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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[0931098] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[d0b1879] | 7 | <!-- This URL frequently becomes broken. Please, do not "fix' it back,
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| 8 | unless you decided to take care of and monitor it.
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[b2c18590] | 9 | <!ENTITY exim-download-http "http://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/exim4/exim-&exim-version;.tar.xz"> -->
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[d0b1879] | 10 |
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[b2c18590] | 11 | <!ENTITY exim-download-http "http://mirrors-usa.go-parts.com/eximftp/exim/exim4/exim-&exim-version;.tar.xz">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY exim-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/exim4/exim-&exim-version;.tar.xz">
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[e77532af] | 13 | <!-- if above don't work, please use one of the official mirrors at
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| 14 | http://www.exim.org/mirmon/ftp_mirrors.html -->
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[d2ea631] | 15 | <!ENTITY exim-md5sum "d10144ed96314eb12a2ab40bc70d1ef2">
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| 16 | <!ENTITY exim-size "1.7 MB">
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[2c13ebe] | 17 | <!ENTITY exim-buildsize "15 MB">
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[23a38e60] | 18 | <!ENTITY exim-time "0.2 SBU">
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[c6bfee88] | 19 |
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| 20 | <!ENTITY exim-daemon-version "&exim-version;-3">
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[0931098] | 21 | ]>
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| 22 |
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[547df0bc] | 23 | <sect1 id="exim" xreflabel="Exim-&exim-version;">
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[0bf9baf] | 24 | <?dbhtml filename="exim.html"?>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect1info>
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| 27 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 28 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 29 | </sect1info>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <title>Exim-&exim-version;</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <indexterm zone="exim">
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| 34 | <primary sortas="a-Exim">Exim</primary>
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| 35 | </indexterm>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 38 | <title>Introduction to Exim</title>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <para>The <application>Exim</application> package contains a Mail
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| 41 | Transport Agent written by the University of Cambridge, released
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| 42 | under the GNU Public License.</para>
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| 43 |
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[cd3335ad] | 44 | &lfs83_checked;
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[033904eb] | 45 |
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[0bf9baf] | 46 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 47 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&exim-download-http;"/></para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&exim-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &exim-md5sum;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Download size: &exim-size;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &exim-buildsize;</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>Estimated build time: &exim-time;</para>
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| 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | </itemizedlist>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 69 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[e695e4a0] | 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>Additional formats of the documentation (text-based docs are
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| 72 | shipped with the sources) can be downloaded by following the links
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| 73 | shown at <ulink url="http://exim.org/docs.html"/>.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Exim Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[033904eb] | 80 | <para role="required">
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[2c13ebe] | 81 | <xref linkend="libnsl"/> and
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[54707d33] | 82 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>
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[033904eb] | 83 | </para>
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[94b42903] | 84 | <!--
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[88499366] | 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 86 | <para role="recommended">
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| 87 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>
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| 88 | </para>
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[94b42903] | 89 | -->
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[0bf9baf] | 90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[033904eb] | 91 | <para role="optional">
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[c7d631c] | 92 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/tdb">TDB</ulink>
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[d2ea631] | 93 | (alternative to GDBM, built in LFS),
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[c7d631c] | 94 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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| 95 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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| 96 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
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| 97 | <xref linkend="mariadb"/> or
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| 98 | <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</ulink>,
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[033904eb] | 99 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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[88499366] | 100 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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[033904eb] | 101 | <xref linkend="postgresql"/>,
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[54707d33] | 102 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
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[88499366] | 103 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
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| 104 | <ulink url="http://www.hl5.org">Heimdal GSSAPI</ulink>, and
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[54707d33] | 105 | <ulink url="http://www.trusteddomain.org/opendmarc/">OpenDMARC</ulink>
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[033904eb] | 106 | </para>
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[0bf9baf] | 107 |
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[3cb0c57] | 108 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 109 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/exim"/></para>
