Subject: Re:RE: Mail system all fouled up Date: Sat, Apr 10, 1999 at 03:58:09PM -0400
In reply to:Chris Hoover Quoting Chris Hoover([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Andrew, > > Here is the exim.conf file. Please take a look and let me know if you see > anything out of the ordinary. > > Thanks for the help,] > > chris > # This is the main exim configuration file. > # It was originally generated by `eximconfig', part of the exim package > # distributed with Debian, but it may edited by the mail system administrator. > # This file originally generated by eximconfig at Fri Apr 9 20:06:46 EST 1999 > # See exim info section for details of the things that can be configured here. > > # Please see the manual for a complete list > # of all the runtime configuration options that can be included in a > # configuration file. > > # This file is divided into several parts, all but the last of which are > # terminated by a line containing the word "end". The parts must appear > # in the correct order, and all must be present (even if some of them are > # in fact empty). Blank lines, and lines starting with # are ignored. > > ###################################################################### > # MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS # > ###################################################################### > > smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 0 > # Specify the domain you want to be added to all unqualified addresses > # here. Unqualified addresses are accepted only from local callers by > # default. See the receiver_unqualified_{hosts,nets} options if you want > # to permit unqualified addresses from remote sources. If this option is > # not set, the primary_hostname value is used for qualification. > > qualify_domain = bellsouth.net > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Wrong! Should be your boxes name > # If you want unqualified recipient addresses to be qualified with a different > # domain to unqualified sender addresses, specify the recipient domain here. > # If this option is not set, the qualify_domain value is used. > > # qualify_recipient = > > # Specify your local domains as a colon-separated list here. If this option > # is not set (i.e. not mentioned in the configuration file), the > # qualify_recipient value is used as the only local domain. If you do not want > # to do any local deliveries, uncomment the following line, but do not supply > # any data for it. This sets local_domains to an empty string, which is not > # the same as not mentioning it at all. An empty string specifies that there > # are no local domains; not setting it at all causes the default value (the > # setting of qualify_recipient) to be used. > > local_domains = bellsouth.net:localhost > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Wrong again just localhost > # Allow mail addressed to our hostname, or to our IP address. > > local_domains_include_host = true > local_domains_include_host_literals = true > > # Domains we relay for; that is domains that aren't considered local but we > # accept mail for them. > > #relay_domains = > > # If this is uncommented, we accept and relay mail for all domains we are > # in the DNS as an MX for. > > #relay_domains_include_local_mx = true > > # No local deliveries will ever be run under the uids of these users (a colon- > # separated list). An attempt to do so gets changed so that it runs under the > # uid of "nobody" instead. This is a paranoic safety catch. Note the default > # setting means you cannot deliver mail addressed to root as if it were a > # normal user. This isn't usually a problem, as most sites have an alias for > # root that redirects such mail to a human administrator. > > never_users = root > > # The setting below causes Exim to do a reverse DNS lookup on all incoming > # IP calls, in order to get the true host name. If you feel this is too > # expensive, you can specify the networks for which a lookup is done, or > # remove the setting entirely. > > host_lookup_nets = 0.0.0.0/0 > > # Exim contains support for the Realtime Blocking List (RBL) that is being > # maintained as part of the DNS. See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for background. > # Uncommenting the following line will make Exim reject mail from any > # host whose IP address is blacklisted in the RBL at maps.vix.com. > > #rbl_domains = rbl.maps.vix.com > #rbl_reject_recipients = false > #rbl_warn_header = true > > # The setting below locks out the use of your host as a mail relay by any > # other host. See the section of the manual entitled "Control of relaying" > # for more info. > > sender_host_reject_relay = * > > # If you want Exim to support the "percent hack" for all your local domains, > # uncomment the following line. This is the feature by which mail addressed > # to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (where z is one of your local domains) is locally > rerouted to > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] and sent on. Otherwise x%y is treated as an ordinary > local part. > > # percent_hack_domains=* > > # If this option is set, then any process that is running as one of the > # listed users may pass a message to Exim and specify the sender's > # address using the "-f" command line option, without Exim's adding a > # "Sender" header. > > trusted_users = mail > > # If this option is true, the SMTP command VRFY is supported on incoming > # SMTP connections; otherwise it is not. > > smtp_verify = false > > # Some operating systems use the "gecos" field in the system password file > # to hold other information in addition to users' real names. Exim looks up > # this field when it is creating "sender" and "from" headers. If these options > # are set, exim uses "gecos_pattern" to parse the gecos field, and then > # expands "gecos_name" as the user's name. $1 etc refer to sub-fields matched > # by the pattern. > > gecos_pattern = ^([^,:]*) > gecos_name = $1 > > # This string defines the contents of the \`Received' message header that > # is added to each message, except for the timestamp, which is automatically > # added on at the end, preceded by a semicolon. The string is expanded each > # time it is used. > > received_header_text = "Received: \ > ${if def:sender_fullhost {from ${sender_fullhost} \ > ${if def:sender_ident {(${sender_ident})}}\n\t}\ > {${if def:sender_ident {from ${sender_ident} }}}}\ > by ${primary_hostname} \ > ${if def:received_protocol {with ${received_protocol}}} \ > (Exim ${version_number} #${compile_number} (Debian))\n\t\ > id ${message_id}" > end > > > ###################################################################### > # TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION # > ###################################################################### > # ORDER DOES NOT MATTER # > # Only one appropriate transport is called for each delivery. # > ###################################################################### > > # This transport is used for