On 12/1/21 23:56, Marc Shapiro wrote:
On 12/1/21 10:10, Ludovic Bellière via Dng wrote:
If you do not need your mail system to talk to the world, then you
should
replace exim with something that is a lot simpler to use and
configure. I would
suggest msmtp (https://marlam.de/msmtp/) as its configuration is a
lot more
simpler to the neophyte. If you want to keep exim4, I would then
suggest to nuke
the existing configuration and start from scratch with `dpkg-reconfigure
exim4-config'. Extended information should be available at
https://wiki.debian.org/Exim
Exim4 being a software designed to handle large amount of emails, it
may be out
of scope for your personal usage. While, as I said, msmtp is a lot more
accessible through its minimalist approach: you only need a file with
a dozen of
lines for it to function properly.
While I do use it, I wouldn't be able to help you with exim4, the
software is
way too large and complex for my own understanding. I mainly rely on
dpkg-reconfigure and hope nothing breaks. And while msmtp is easier to
understand, changing software can itself be a source of immeasurable
pain. So,
if in doubt, you should probably rely on dpkg-reconfigure.
Cheers,
Ludovic
On Wed, 01 Dec 2021, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote:
This is very likely the problem, as I now have version 4.94.2-7
installed. I know virtually nothing, however, about how MTAs do
their work. Where and how do I make these config changes. I use
Thunderbird for mail coming from outside the local network. Exim is
only used for local transport (such as e-mail from cron jobs).
Marc
I looked into some of the other options and I do not recall why I
decided against them. It may have been when I thought that I was
going to use the MTA for more than just local mail.
In any case, I have run `dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' using the
defaults from when I set it up originally. I am hoping that doing so
with the new exim4 installed will correct the configuration issues.
When I ran `dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' I got the error about the
paniclog being non-zero size, but I expected that. I truncated the
paniclog and ran `dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' again, this time with
no errors.
I have sent myself an e-mail from 'root' but have not received it. I
will probably try shutting down the system and rebooting, to see if
that gets things back in order after the reconfig.
No luck. I rebooted and got the paniclog error during the boot. After
booting, I stopped exim4, deleted the paniclog, and restarted exim4. It
created a paniclog containing the following:
2021-12-02 00:06:48 1mmEkA-00009l-Jr == m...@quixote.home R=local_user
T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
2021-12-02 00:06:48 1msgsb-0002NH-Cv == m...@quixote.home R=local_user
T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
2021-12-02 00:06:49 1mrJnB-00026m-53 == m...@quixote.home R=local_user
T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
2021-12-02 00:06:49 1msCJK-0007YK-Pi == m...@quixote.home R=local_user
T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
2021-12-02 00:06:49 1momA3-00054k-DE == m...@quixote.home R=local_user
T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
How do I convince exim4 that /var/spool/marc is an acceptable file name
for mail_spool transport?
Marc
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