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Q5005: ... used gv 3.5.8 (ghostview) to try printing spec.ps. After every printed | page, the printer ejects a blank sheet. Is this something to do with using...
Q5006: Why aren't there any man | pages for Exim? I don't always carry my printed documentation.
Q0029: I can't seem to figure out why | PAM support doesn't work correctly.
Q0110: I'm trying to build Exim with | PAM support. I have included `-lpam` in EXTRALIBS, but I'm still getting a linking...
Q0024: When I run `exim -bd -q10m` I get | PANIC LOG: exec of exim -q failed.
Q5005: ... printer ejects a blank sheet. Is this something to do with using ``letter'' rather than A4 | paper?
Q9202: A script that FreeBSD runs nightly uses mailq with the -Ac | parameter. Why doesn't Exim recognize this?
Q0203: ... arrange to do my own qualification of non-fully-qualified domains, and then | pass them on to the next router?
Q0713: I'd like to | pass all messages through a virus-scanning system before delivery. Can Exim...
Q1501: ... records for some UUCP domains point to my local host. How do I get it to | pass the messages on to UUCP?
Q0018: `... @aol.com`? For other domains, I do this and I see the appropriate waiting for | passed connections to get used messages.
Q0313: ... external mail to a smart host, but this means that bad addresses also get | passed to the smart host. Can I avoid this?
Q1104: ... return code 9 from /home/majordomo/majordomo-1.94.4/wrapper when it is | passed a message from Exim.
Q0423: Some of our users have no home directories; the field in the | password file contains /no/home/dir. This causes the error failed to stat /no/home/dir (No...
Q0508: ... filter files when the directories concerned are not available from the | password data?
Q0726: ... authentication can be bypassed by sending an unknown user name and an empty | password. What is wrong with this condition in a PLAIN authenticator?
Q1003: We have a large | password file. Can Exim use alternative lookups during delivery to speed things...
Q9804: We want to be able to temporarily lock out a user by disabling the | password and moving the home directory to another place. How can we arrange to...
Q0056: ... However, whenever a user sends an email it gets sent with the return | path (envelope sender) apache@server_name.com because the PHP script is running as...
Q1502: How can I get Exim to handle ``bang | path'' addresses?
Q0508: How can I allow the use of relative | paths in users' filter files when the directories concerned are not available...
Q0314: ... mail domain. This only happens a few times a day and there is no particular | pattern to the sites it rejects. If I try to lookup the same domain a few minutes...
Q0057: We've got | people complaining about attachments that don't show up as attachments, but are...
Q0417: ... make Exim handle /usr/ucb/vacation processing automatically, so that | people could just create a .vacation.msg file in their home directory and not have to...
Q0419: I have some obsolete domains which | people have been warned not to use any more. How can I arrange to delete any...
Q0719: I would like to have a | per-user limit for the maximum size of messages that can be sent.
Q5001: How can I arrange to allow a limited set of users to | perform a limited set of Exim administration functions? I don't want to put them all...
Q1001: ... running a large mail server. Should I set `split_spool_directory` to improve | performance?
Q0620: ... giving the error retry time not reached for any host after a long failure | period?
Q0622: Can I write an ordinary file when I run a | perl script as a transport filter for the remote_smtp and address_pipe transports?...
Q1301: Exim built with | Perl support exits with the error message ./exim: can't load library 'libperl.so'....
Q1302: Exim built with | Perl support exits with several error messages of the form undefined reference...
Q9401: On BSDI 4.0, Exim built with | Perl support exits with the error message
Q0036: Why do I get the error | Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post when Exim tries to do a local...
Q0430: Whenever Exim tries to route a local address, it gives a | permission denied error for the .forward file, like this:
Q0707: ... where my host correctly rejects messages, but the remote host is quite | persistent, and keeps trying over and over.
Q5027: ... else? Basically, I want to receive them, and I don't want the reply/from | person to get them. If I think they need it I will forward it myself.
Q5003: How can I | persuade Exim to accept ETRN commands without the leading # character?
Q0904: How I can insert the | PGP header line using Exim filters?
Q0056: ... the return path (envelope sender) apache@server_name.com because the | PHP script is running as apache.
Q0418: ... default entry in my alias file to handle unknown local parts, but it | picks up the local parts that the aliases generate. For example, if the alias...
Q0723: I can't get | Pine to work with PLAIN authentication; Exim keeps responding "535 Incorrect...
Q0017: ... fails, giving the error Remote end closed connection after data or Broken | pipe or a timeout. What's going on?
Q0025: I can't seem to get a | pipe command to run when I include a `${if` expansion in it. This fails:
Q0026: I'm trying to get Exim to connect an alias to a | pipe, but it always gives error code 69, with the comment (could mean service or...
Q0406: Some of my users are using the .forward to | pipe to a shell command which appends to the user's INBOX. How can I forbid...
Q0502: What I really need is the ability to obtain the result of a | pipe command so that I can filter externally and redirect internally. Is this...
Q0606: ... do local deliveries, but when I turned on the `use_crlf` option on the | pipe transport (tmail prefers `\r\n` terminations) message bodies started to...
Q0612: Why does the | pipe transport add a line starting with `>From` to messages?
Q0727: ... SpamAssassin from being called for each of them? I'm running it from a | pipe transport.
Q1302: ... exits with several error messages of the form undefined reference to ` | PL_stack_sp'.