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| 110 |
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[0bf9baf] | 111 | </sect2>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 114 | <title>Installation of Exim</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <para>Before building <application>Exim</application>, as the
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| 117 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user you should create
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| 118 | the group and user <systemitem class="username">exim</systemitem> which
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| 119 | will run the <command>exim</command> daemon:</para>
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| 120 |
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[b785ab29] | 121 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 31 exim &&
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| 122 | useradd -d /dev/null -c "Exim Daemon" -g exim -s /bin/false -u 31 exim</userinput></screen>
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[0bf9baf] | 123 |
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| 124 | <para>Install <application>Exim</application> with the following
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| 125 | commands:</para>
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| 126 |
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[4801ff50] | 127 | <screen><userinput>sed -e 's,^BIN_DIR.*$,BIN_DIRECTORY=/usr/sbin,' \
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[cf3ca4b5] | 128 | -e 's,^CONF.*$,CONFIGURE_FILE=/etc/exim.conf,' \
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[88499366] | 129 | -e 's,^EXIM_USER.*$,EXIM_USER=exim,' \
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| 130 | -e '/SUPPORT_TLS/s,^#,,' \
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| 131 | -e '/USE_OPENSSL/s,^#,,' \
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[cf3ca4b5] | 132 | -e 's,^EXIM_MONITOR,#EXIM_MONITOR,' src/EDITME > Local/Makefile &&
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[4801ff50] | 133 |
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[5c5081f] | 134 | printf "USE_GDBM = yes\nDBMLIB = -lgdbm\n" >> Local/Makefile &&
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[0bf9baf] | 135 | make</userinput></screen>
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[b77ebfad] | 136 |
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[e695e4a0] | 137 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 138 |
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[0bf9baf] | 139 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[b77ebfad] | 140 |
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[54707d33] | 141 | <!-- dev note: make INSTALL_ARG=-no_chown DESTDIR=<DESTDIR> install -->
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| 142 |
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[4801ff50] | 143 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 144 | install -v -m644 doc/exim.8 /usr/share/man/man8 &&
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| 145 |
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| 146 | install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/exim-&exim-version; &&
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[ca120ee] | 147 | install -v -m644 doc/* /usr/share/doc/exim-&exim-version; &&
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[4801ff50] | 148 |
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| 149 | ln -sfv exim /usr/sbin/sendmail &&
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[0d60593] | 150 | install -v -d -m750 -o exim -g exim /var/spool/exim</userinput></screen>
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[0bf9baf] | 151 |
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| 152 | </sect2>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 155 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <para><command>sed -e ... > Local/Makefile</command>: Most of
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[88499366] | 158 | <application>Exim</application>'s configuration options are defined
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| 159 | in <filename>Local/Makefile</filename>, which is created from
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[0bf9baf] | 160 | the <filename>src/EDITME</filename> file. This command specifies the minimum
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| 161 | set of options. Descriptions for the options are listed below.</para>
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| 162 |
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[5c5081f] | 163 | <para><command>printf ... > Local/Makefile</command>: Setting those
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[eaa93fb4] | 164 | variables allows to use GDBM instead of the default Berkeley DB. Remove
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[6962da4] | 165 | this command if you have installed <xref linkend="db"/>.</para>
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[eaa93fb4] | 166 |
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[0bf9baf] | 167 | <para><parameter>BIN_DIRECTORY=/usr/sbin</parameter>: This installs all of
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| 168 | <application>Exim</application>'s binaries and scripts in
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| 169 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/sbin</filename>.</para>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <para><parameter>CONFIGURE_FILE=/etc/exim.conf</parameter>: This installs
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| 172 | <application>Exim</application>'s main configuration file in
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| 173 | <filename class='directory'>/etc</filename>.</para>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <para><parameter>EXIM_USER=exim</parameter>: This tells
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| 176 | <application>Exim</application> that after the daemon no longer needs
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| 177 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> privileges, the process
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| 178 | hands off the daemon to the <systemitem
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| 179 | class="username">exim</systemitem> user.</para>
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| 180 |
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[88499366] | 181 | <para><parameter>SUPPORT_TLS=yes</parameter>: This allows to support
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[3b78237] | 182 | STARTTLS connections. If you use this option, you need to select
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[88499366] | 183 | whether <application>OpenSSL</application> or
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| 184 | <application>GnuTLS</application> is used (see
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| 185 | <filename>src/EDITME</filename>).</para>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <para><parameter>USE_OPENSSL_PC=openssl</parameter>: This tells the
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| 188 | build system to use <application>OpenSSL</application>, and to
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| 189 | find the needed libraries with <application>pkg-config</application>.
