Questions tagged [exim4]
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How to cleanly remove Exim4 mail server on Ubuntu
After successfully using Postfix on my Ubuntu machines, I decided to try Exim on a new server, based on some people commenting it's easier to set up and use.
Well I ran into issues with my Rails app right away, and, considering how easy Postfix had…

yuяi
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PHP Mail function fails with exim4
PHP Mail function fails after I upgrade my Debian web server to jessie. The software versions are,
Apache2 : 2.4
Php : 5.6
Exim4: 4.8
This web server has multiple websites and I use libapache2-mpm-itk module to run php by different users for each…

Yasiru G
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"Unrouteable address" with exim4
I am using exim4. I have a Wordpress installation with a contact form. My hostname -f is mydomain.com.
The form is sending an email to info@mydomain.com. However it never reaches my "off site" email. How can I set this up so the email does not get…

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Automating *just* exim4 configuration with debconf-set-selections with Ansible
I'm attempting to automate exim4 configuration on Debian in Ansible -- we have been manually configuring up until this point -- but I'm stuck at the stage where I'd run normally dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config.
I can automate these steps easily…

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554 SMTP synchronization error with exim4 and my code
I have run headfirst into this reject error from exim4:
2010-02-15 01:46:05 SMTP protocol synchronization error (input sent without waiting for greeting): rejected connection from H=ender [192.168.20.49] input="HELO 192.168.20.49\r\n"
I have…

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How to understand Exim log file?
Can someone help me understand Exim log file, and also point me a great documentation about it's log.
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2010-12-05 17:30:15 1PPKHn-0003mA-5w <= username=example.com.br--4219--bounce@mydomain.com.br H=myserver.com.br () [174.120.195.18] P=esmtpa…

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Where can I change mail daemon address on a Exim4 server?
I cannot find where can I set the mailer-daemon address for bouncy mail, now it is set to Mailer-Daemon@mydomain1.com and I would like to change it to Mailer-Daemon@mydomain2.com, but looking into all exim files I did not find it.

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Saltstack set variables after a state
I have a question about SaltStack variables.
I want to set a folder name, something like:
{% set exim4_folder = salt['cmd.run']('ls /tmp | grep exim4') %}
but the folder I am trying to get is not available till the state I ran before that…

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Django throws this error: SMTPException: STARTTLS extension not supported by server
Due to limitation of outgoing mail in gmail, I installed exim4 on one of my server with the following settings:
dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet'
dc_other_hostnames='mydomain.com, localhost, localhost.localdomain,…

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How to configure wordpress website emails for Exim?
The website is hosted in an Exim enabled server. So wordpress default email functioning doesn't work there. If I am to configure, the website to send mails using Exim via smtp, what do i need to do?
Any guidance for that ?

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exim4-config script automated?
I need to setup exim4 on multiple servers however I was wondering if it's possible to create a script that will automatically go through the install process and set it up on exim4 with my hostname?
sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
Step 1 : Top…

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AWS and Exim4 - 550 relay not permitted
I am not very good with mail server configuration but I have an aws instance that can send mail to some domains such as mydomain.com. However, when I send to googlemail.com I get the error in the mail.log file:
H=(blerg) [95.144.47.184]…

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Specify remote port to use for mail via exim4
I've got a stock Debian Etch system, using Exim4. The domains are mostly local but there are some that are remote. To handle the delivery of remote mail I use the Debian configuration file:
/etc/exim4/hubbed_hosts
This file lists the domain…
user14038
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How can i test mail configuration in production mode
I have setup a diaspora pod on a debian squeeze with exim4 as smtp. If i want to reset my password through user interface (users/password/new) i do not get an email. I can mail email@domain.tld via shell.
How can i test my local configuration in…

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Exim: Forward Based on Recipient in bcc
Currently I am filtering incoming mails by a .forward in the following way:
if $header_to: matches "(office|info)@domain.com" then
save Maildir/.office/
endif
if $header_to: matches "whatever@domain.com" then
save…

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