local delivery to user mailboxes. On debian > # systems group mail is used so we can write to the /var/spool/mail > # directory. (The alternative, which most other unixes use, is to deliver > # as the user's own group, into a sticky-bitted directory) > > local_delivery: > driver = appendfile > group = mail > mode = 0660 > mode_fail_narrower = false > file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part} > > # This transport is used for handling pipe addresses generated by alias > # or .forward files. It has a conventional name, since it is not actually > # mentioned elsewhere in this configuration file. (A different name *can* > # be specified via the "address_pipe_transport" option if you really want > # to.) If the pipe generates any standard output, it is returned to the sender > # of the message as a delivery error. Set return_fail_output instead if you > # want this to happen only when the pipe fails to complete normally. > > address_pipe: > driver = pipe > return_output > > # This transport is used for handling file addresses generated by alias > # or .forward files. It has a conventional name, since it is not actually > # mentioned elsewhere in this configuration file. > > address_file: > driver = appendfile > > # This transport is used for handling file addresses generated by alias > # or .forward files if the path ends in "/", which causes it to be treated > # as a directory name rather than a file name. Each message is then delivered > # to a unique file in the directory. If instead you want all such deliveries > to > # be in the "maildir" format that is used by some other mail software, > # uncomment the final option below. If this is done, the directory specified > # in the .forward or alias file is the base maildir directory. > # > # Should you want to be able to specify either maildir or non-maildir > # directory-style deliveries, then you must set up yet another transport, > # called address_directory2. This is used if the path ends in "//" so should > # be the one used for maildir, as the double slash suggests another level > # of directory. In the absence of address_directory2, paths ending in // > # are passed to address_directory. > > address_directory: > driver = appendfile > no_from_hack > prefix = "" > suffix = "" > # maildir_format > > # This transport is used for handling autoreplies generated by the filtering > # option of the forwardfile director. It has a conventional name, since it > # is not actually mentioned elsewhere in this configuration file. > > address_reply: > driver = autoreply > > # This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections. > > remote_smtp: > driver = smtp > > end > > > ###################################################################### > # DIRECTORS CONFIGURATION # > # Specifies how local addresses are handled # > ###################################################################### > # ORDER DOES MATTER # > # A local address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. # > ###################################################################### > > # This allows local delivery to be forced, avoiding alias files and > # forwarding. > > real_local: > prefix = real- > driver = localuser > transport = local_delivery > > # This director handles aliasing using a traditional /etc/aliases file. > # If any of your aliases expand to pipes or files, you will need to set > # up a user and a group for these deliveries to run under. You can do > # this by uncommenting the "user" option below (changing the user name > # as appropriate) and adding a "group" option if necessary. > > system_aliases: > driver = aliasfile > file = /etc/aliases > search_type = lsearch > # user = list > # Uncomment the above line if you are running smartlist > > # This director handles forwarding using traditional .forward files. > # It also allows mail filtering when a forward file starts with the > # string "# Exim filter": to disable filtering, uncomment the "filter" > # option. The check_ancestor option means that if the forward file > # generates an address that is an ancestor of the current one, the > # current one gets passed on instead. This covers the case where A is > # aliased to B and B has a .forward file pointing to A. > > # For standard debian setup of one group per user, it is acceptable---normal > # even---for .forward to be group writable. If you have everyone in one > # group, you should comment out the "modemask" line. Without it, the exim > # default of 022 will apply, which is probably what you want. > > userforward: > driver = forwardfile > no_verify > check_ancestor > file = .forward > modemask = 002 > filter > > # This director matches local user mailboxes. > > localuser: > driver = localuser > transport = local_delivery > > end > > > ###################################################################### > # ROUTERS CONFIGURATION # > # Specifies how remote addresses are handled # > ###################################################################### > # ORDER DOES MATTER # > # A remote address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. # > ###################################################################### > > # Remote addresses are those with a domain that does not match any item > # in the "local_domains" setting above. > > # Send all mail to a smarthost > > smarthost: > driver = domainlist > transport = remote_smtp > route_list = "* mail.lig.bellsouth.net bydns_a" > > end > > > ###################################################################### > # RETRY CONFIGURATION # > ###################################################################### > > # This single retry rule applies to all domains and all errors. It specifies > # retries every 15 minutes for 2 hours, then increasing retry intervals, > # starting at 2 hours and increasing each time by a factor of 1.5, up to 16 > # hours, then retries every 8 hours until 4 days have passed since the first > # failed delivery. > > # Domain Error Retries > # ------ ----- ------- > > * * F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h > > end > > > ###################################################################### > # REWRITE CONFIGURATION # > ###################################################################### > > > # There are no rewriting specifications in this default configuration file. > > > # This is an example of a useful rewriting rule---it looks up the real > # address of all local users in a file > > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\ > # {$value}fail} bcfrF ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ No, your (hostname) Box name goes here also These are really confusing. The eximconfig is, I think, the problem. I had to play around with the 'SAME' lines that you have wrong. I think most everyone has. -- USER, n.: The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot." -- Dave Barry, "Claw Your Way to the Top" _______________________________________________________ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>