Exim + Mailscanner on freeBSD

[Michael Caplan]

Hi Marco,

Thanks for the reply.  I've gone through all the steps that you listed
already and have taken the supplied mta.sh script for a ride.  I had the
same problem with the script that I had otherwise:

exim -C /usr/local/etc/exim/configure.out

-C Permission denied


Any idea why the -C flag would be returning a permissions denied?

Thanks,

Michael




Marco Obaid wrote:

>Hi,
>
>The FreeBSD port that I downloaded from MS website (which I recommend you use
>since it is the latest), installs a script "mta.sh" under /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
>which has the correct parameters. I don't use Exim but I just got through
>installing MS on FreeBSD with sendmail and came across Exim setup.
>
>>From man mailscanner:
>*********************
>
>      A similar setup for Exim could look like this:
>
>       1. Create two queues (e.g. /var/spool/exim.in and  /var/spool/exim.out)
>       with  appropriate  owner/group/mode  (e.g.  owner=mailnull, group=mail,
>       mode=750).
>
>       2. Create two  exim  configurations  (e.g.  /usr/local/etc/exim/config-
>       ure.in, /usr/local/etc/exim/configure.out).
>
>       3. Make sure that the incoming exim configuration only queues mails and
>       never delivers mail itself. This can be achieved by using the Exim con-
>       fig option "queue_only = true" and/or a special router definition (Exim
>       4 syntax):
>
>           defer_router:
>           driver = manualroute
>           self = defer
>           transport = remote_smtp
>           route_list = *  127.0.0.1  byname
>           verify = false
>
>       4. Start two exim instances:
>
>           exim -C /usr/local/etc/exim/configure.in
>           exim -C /usr/local/etc/exim/configure.out
>
>
>
>Here is a copy of the script:
>
>***************** /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mta.sh.sample ********************
>
>#!/bin/sh
>
>outgoing_queue_time=15m
>mta=exim
>
>case "$mta" in
>        exim)
>                program=/usr/local/sbin/exim
>
>                if [ -f /usr/local/etc/exim/configure.in ]; then
>                        incoming_config=/usr/local/etc/exim/configure.in
>                else
>                        incoming_config=/usr/local/etc/exim/configure
>                fi
>
>                outgoing_config=/usr/local/etc/exim/configure.out
>
>                inpidfile=/var/run/exim_in.pid
>                outpidfile=/var/run/exim_out.pid
>                subpidfile=
>
>                incoming_args="-C ${incoming_config} -oP ${inpidfile} -bd"
>                outgoing_args="-C ${outgoing_config} -oP ${outpidfile} -
>q${outgoing_queue_time}"
>                submitqueue_args=
>                ;;
>
>        sendmail)
>                program=/usr/sbin/sendmail
>
>                incoming_queue=/var/spool/mqueue.in
>
>                submit_queue_time=${outgoing_queue_time}
>
>                inpidfile=/var/run/sendmail_in.pid
>                outpidfile=/var/run/sendmail_out.pid
>                subpidfile=/var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid
>
>                incoming_args="-L sm-mta-in -bd \
>                                -OPrivacyOptions=noetrn \
>                                -OQueueDirectory=${incoming_queue} \
>                                -ODeliveryMode=queueonly \
>                                -OPidFile=${inpidfile}"
>                outgoing_args="-L sm-mta-out -q${outgoing_queue_time} \
>                                -OPidFile=${outpidfile}"
>                submitqueue_args="-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q${submit_queue_time} \
>                                -OPidFile=${subpidfile}"
>                ;;
>
>        *)
>                echo "ERROR: I don't know the MTA '$mta'. Check your
>settings." >&2
>                exit 2
>                ;;
>esac
>
>start_mta()
>{
>        echo -n " `basename ${program}`(incoming)"
>        ${program} ${incoming_args}
>
>        echo -n " `basename ${program}`(outgoing)"
>        ${program} ${outgoing_args}
>}
>
>start_mspq ()
>{
>        if [ "${submitqueue_args}" ]; then
>                echo -n " `basename ${program}`(submitqueue)"
>                ${program} ${submitqueue_args}
>        fi
>}
>
>stop_mta()
>{
>        echo "Stopping `basename ${program}` (incoming)"
>        kill -TERM `head -1 ${inpidfile}` 2>/dev/null
>
>        echo "Stopping `basename ${program}` (outgoing)"
>        kill -TERM `head -1 ${outpidfile}` 2>/dev/null
>}
>
>stop_mspq ()
>{
>        if [ "${submitqueue_args}" ]; then
>                echo "Stopping `basename ${program}` (submitqueue)"
>                kill -TERM `head -1 ${subpidfile}` 2>/dev/null
>        fi
>}
>
>
>_action=${1:-start}
>
>case ${_action} in
>start)
>        start_mta
>        start_mspq
>        ;;
>
>stop)
>        stop_mta
>        stop_mspq
>        ;;
>
>restart)
>        stop_mta
>        stop_mspq
>        sleep 5
>        start_mta
>        start_mspq
>        ;;
>
>*)
>        echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop|restart}" >&2
>        exit 64
>        ;;
>esac
>exit 0
>
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