>>> newaliases /usr/local/sbin/exim >>> mailq /usr/local/sbin/exim >>> hoststat /usr/local/sbin/exim >>> purgestat /usr/local/sbin/exim >> >> shouldn't those lines be more like: >> newaliases /usr/bin/true >> mailq /usr/local/sbin/exim -bp >> hoststat /usr/bin/true >> purgestat /usr/bin/true > > AFAIK exim does recognize how it was called, i.e. it evaluates $0 and > shows the correxponding behaviour. For example it runs "itself" with > the option "-bp" when it's being invoked with the "mailq" command.
yep. hence my original suggestion. has been running that way well enough to fool me for some years. then again, i am easily fooled. randy -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