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| 190 | </para>
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| 191 |
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[0bf9baf] | 192 | <para><parameter>#EXIM_MONITOR</parameter>: This defers building the
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| 193 | <application>Exim</application> monitor program, as it requires
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| 194 | <application>X Window System</application> support, by commenting out the
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| 195 | <parameter>EXIM_MONITOR</parameter> line in the <filename>Makefile</filename>.
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| 196 | If you wish to build the monitor program, omit this <command>sed</command>
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| 197 | command and issue the following command before building the package (modify
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| 198 | <filename>Local/eximon.conf</filename>, if necessary):
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| 199 | <command>cp exim_monitor/EDITME Local/eximon.conf</command>.</para>
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| 200 |
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[54707d33] | 201 | <para><command>ln -sfv exim /usr/sbin/sendmail</command>: Creates a link to
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[0bf9baf] | 202 | <command>sendmail</command> for applications which need it.
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| 203 | <application>Exim</application> will accept most
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| 204 | <application>Sendmail</application> command-line options.</para>
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| 205 |
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[2086c34e] | 206 | <para><command>install -v -m750 -o exim -g exim /var/spool/exim</command>:
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| 207 | Since /var/spool is owned by root and this version of <command>exim</command>
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| 208 | drops <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> privileges early, to
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| 209 | run as user <systemitem class="username">exim</systemitem>, it cannot create
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| 210 | the <filename class="directory">/var/spool/exim</filename> directory. As a
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| 211 | work around, it is created manually.</para>
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| 212 |
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[0bf9baf] | 213 | </sect2>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 216 | <title>Adding Additional Functionality</title>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <para>To utilize some or all of the dependency packages, you'll need to
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| 219 | modify <filename>Local/Makefile</filename> to include the appropriate
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| 220 | directives and parameters to link additional libraries before you build
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| 221 | <application>Exim</application>. <filename>Local/Makefile</filename> is
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| 222 | heavily commented with instructions on how to do this. Listed below is
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[ca914da] | 223 | additional information to help you link these dependency packages or
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| 224 | add additional functionality.</para>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <para>If you wish to build and install the
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| 227 | <filename class='extension'>.info</filename> documentation, refer to <ulink
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| 228 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/ch04.html#SECTinsinfdoc"/>.</para>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <para>If you wish to build in Exim's interfaces for calling virus and spam
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| 231 | scanning software directly from access control lists, uncomment the
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| 232 | <option>WITH_CONTENT_SCAN=yes</option> parameter and review the information
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| 233 | found at <ulink
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[88499366] | 234 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/ch45.html"/>.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 235 |
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[e59bdce] | 236 | <para>To use a backend database other than <application>Berkeley
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[0bf9baf] | 237 | DB</application>, see the instructions at <ulink
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[ca914da] | 238 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/ch04.html#SECTdb"/>.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 239 |
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| 240 | <para>For SSL functionality, see the instructions at <ulink
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[e695e4a0] | 241 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/ch04.html#SECTinctlsssl"/>
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| 242 | and <ulink
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[88499366] | 243 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/ch42.html"/>.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 244 |
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| 245 | <para>For <application>tcpwrappers</application> functionality, see the
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| 246 | instructions at <ulink
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[ca914da] | 247 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/ch04.html#SECID27"/>.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 248 |
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| 249 | <para>For information about adding authentication mechanisms to the
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[88499366] | 250 | build, see chapters 33—41 of <ulink
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[ca914da] | 251 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/index.html"/>.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 252 |
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[ca914da] | 253 | <para>For information about linking <application>Linux-PAM</application>,
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| 254 | refer to the instructions <ulink
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| 255 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/ch11.html#SECTexpcond"/>.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 256 |
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| 257 | <para>For information about linking database engine libraries used for
