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=Docs=
=Docs=
*[http://www.flatmtn.com/computer/Linux-Exim4.html Setting up exim]
*[http://www.flatmtn.com/computer/Linux-Exim4.html Setting up exim]
*[http://bradthemad.org/tech/notes/exim_cheatsheet.php Exim cheatsheet]




==FAQs==
=FAQ=
*[http://exim.netmirror.org/exim-html-4.40/doc/html/FAQ_6.html Exim FAQ]


===Message is frozen===
==hostname --fqdn did not return a fully qualified name==
Mail can't be delivered locally, check storage
fix /etc/hosts etc, but if hostname -f/--fqdn fails, run hostname mail.example.com and save yourself a lot of headache
 
==Helo command rejected: need fully-qualified hostname==
Make sure your FQDN/IP are ok in /etc/hosts
 
 
 
==Message is frozen==
Mail can't be delivered locally, check storage.
 
 
==all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts==
This may mean the MX IP is a private one, in that case remove that IP/network from ignore_target_hosts
 
==Show queue==
exim -bp
 
 
==Show body of message in queue==
exim -Mvb 1gKM2x-0004ti-Lj
 
==remove frozen from queue==
exim -bp|grep frozen|awk '{print $3}' |xargs exim -Mrm

Revision as of 13:20, 7 November 2018

Docs


FAQ

hostname --fqdn did not return a fully qualified name

fix /etc/hosts etc, but if hostname -f/--fqdn fails, run hostname mail.example.com and save yourself a lot of headache

Helo command rejected: need fully-qualified hostname

Make sure your FQDN/IP are ok in /etc/hosts


Message is frozen

Mail can't be delivered locally, check storage.


all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts

This may mean the MX IP is a private one, in that case remove that IP/network from ignore_target_hosts

Show queue

exim -bp


Show body of message in queue

exim -Mvb 1gKM2x-0004ti-Lj

remove frozen from queue

exim -bp|grep frozen|awk '{print $3}' |xargs exim -Mrm