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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY exim-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/infosys/mail/exim/exim4/exim-&exim-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY exim-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/exim4/exim-&exim-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY exim-size "1.2 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY exim-buildsize "11 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY exim-time "0.27 SBU">
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12 | ]>
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13 |
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14 | <sect1 id="exim" xreflabel="Exim-&exim-version;">
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15 | <sect1info>
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16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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18 | </sect1info>
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="exim.html"?>
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20 | <title><application>Exim</application>-&exim-version;</title>
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Introduction to <application>Exim</application></title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>The <application>Exim</application> package contains a Mail Transport
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26 | Agent written by the University of Cambridge, released under the
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27 | <acronym>GNU</acronym> Public License.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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30 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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31 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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32 | <ulink url="&exim-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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34 | <ulink url="&exim-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download size:
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36 | &exim-size;</para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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38 | &exim-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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40 | &exim-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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41 | </sect3>
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42 |
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43 | <sect3><title><application>Exim</application> dependencies</title>
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44 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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45 | <para><xref linkend="db"/></para>
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46 | </sect4>
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47 |
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48 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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49 | <para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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50 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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51 | <xref linkend="mysql"/>,
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52 | <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/> and
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53 | <xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/></para>
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54 | </sect4>
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55 | </sect3>
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56 |
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57 | </sect2>
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58 |
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59 | <sect2>
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60 | <title>Installation of <application>Exim</application></title>
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61 |
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62 | <para>Before building <application>Exim</application>, you should
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63 | create the group and user exim which will run the exim daemon:</para>
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64 |
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65 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd exim &&
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66 | useradd -d /dev/null -c "Exim Daemon" -g exim -s /bin/false exim</command></userinput></screen>
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67 |
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68 | <para>Install <application>Exim</application> with the following
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69 | commands:</para>
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70 |
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71 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -e 's,^BIN_DIR.*$,BIN_DIRECTORY=/usr/sbin,' src/EDITME | \
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72 | sed -e 's,^CONF.*$,CONFIGURE_FILE=/etc/exim.conf,' | \
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73 | sed -e 's,^EXIM_USER.*$,EXIM_USER=exim,' | \
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74 | sed -e 's,^EXIM_MONITOR,#EXIM_MONITOR,' > Local/Makefile &&
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75 | make &&
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76 | make install &&
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77 | cp doc/exim.8 /usr/share/man/man8 &&
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78 | ln -s exim-4.24-1 /usr/sbin/exim &&
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79 | ln -s exim /usr/sbin/sendmail</command></userinput></screen>
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80 |
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81 | </sect2>
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82 |
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83 | <sect2>
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84 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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85 |
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86 | <para><command>sed -e ... > Local/Makefile</command>: Many of
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87 | <application>Exim</application>'s configuration options are compiled in.
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88 | This command specifies the minimum set of options,
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89 | <parameter>BIN_DIRECTORY</parameter>, <parameter>CONFIGURE_FILE</parameter>
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90 | and <parameter>EXIM_USER</parameter>. Additionally, building the
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91 | <application>Exim</application> monitor program is deferred, as it
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92 | requires <application>X</application> Window System support, by commenting
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93 | out the <parameter>EXIM_MONITOR</parameter> line in the
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94 | <filename>Makefile</filename>.</para>
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95 |
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96 | <para><command>ln -s exim /usr/sbin/sendmail</command>:
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97 | Creates a link to <command>sendmail</command> for applications which need
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98 | it. <application>Exim</application> will
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99 | accept most <application>Sendmail</application> command-line options.</para>
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100 |
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101 | </sect2>
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102 |
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103 | <sect2>
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104 | <title>Configuring Exim</title>
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105 |
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106 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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107 |
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108 | <para><filename>/etc/exim.conf</filename> and
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109 | <filename>/etc/aliases</filename></para>
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110 |
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111 | </sect3>
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112 |
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113 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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114 |