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[bfb7882] | 258 | <application>Exim</application> name lookups, see the instructions at <ulink
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[ca914da] | 259 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/ch09.html"/>.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 260 |
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| 261 | <para>If you wish to add <application>Readline</application> support to
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| 262 | <application>Exim</application> when invoked in <quote>test expansion</quote>
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[e695e4a0] | 263 | (<option>-be</option>) mode, see the information in the <option>-be</option>
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| 264 | section of <ulink
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[ca914da] | 265 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/ch05.html#id2525974"/>.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 266 |
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| 267 | <para>You may wish to modify the default configuration and send log files to
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| 268 | syslog instead of the default
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| 269 | <filename class='directory'>/var/spool/exim/log</filename> directory. See the
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| 270 | information at <ulink
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[88499366] | 271 | url="http://exim.org/exim-html-&exim-version;/doc/html/spec_html/ch52.html"/>.</para>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <para>A wealth of information can be also found at the <ulink url=
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| 274 | "https://github.com/Exim/exim/wiki">Exim Wiki</ulink>.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 275 |
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| 276 | </sect2>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 279 | <title>Configuring Exim</title>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | <sect3 id="exim-config">
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| 282 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <para><filename>/etc/exim.conf</filename> and
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| 285 | <filename>/etc/aliases</filename></para>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <indexterm zone="exim exim-config">
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| 288 | <primary sortas="e-etc-exim.conf">/etc/exim.conf</primary>
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| 289 | </indexterm>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <indexterm zone="exim exim-config">
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| 292 | <primary sortas="e-etc-aliases">/etc/aliases</primary>
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| 293 | </indexterm>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | </sect3>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <sect3>
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| 298 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 299 |
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[3a49c0b] | 300 | <para>
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| 301 | Review the file <filename>/etc/exim.conf</filename>, and modify any
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| 302 | settings to suit your needs. Note that the default configuration
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| 303 | assumes that the <filename class="directory">/var/mail</filename>
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[af8a78d] | 304 | directory is world writable, but has the sticky bit set. If you want
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[3a49c0b] | 305 | to use the default configuration, issue as the <systemitem
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| 306 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 307 | </para>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <screen role="root"><userinput>chmod -v a+wt /var/mail</userinput></screen>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <para>
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| 312 | A default (nothing but comments) <filename>/etc/aliases</filename>
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| 313 | file is installed during the package installation if this file did not
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| 314 | exist on your system. Create the necessary aliases and start the
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| 315 | <application>Exim</application> daemon using the following commands:
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| 316 | </para>
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[0bf9baf] | 317 |
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| 318 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/aliases << "EOF"
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| 319 | <literal>postmaster: root
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| 320 | MAILER-DAEMON: root</literal>
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| 321 | EOF
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[0931098] | 322 | exim -v -bi &&
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[0bf9baf] | 323 | /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m</userinput></screen>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <note>
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| 326 | <para>To protect an existing <filename>/etc/aliases</filename> file,
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| 327 | the command above appends these aliases to it. This file should be
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| 328 | checked and duplicate aliases removed, if present.</para>
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| 329 | </note>
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| 330 |
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| 331 | <para>The <command>/usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m</command> command starts
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| 332 | the <application>Exim</application> daemon with a 15 minute interval
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| 333 | in processing the mail queue. Adjust this parameter to suit your
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| 334 | desires.</para>
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| 335 |
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| 336 | </sect3>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | <sect3 id="exim-init">
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[1258125] | 339 | <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
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| 340 | <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
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| 341 |
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| 342 | <para>To automatically start <command>exim</command> at boot,
