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CONFIGURE
sudo apt-get install exim4-config exim4 mutt
sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
# mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail
# www.${domain}.org___________________________________________________________________________________________________
# │ 127.0.0.1 ; ::1
# Maildir format in home directory
# Machines to relay mail for: 127.0.0.1
# IP address or host name of the outgoing smarthost: TODO
## smtp.free.fr # TODO
## smtp.gmail.com::587 # TODO select one
# Split configuration into small files? : YES
sudo less /var/log/exim4/mainlog
cat /etc/email-addresses $user: $email root: $email ls /etc/exim4/ conf.d exim4.conf.template passwd.client sa-exim.conf smarthostlist update-exim4.conf.conf
SATELITE
cat /etc/email-addresses $USER: $USER@gmail.com echo "$USER: $EMAIL" | sudo tee -a /etc/email-addresses cat<<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/exim4/smarthostlist $USER@gmail.com: smtp.gmail.com::587 $USER@free.fr: smtp.free.fr:587 $USER@wanadoo.fr: smtp.orange.fr smtp.free.fr:587 EOF cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/exim4/passwd.client smtp.free.fr:$USER:$USER *.google.com:$USER@gmail.com:$USER EOF sudo systemctl restart exim4 echo "$USER $EMAIL" | mail $EMAIL sudo mailq mutt
no local email
su -c "sendmail -bv root@localhost" root@localhost verified date | mail "root@localhost" mail #| No mail for root mutt #| /var/mail/root: No such file or directory \ #| (errno = 2)
ERROR
fetchmail: SMTP< 550 Administrative prohibition fetchmail: SMTP error: 550 Administrative prohibition Trying to connect to 127.0.0.1/25...connected.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-141054-start-0.html
421 Unexpected failure, please try later Stopping MTA for restart:open: No space left on device
P:
R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host
S:
exim -bp | exiqgrep -i | xargs exim -Mrm
Q:
re-exec of exim (/usr/sbin/exim4) with -q failed: Bad address
A: ? full disk ?
df sudo service exim4 stop truncate -s 0 /var/log/exim4/paniclog /etc/init.d/exim4 restart
http://osdir.com/ml/debian.devel.exim4.user/2005-09/msg00028.html
Q:
2015-04-11 11:29:57 socket bind() to port 25 for address ::1 failed: Cannot assign requested address: daemon abandoned
S: Disable IPv6
tail /etc/sysctl.conf net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
grep 127 /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1'
ERROR : mainlog Permission denied
Q:
Cannot open main log file "/var/log/exim4/mainlog": Permission denied: euid=123 egid=133
A:
sudo sync ls -l /usr/sbin/exim4 sudo dpkg -S /usr/sbin/exim4 sudo aptitude reinstall exim4-daemon-light # grep Debian-exim /etc/passwd ls -l /usr/sbin/exim4 ls -l /var/log/exim4 || sudo mkdir -p /var/log/exim4 sudo touch /var/log/exim4/mainlog sudo chown Debian-exim:adm /var/log/exim4 sudo chown -R Debian-exim:adm /var/log/exim4 /var/spool/exim4 sudo /etc/init.d/exim4 restart date | mail $USER && mail
ERROR : mainlog : has non-zero size
exim4[*]: ALERT: exim paniclog /var/log/exim4/paniclog has non-zero size, mail system possibly broken
ERROR: Cannot assign requested address
sudo lsof | grep :smtp exim4 28828 root 3u IPv4 214819 0t0 TCP localhost:smtp (LISTEN)
socket bind() to port 25 for address ::1 failed: Cannot assign requested address: waiting 30s before trying again
grep dc_local_interface /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1' update-exim4.conf systemctl restart exim4
ERROR 550
The mail system <$user@$host>: host $host[$ip] said: 550 relay not permitted (in reply to RCPT TO command)
error frozen
How to send and flush queue :
sudo mailq | grep '*** frozen ***' | wc -l && sudo exim4 -qqff -d-all -v && sudo mailq
View body of queue messages:
sudo exiqgrep -iz | while read t ; do exim -Mvb $t ; done | less
Erase all frozen queued messages:
sudo exiqgrep -iz | xargs -P25 sudo exim -Mrm
EXIM
2007-12-29 12:57:49 Received from ???@tele2.fr U=rzr P=local S=1753 id=20071229115748.GA13849@???.gotdns.org 2007-12-29 13:01:01 smtp.tele2.fr [212.247.156.12] Connection timed out 2007-12-29 13:01:01 ???@chez.com R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost defer (110): Connection timed out
How to freeze :
type mailq to see the list of messages then exim4 -Mf <message id> <message id>...<message id> where you take the message ids from the result of mailq when gna is back on line, you will type exim4 -qqff to force a delivery attempt of the frozen messages
debian
Starting MTA:exim: incompatible command-line options or arguments
"fetchmail: connection to localhost:smtp [127.0.0.1/25] failed: Connection refused. "
fetchmail: SMTP error: 550 Administrative prohibition
administrative prohibition :
Client host rejected: Access denied
2016-02-09 16:40:50 *-* ** *@* R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<*@*>: host * [*]: 554 5.7.1 <unknown[*]>: Client host rejected: Access denied
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