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115 | <para>Create the Exim configuration files with the following commands:</para>
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116 |
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117 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> /etc/aliases << "EOF"</command>
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118 | postmaster: root
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119 | MAILER-DAEMON: root
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120 | <command>EOF
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121 | exim -v -bi &&
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122 | /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q1m</command></userinput></screen>
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123 |
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124 | <note><para>To protect an existing <filename>/etc/aliases</filename> file,
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125 | append these aliases to it if it exists. This file should be checked and
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126 | duplicate aliases removed, if present.</para></note>
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127 |
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128 | <para>To automate the running of <command>exim</command> at startup, install
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129 | the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/exim</filename> init script included in the
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130 | <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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131 |
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132 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-exim</command></userinput></screen>
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133 |
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134 | </sect3>
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135 |
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136 | </sect2>
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137 |
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138 | <sect2>
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139 | <title>Contents</title>
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140 |
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141 | <para>The <application>Exim</application> package contains
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142 | <command>exim</command>,
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143 | <command>exim_dumpdb</command>,
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144 | <command>exim_fixdb</command>,
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145 | <command>exim_tidydb</command>,
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146 | <command>exinext</command>,
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147 | <command>exiwhat</command>,
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148 | <command>exim_dbmbuild</command>,
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149 | <command>exicyclog</command>,
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150 | <command>exigrep</command>,
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151 | <command>eximstats</command>,
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152 | <command>exiqsumm</command>,
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153 | <command>exiqgrep</command>,
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154 | <command>exim_lock</command> and
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155 | <command>exim_checkaccess</command>.</para>
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156 |
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157 | </sect2>
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158 |
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159 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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160 | <sect3><title>exim</title>
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161 | <para><command>exim</command> is the Mail Transport Agent daemon.</para></sect3>
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162 |
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163 | <sect3><title>exim_dumpdb</title>
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164 | <para><command>exim_dumpdb</command> writes the contents of
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165 | <application>Exim</application> databases to the standard output.</para></sect3>
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166 |
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167 | <sect3><title>exim_fixdb</title>
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168 | <para><command>exim_fixdb</command> modifies data in
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169 | <application>Exim</application> databases.</para></sect3>
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170 |
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171 | <sect3><title>exim_tidydb</title>
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172 | <para><command>exim_tidydb</command> removes old records from
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173 | <application>Exim</application> databases.</para></sect3>
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174 |
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175 | <sect3><title>exinext</title>
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176 | <para><command>exinext</command> queries remote host retry times.</para></sect3>
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177 |
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178 | <sect3><title>exiwhat</title>
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179 | <para><command>exiwhat</command> queries running
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180 | <application>Exim</application> processes.</para></sect3>
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181 |
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182 | <sect3><title>exim_dbmbuild</title>
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183 | <para><command>exim_dbmbuild</command> creates and rebuilds
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184 | <application>Exim</application> databases.</para></sect3>
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185 |
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186 | <sect3><title>exicyclog</title>
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187 | <para><command>exicyclog</command> cycles
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188 | <application>Exim</application> log files.</para></sect3>
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189 |
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190 | <sect3><title>exigrep</title>
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191 | <para><command>exigrep</command> searches
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192 | <application>Exim</application> log files.</para></sect3>
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193 |
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194 | <sect3><title>eximstats</title>
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195 | <para><command>eximstats</command> generates mail statistics from
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196 | <application>Exim</application> log files.</para></sect3>
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197 |
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198 | <sect3><title>exiqsumm</title>
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199 | <para><command>exiqsumm</command> produces a summary of the messages in the
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200 | mail queue.</para></sect3>
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201 |
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202 | <sect3><title>exiqgrep</title>
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203 | <para><command>exiqgrep</command> is an utility for selective queue
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204 | listing.</para></sect3>
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205 |
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206 | <sect3><title>exim_lock</title>
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207 | <para><command>exim_lock</command> locks a mailbox file.</para></sect3>
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208 |
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209 | <sect3><title>exim_checkaccess</title>
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210 | <para><command>exim_checkaccess</command> states whether a given recipient
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211 | address from a given host is acceptable or not.</para></sect3>
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212 |
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213 | </sect2>
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214 |
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215 | </sect1>
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216 |
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