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| 343 | install the
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| 344 | <phrase revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/exim</filename>
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| 345 | init script</phrase>
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| 346 | <phrase revision="systemd"><filename>exim.service</filename> unit</phrase>
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[3c7bd00] | 347 | included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts" revision="sysv"/>
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[1258125] | 348 | <xref linkend="systemd-units" revision="systemd"/> package.</para>
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[0bf9baf] | 349 |
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| 350 | <indexterm zone="exim exim-init">
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| 351 | <primary sortas="f-exim">exim</primary>
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| 352 | </indexterm>
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| 353 |
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| 354 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-exim</userinput></screen>
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| 355 |
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[1258125] | 356 | <para revision="sysv">The bootscript also starts the
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| 357 | <application>Exim</application> daemon and dispatches a queue runner
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| 358 | process every 15 minutes. Modify the
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| 359 | <option>-q<replaceable><time interval></replaceable></option>
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[0bf9baf] | 360 | parameter in <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/exim</filename>, if necessary
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| 361 | for your installation.</para>
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| 362 |
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| 363 | </sect3>
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| 364 |
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| 365 | </sect2>
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| 366 |
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| 367 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 368 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 369 |
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| 370 | <segmentedlist>
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| 371 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 372 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 373 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 374 |
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| 375 | <seglistitem>
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[c6bfee88] | 376 | <seg>exicyclog, exigrep, exim, exim-&exim-daemon-version;, exim_checkaccess,
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[80454f5] | 377 | exim_dbmbuild, exim_dumpdb, exim_fixdb, exim_lock, exim_tidydb,
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| 378 | eximstats, exinext, exipick, exiqgrep, exiqsumm, exiwhat, and
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| 379 | optionally, eximon, eximon.bin, and sendmail (symlink)</seg>
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[0bf9baf] | 380 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 381 | <seg>/usr/share/doc/exim-&exim-version; and /var/spool/exim</seg>
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| 382 | </seglistitem>
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| 383 | </segmentedlist>
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| 384 |
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| 385 | <variablelist>
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| 386 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 387 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 388 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 389 |
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| 390 | <varlistentry id="exicyclog">
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| 391 | <term><command>exicyclog</command></term>
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| 392 | <listitem>
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| 393 | <para>cycles <application>Exim</application> log files.</para>
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| 394 | <indexterm zone="exim exicyclog">
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| 395 | <primary sortas="b-exicyclog">exicyclog</primary>
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| 396 | </indexterm>
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| 397 | </listitem>
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| 398 | </varlistentry>
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <varlistentry id="exigrep">
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| 401 | <term><command>exigrep</command></term>
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| 402 | <listitem>
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| 403 | <para>searches <application>Exim</application> log files.</para>
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| 404 | <indexterm zone="exim exigrep">
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| 405 | <primary sortas="b-exigrep">exigrep</primary>
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| 406 | </indexterm>
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| 407 | </listitem>
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| 408 | </varlistentry>
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| 409 |
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| 410 | <varlistentry id="exim-prog">
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| 411 | <term><command>exim</command></term>
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| 412 | <listitem>
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[c6bfee88] | 413 | <para>is a symlink to the <command>exim-&exim-daemon-version;</command>
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[0bf9baf] | 414 | MTA daemon.</para>
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| 415 | <indexterm zone="exim exim-prog">
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[b960e3ec] | 416 | <primary sortas="b-exim">exim</primary>
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[0bf9baf] | 417 | </indexterm>
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| 418 | </listitem>
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| 419 | </varlistentry>
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| 420 |
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[3d8851e] | 421 | <varlistentry id="exim-current_version">
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[c6bfee88] | 422 | <term><command>exim-&exim-daemon-version;</command></term>
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[0bf9baf] | 423 | <listitem>
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| 424 | <para>is the <application>Exim</application> mail transport