Q0415: ... and forward files as well as procmail and effectively drop in Exim in | place of Sendmail ?
Q9804: ... user by disabling the password and moving the home directory to another | place. How can we arrange to reject mail for users in this state?
Q0723: I can't get Pine to work with | PLAIN authentication; Exim keeps responding "535 Incorrect authentication data"....
Q0726: ... user name and an empty password. What is wrong with this condition in a | PLAIN authenticator?
Q0302: Why does Exim say all relevant MX records | point to non-existent hosts when MX records point to IP addresses?
Q1501: The MX records for some UUCP domains | point to my local host. How do I get it to pass the messages on to UUCP?
Q0301: What do lowest numbered MX record | points to local host and remote host address is the local host mean?
Q0309: ... firewall machine so that if mail arrives addressed to a domain whose MX | points to the firewall, it is forwarded to the internal mail server, without...
Q0718: Could anyone | points me to right rules to prevent sending/receiving messages to/for domains...
Q5021: What does Exim use for | POP as a default? Do I have to install anything else?
Q0706: How can I get | POP-auth-before-relay support in Exim?
Q0721: I have | POP-before-SMTP set up on my Exim server, but some clients use Outlook Express, which...
Q0402: ... do I arrange for all incoming email for *@some.domain to go into one | pop3 mail account? The customer doesn't want to add a list of specific local...
Q0015: What does the message Socket bind() to | port 25 for address (any) failed: address already in use mean?
Q0020: Why do connections to my machine's SMTP | port take a long time to respond with the banner, when connections to other...
Q0048: ... exim restarts it takes up to 3-5 minutes to start responding on the SMTP | port. Why is this?
Q0206: How can I get Exim to deliver certain domains to a different SMTP | port on my local host?
Q0802: I have Exim configured to remove the hostname | portion of the domain on outgoing mail, and yet the hostname is present when the...
Q0020: ... take a long time to respond with the banner, when connections to other | ports respond instantly? It sometimes takes 30 seconds to respond.
Q0036: Why do I get the error Permission denied: creating lock file hitching | post when Exim tries to do a local delivery?
Q5027: Is there any way I can send bounces to the | postmaster, and nobody else? Basically, I want to receive them, and I don't want...
Q5010: I can't seem to find a | pre-built version of Exim anywhere. The machine is a Sparc 5 running Solaris 2.6....
Q5025: What | precautions should I take when editing Exim's run time configuration file?
Q0606: ... but when I turned on the `use_crlf` option on the pipe transport (tmail | prefers `\r\n` terminations) message bodies started to vanish.
Q0621: ... delivered, but there was a bounce to the sender, sending him the output of procmail. How can I | prevent this?
Q0718: Could anyone points me to right rules to | prevent sending/receiving messages to/for domains which have one MX to localhost...
Q5005: I used gv 3.5.8 (ghostview) to try printing spec.ps. After every | printed page, the printer ejects a blank sheet. Is this something to do with using...
Q5006: Why aren't there any man pages for Exim? I don't always carry my | printed documentation.
Q5005: ... gv 3.5.8 (ghostview) to try printing spec.ps. After every printed page, the | printer ejects a blank sheet. Is this something to do with using ``letter'' rather...
Q5005: I used gv 3.5.8 (ghostview) to try | printing spec.ps. After every printed page, the printer ejects a blank sheet. Is...
Q0003: What does the error Child | process of address_pipe transport returned 69 from command xxx mean?
Q0021: What does failed to create child | process to send failure message mean? This is a busy mail server with `smtp_accept_max`...
Q0046: A short time after I start Exim I see a defunct zombie | process. What is causing this?
Q0063: When I try to start an Exim daemon, nothing happens. There is no | process, and nothing is written to the Exim log.
Q0711: ... incoming email - e.g. ignore large MIME attachments for example and only | process text/plain?
Q1406: ... immediately; the remainder just sit on the queue until a queue runner | process finds them.
Q5028: When I HUP the Exim daemon, the name shown in the | process table changes from /usr/lib/sendmail (which is a symlink) to the real...
Q0614: ... go. Exim spawns a lot of kids, but is there some limit to the number of | processes it creates?
Q0417: What do I need to do to make Exim handle /usr/ucb/vacation | processing automatically, so that people could just create a .vacation.msg file in their...
Q0415: Can I use my existing alias files and forward files as well as | procmail and effectively drop in Exim in place of Sendmail ?
Q0507: What are the main differences between using an Exim filter and using | procmail?
Q0621: My .forward file is `|/usr/bin/` | `procmail -f-` and mail gets delivered, but there was a bounce to the sender, sending...
Q0011: Instead of exim_dbmbuild, I'm using a homegrown | program to build DBM (or cdb) files, but Exim doesn't seem to be able to use them....
Q0026: ... it always gives error code 69, with the comment (could mean service or | program unavailable).
Q0624: Sendmail has a | program called smrsh that restricts what binaries can be run from sendmail aliases....
Q9605: ... debian 2.2 linux on a small 325mb 486 laptop. When I try to test the Mail | program, I get the following error: Failed to open configuration file /etc/exim.conf....
Q9803: A site for which I | provide secondary MX is down for some time. Is there a way to run the queue for...
Q5017: Can (or will) Exim ever handle a message delivery | purely in memory, that is, it is handled without it ever hitting the disc?

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