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Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge for use on *nix. It is licensed under the GNU GPL, so is Free software.

Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge for use on *nix. It is licensed under the GNU GPL, so is Free software.

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non-root users unable to send mail from command line using exim

Using Exim - root user can send email from command line, but non root users can not. $ mail -s "test" test@test.com
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Exim4 segfault using AUTH LOGIN

My exim4 vis causing a segfault error on sending an email message whenever I use AUTH LOGIN authentication. However, sending the email using AUTH PLAIN works like a charm. Both auth methods connect to Dovecot authenticator. Exim4 info: Exim version…
Jesús Ángel
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exim rewrite envelope-from for one router only

You can headers_add in a router, but I can see no way to change the SMTP From aka Envelope-From within a router or indeed anywhere using the same conditions the router triggers on. I need to emulate mailman behaviour for a very small number of exim…
Tim Watts
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Exim4: How to block a list of recipient addresses

To catch mail send to any recipient I have added the following router directive in my exim4 configuration: local_catchall: debug_print = "R: catchall for $local_part@$domain" driver = redirect domains = +local_domains allow_fail allow_defer …
kiatra
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Incoming Spam Mail in exim mail server

My domain getting lot of spam mail like xxx@mydomain.com, yyy@mydomain.com. We don't have such user's but we getting mails like that.Also getting lot of bounce mails, How to control spam like this in exim mail server.
pravin09
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setting up exim4 for vep

I have exim4 running on a Debian server. A couple of applications send VERP mail from specific domains. Reading the exim docs it suggests a router that looks for certain domains and passes off to a special transport for which is sensitive to VERP…
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Several times a day, exim4 gets a connection that tries 100 different RCPT commands

I have bad actors attempting to figure out valid user names on my exim4 server. Many times a day, I'll get a connection that tries 100 RCPT commands with random-ish account names. They have the correct domain, and plausible user names, but so far,…
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How to fix tainted domain in exim router

I'm facing issue with tainted data from files. I even tried $domain_data instead of $domain, still not able to fix tainted data Error log main.log 2022-09-06 12:55:31 1oVdjO-000WZa-39 => info R=localuser…
Surjit Sidhu
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Exim ignores local_sender_retain

I need to change the Return-Path in emails that are sent by the PHP's mail() function (via phpmailer, but that should make no difference). Locally, exim is running and messes up the headers, so I added this to the exim…
Roland Seuhs
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exim4 not using /etc/aliases

Some processes on my server send mail to various system accounts which all goes to root on the local machine. I want the root account to be an alias for my (external) email address. I'm using exim4 version 4.86_2 I have the following in…
TommyPeanuts
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Custom Error messages in Exim

Can anyone know how to change default error messages generated by exim for Unrouteable address or quota exceeded? I found this "Customizing error messages" , but I don't know how to use it... Where to save these files? What is the meaning of…
Krzysztof Stasiak
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Exim sending email via another server. Why?

Our webserver sends emails using Exim4 but the headers show that the email originates from another server. These lines below are in the email header. What could be in the Exim4.conf file that would send the emails to electric.net? I don't see any…
I Newton
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Spam emails appears in exim queue but no email users for this domain

I have a VPS (example.ru) with multiple sites. To send mail I use an exim 4.76. All domains configured in bind9. Emails delivers by another server (pdd.yandex.ru) for several domains. For example: onesite.ru has mx record as mx.yandex.net And…
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How can I set up exim to use my ISP's SMTP server (on a non-Debian system)?

I want to use exim to send emails via my ISP's SMTP server. However, the Arch wiki is quite confusing (exim is much simpler on a Debian system). I followed instructions in the final section, modifying the SMTP address from mail.internode.on.net to…
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Fixing a tainted statement in EXIM

I'm trying to understand and fix at least one tainted statement within exim and I don't understand how it is supposed to be quoted. The line I believe is causing the grief is: domainlist local_domains = @:domain1.org:domain2.org:domain2.org:\ …
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