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| 425 | agent daemon.</para>
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[3d8851e] | 426 | <indexterm zone="exim exim-current_version">
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[c6bfee88] | 427 | <primary sortas="b-exim-&exim-daemon-version;">exim-&exim-daemon-version;</primary>
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[0bf9baf] | 428 | </indexterm>
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| 429 | </listitem>
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| 430 | </varlistentry>
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| 431 |
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| 432 | <varlistentry id="exim_checkaccess">
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| 433 | <term><command>exim_checkaccess</command></term>
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| 434 | <listitem>
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| 435 | <para>states whether a given recipient address from a given host is
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| 436 | acceptable or not.</para>
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| 437 | <indexterm zone="exim exim_checkaccess">
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| 438 | <primary sortas="b-exim_checkaccess">exim_checkaccess</primary>
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| 439 | </indexterm>
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| 440 | </listitem>
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| 441 | </varlistentry>
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| 442 |
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| 443 | <varlistentry id="exim_dbmbuild">
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| 444 | <term><command>exim_dbmbuild</command></term>
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| 445 | <listitem>
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| 446 | <para> creates and rebuilds <application>Exim</application>
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| 447 | databases.</para>
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| 448 | <indexterm zone="exim exim_dbmbuild">
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| 449 | <primary sortas="b-exim_dbmbuild">exim_dbmbuild</primary>
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| 450 | </indexterm>
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| 451 | </listitem>
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| 452 | </varlistentry>
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| 453 |
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| 454 | <varlistentry id="exim_dumpdb">
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| 455 | <term><command>exim_dumpdb</command></term>
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| 456 | <listitem>
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| 457 | <para> writes the contents of <application>Exim</application>
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| 458 | databases to the standard output.</para>
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| 459 | <indexterm zone="exim exim_dumpdb">
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| 460 | <primary sortas="b-exim_dumpdb">exim_dumpdb</primary>
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| 461 | </indexterm>
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| 462 | </listitem>
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| 463 | </varlistentry>
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| 464 |
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| 465 | <varlistentry id="exim_fixdb">
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| 466 | <term><command>exim_fixdb</command></term>
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| 467 | <listitem>
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| 468 | <para>modifies data in <application>Exim</application>
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| 469 | databases.</para>
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| 470 | <indexterm zone="exim exim_fixdb">
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| 471 | <primary sortas="b-exim_fixdb">exim_fixdb</primary>
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| 472 | </indexterm>
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| 473 | </listitem>
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| 474 | </varlistentry>
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| 475 |
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| 476 | <varlistentry id="exim_lock">
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| 477 | <term><command>exim_lock</command></term>
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| 478 | <listitem>
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| 479 | <para>locks a mailbox file.</para>
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| 480 | <indexterm zone="exim exim_lock">
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| 481 | <primary sortas="b-exim_lock">exim_lock</primary>
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| 482 | </indexterm>
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| 483 | </listitem>
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| 484 | </varlistentry>
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| 485 |
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| 486 | <varlistentry id="exim_tidydb">
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| 487 | <term><command>exim_tidydb</command></term>
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| 488 | <listitem>
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| 489 | <para>removes old records from <application>Exim</application>
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| 490 | databases.</para>
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| 491 | <indexterm zone="exim exim_tidydb">
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| 492 | <primary sortas="b-exim_tidydb">exim_tidydb</primary>
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| 493 | </indexterm>
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| 494 | </listitem>
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| 495 | </varlistentry>
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| 496 |
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| 497 | <varlistentry id="eximstats">
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| 498 | <term><command>eximstats</command></term>
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| 499 | <listitem>
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| 500 | <para>generates mail statistics from <application>Exim</application>
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| 501 | log files.</para>
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| 502 | <indexterm zone="exim eximstats">
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| 503 | <primary sortas="b-eximstats">eximstats</primary>
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| 504 | </indexterm>
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| 505 | </listitem>
