,/'_ o__ Certified Personal Trainer

Re: [exim] Slightly OT: autodelete older emails

2008-03-26 Thread Yan Seiner
Marc Sherman wrote: Yan Seiner wrote: I am using exim .forward to put all mailist emails into a single lists file. Now I would like to set up that list file as a ringbuffer, so that when a new email comes in, an older one drops off. (most maillists are archived anyway, so there's

Re: [exim] Slightly OT: autodelete older emails

2008-03-26 Thread Yan Seiner
Marc Sherman wrote: Yan Seiner wrote: So how do I find emails older than some arbitrary date? I started down that path, but couldn't find a ready-made way to select emails by date. formail doesn't do that AFAICT. Ted's find script is the same way I do it. OK, so I

Re: [exim] toaster?

2008-03-08 Thread Yan Seiner
A Guy wrote: Since i never worked with exim it scares me that i will make my server spammer friendly or less secure. Lot of those packages i mentioned have rpms available. So far, only one thing is missing: good web interface that i can give to my users so that they can work with their email

Re: [exim] Sender Verify

2007-12-19 Thread Yan Seiner
On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 03:50:30PM +, Peter Bowyer wrote: On 19/12/2007, Daniel Aquino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the default config file a line in the first ACL is: require verify= sender Does this require a reverse smtp connection to check if the sender is a valid

[exim] Authentication

2007-10-31 Thread Yan Seiner
OK, I know this has been re-hashed many times, but I'm going cross-eyed from reading the docs and not getting any closer. My background: I've been running sendmail for the last 10 years; typically compiling from source. As I am starting to maintain more systems remotely, I am looking for an

Re: [exim] Authentication

2007-10-31 Thread Yan Seiner
Dave Evans wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 03:26:13PM -0700, Yan Seiner wrote: 1. Clients connecting on 25 unauthenticated can send email only to the local domains. 2. Clients requesting relaying must connect encrypted and authenticate. 3. Clients requesting relaying unencrypted