Exim Install

Brent Addis brent.addis at PRONET.CO.NZ
Fri Dec 2 06:15:23 GMT 2005


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you'll need to use the exim4 setup then,

http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=documentation:configuration:mta:exim:installation&s=exim+4 
has some about half way down I think

Steve Evans wrote:

>I'm running exim 4.43 running on Fedora. 
>
>
>Steve Evans
>805-756-7517
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>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Brent Addis
>Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 3:53 PM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: Exim Install
>
> From the looks of it, you are using exim3 (unless you are trying the
>exim3 config with exim4, which I don't believe works) , try starting off with exim4.
>
>Steve Evans wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I'm trying to install MailScanner with exim for the first time.  Here 
>>is a list of the steps I have taken.
>>
>>Install MailScanner (no problems)
>>Copied /etc/exim.conf to /etc/exim_scanned.conf Added these lines to 
>>/etc/exim.conf
>>    spool_directory = /var/spool/exim_incoming
>>    queue_only = true
>>
>>Then down in the routers config section of /etc/exim.conf I added
>>    defer_router:
>>        driver = manualroute
>>        route_list = * 127.0.0.1 byname
>>        self = defer
>>        verify = false
>>
>>In MailScanner.conf I modified these lines
>>    Incoming Queue Dir = /var/spool/exim_incoming/input/
>>    Outgoing Queue Dir = /var/spool/exim/input/
>>    MTA = exim
>>    Sendmail = /usr/sbin/exim
>>    Sendmail2 = /usr/sbin/exim -C /etc/exim_scanned.conf
>>
>>Modified the file /etc/sysconfig/MailScanner
>>    EXIM=/usr/sbin/exim
>>    EXIMINCF=/etc/exim/exim.conf
>>    EXIMSENDCF=/etc/exim/exim_scanned.conf
>>
>>My two queue directories have the permissions of
>>    drwxr-x---   5 mailnull mail 4096 Jul 22  2004 exim/
>>    drwxr-x---   5 mailnull mail 4096 Nov 30 15:45 exim_incoming/
>>
>>    (note:  I didn't touch the exim folder, just the exim_incoming)
>>
>>Then I do a service exim stop and a service MailScanner start.
>>
>>The mail comes into /var/spool/exim_incoming but nothing happens after 
>>that.  It just stacks up there.  If I stop MailScanner, change back 
>>the exim.conf file, and start exim mail flows as normal.  If I change 
>>the exim.conf file to only specify a new spool directory everything 
>>works fine.  So I"m pretty sure I have my queues set up correctly.
>>Obviously though MailScanner doesn't scan the mail if I do that.
>>
>>Can someone tell me what I'm missing?
>>
>>Steve Evans
>>805-756-7517
>>
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>
>Brent Addis
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Brent Addis
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