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| 506 | </varlistentry>
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| 507 |
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| 508 | <varlistentry id="exinext">
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| 509 | <term><command>exinext</command></term>
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| 510 | <listitem>
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| 511 | <para>queries remote host retry times.</para>
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| 512 | <indexterm zone="exim exinext">
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| 513 | <primary sortas="b-exinext">exinext</primary>
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| 514 | </indexterm>
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| 515 | </listitem>
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| 516 | </varlistentry>
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| 517 |
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| 518 | <varlistentry id="exipick">
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| 519 | <term><command>exipick</command></term>
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| 520 | <listitem>
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| 521 | <para>selects messages based on various criteria.</para>
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| 522 | <indexterm zone="exim exipick">
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| 523 | <primary sortas="b-exipick">exipick</primary>
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| 524 | </indexterm>
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| 525 | </listitem>
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| 526 | </varlistentry>
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| 527 |
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| 528 | <varlistentry id="exiqgrep">
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| 529 | <term><command>exiqgrep</command></term>
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| 530 | <listitem>
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| 531 | <para>is a utility for selective queue listing.</para>
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| 532 | <indexterm zone="exim exiqgrep">
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| 533 | <primary sortas="b-exiqgrep">exiqgrep</primary>
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| 534 | </indexterm>
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| 535 | </listitem>
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| 536 | </varlistentry>
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| 537 |
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| 538 | <varlistentry id="exiqsumm">
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| 539 | <term><command>exiqsumm</command></term>
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| 540 | <listitem>
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| 541 | <para>produces a summary of the messages in the mail queue.</para>
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| 542 | <indexterm zone="exim exiqsumm">
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| 543 | <primary sortas="b-exiqsumm">exiqsumm</primary>
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| 544 | </indexterm>
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| 545 | </listitem>
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| 546 | </varlistentry>
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| 547 |
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| 548 | <varlistentry id="exiwhat">
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| 549 | <term><command>exiwhat</command></term>
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| 550 | <listitem>
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| 551 | <para>queries running <application>Exim</application>
|
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| 552 | processes.</para>
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| 553 | <indexterm zone="exim exiwhat">
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| 554 | <primary sortas="b-exiwhat">exiwhat</primary>
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| 555 | </indexterm>
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| 556 | </listitem>
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| 557 | </varlistentry>
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| 558 |
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| 559 | <varlistentry id="eximon">
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| 560 | <term><command>eximon</command></term>
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| 561 | <listitem>
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| 562 | <para>is a start-up shell script for <command>eximon.bin</command>
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| 563 | used to set the required environment variables before running the
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| 564 | program.</para>
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| 565 | <indexterm zone="exim eximon">
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| 566 | <primary sortas="b-eximon">eximon</primary>
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| 567 | </indexterm>
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| 568 | </listitem>
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| 569 | </varlistentry>
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| 570 |
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| 571 | <varlistentry id="eximon.bin">
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| 572 | <term><command>eximon.bin</command></term>
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| 573 | <listitem>
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| 574 | <para>is a monitor program which displays current information in an
|
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| 575 | <application>X</application> window, and also contains a menu interface
|
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| 576 | to <application>Exim</application>'s command line administration
|
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| 577 | options.</para>
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| 578 | <indexterm zone="exim eximon.bin">
|
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| 579 | <primary sortas="b-eximon.bin">eximon.bin</primary>
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| 580 | </indexterm>
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| 581 | </listitem>
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| 582 | </varlistentry>
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| 583 |
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| 584 | </variablelist>
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| 585 |
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| 586 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 587 |
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| 588 | </sect1>
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