Re: [exim] Exim rejects: syntactically invalid argument

2005-09-27 Thread Walt Reed
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 07:10:03PM -0500, Herb Martin said: > > -Original Message- > > From: Scott Call [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > What is the thinking on "helo_allow_chars = _" -- other > > than "I want > > > to receive their email" is there a reason to accept or reject such? > >

Re: [exim] Re: Debian exim

2005-09-27 Thread Steve Lamb
Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > Why should everyone reimplement a queue instead of just one program > implementing a queue on the machine? If the user wants to flush the > queue, why should he have to track the many different queues instead > of having just one to look at? As I said, and what do t

RE: [exim] Exim rejects: syntactically invalid argument

2005-09-27 Thread Herb Martin
> -Original Message- > From: Scott Call [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What is the thinking on "helo_allow_chars = _" -- other > than "I want > > to receive their email" is there a reason to accept or reject such? > > It's purpose is to allow certain exceptions (like _) to the > RFC all

RE: [exim] Exim rejects: syntactically invalid argument

2005-09-27 Thread Scott Call
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Herb Martin wrote: What is the thinking on "helo_allow_chars = _" -- other than "I want to receive their email" is there a reason to accept or reject such? It's purpose is to allow certain exceptions (like _) to the RFC allowed helo characters. This was you can allow _

RE: [exim] Exim rejects: syntactically invalid argument

2005-09-27 Thread Herb Martin
> -Original Message- > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Sherman > > Herb Martin wrote: > > Is there a particular Exim setting that tells Exim to perform the > > check that causes the following > > error: > > > > (I wrapped it to avoid likely email wrapping problems): > > > >

Re: [exim] Exim rejects: syntactically invalid argument

2005-09-27 Thread Marc Sherman
Herb Martin wrote: Is there a particular Exim setting that tells Exim to perform the check that causes the following error: (I wrapped it to avoid likely email wrapping problems): 2005-09-27 16:27:31 rejected EHLO from mail2.westlakechemical.com [204.126.135.64]: syntactically inval

[exim] Exim rejects: syntactically invalid argument

2005-09-27 Thread Herb Martin
Is there a particular Exim setting that tells Exim to perform the check that causes the following error: (I wrapped it to avoid likely email wrapping problems): 2005-09-27 16:27:31 rejected EHLO from mail2.westlakechemical.com [204.126.135.64]: syntactically invalid argument(s):

Re: [exim] options to obsoleted 'demime'?

2005-09-27 Thread Stephen Gran
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 03:42:38PM -0400, Marc Sherman said: > OpenMacNews wrote: > >"Clamd does not seem to unpack MIME containers, so it is recommended > >to unpack MIME > >attachments in the MIME ACL" > > Like the demime option, that statement about clamav is obsolete. Clamav > does

RE: [exim] long delays on debian testing (mypost: rl3sept27)

2005-09-27 Thread Timothy Spear
What is the purpose of ident anymore? With the vast majority of mail servers not supporting ident (this is anecdotal based on my logs). It does not help with spam and only seems to slow the server down. Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [exim] options to obsoleted 'demime'?

2005-09-27 Thread Herb Martin
> Like the demime option, that statement about clamav is > obsolete. Clamav does a pretty good job at unpacking mime > containers these days. > > - Marc I agree about ClamAv -- we don't check with ClamAV until "DATA"-time and then just the entire message. What about checking (easily) for malf

Re: [exim] long delays on debian testing (mypost: rl3sept27)

2005-09-27 Thread Christian Schmidt
Hello Marc, Marc Sherman, 27.09.2005 (d.m.y): > rich lott wrote: > > > >---8<--- > >2005-09-27 20:31:07 cwd=/home/rich 4 args: send-mail -i -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >2005-09-27 20:31:07 1EKLAR-0002Rr-De <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=root P=local > >

Re: [exim] Re: Debian exim

2005-09-27 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 05:50:55PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: >> On Saturday 24 September 2005 21:45, Steve Lamb wrote: >>> Quite frankly desktop machines shouldn't have SMTP servers on them >>> at all. > I'd be interested in any definition of a desktop where an SMTP > server would be a require

RE: [exim] long delays on debian testing (mypost: rl3sept27)

2005-09-27 Thread Timothy Spear
I would look at ident causing problems. The default ident (from memory) is 30 seconds. You can turn ident off with the following: rfc1413_query_timeout=0s Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rich lott Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:1

Re: [exim] long delays on debian testing (mypost: rl3sept27)

2005-09-27 Thread rich lott
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 20:48, Marc Sherman wrote: > My guess is that the 30 second delay is the timeout while your DNS > server fails to resolve the domain xx. Thanks, but not that, I don't think (dns lookup in <1s - see below). (Sorry for removing domain name, it seemed irreleva

Re: [exim] regex confusion

2005-09-27 Thread Mark Edwards
On Sep 27, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Tony Finch wrote: On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Mark Edwards wrote: accept regex = (To|Cc):.*nospam-.*(\n|\r) The argument to the regex condition is a colon-separated list of regular expressions. It would be much better to set a $acl_m* flag in your RCPT ACL if

Re: [exim] options to obsoleted 'demime'?

2005-09-27 Thread John Hall
On 27/09/05, Marc Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (2) to invoke my spam scanner, Exiscan/ClamAV > > deny message= VIRUS FOUND : ($malware_name) > >malware= * > >demime = * > > > > questions: > > > > (ii) per the spec, > > > > "Clamd does not seem to unpack

Re: [exim] long delays on debian testing (mypost: rl3sept27)

2005-09-27 Thread Marc Sherman
rich lott wrote: ---8<--- 2005-09-27 20:31:07 cwd=/home/rich 4 args: send-mail -i -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-09-27 20:31:07 1EKLAR-0002Rr-De <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=root P=local S=285 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-09-27

[exim] long delays on debian testing (mypost: rl3sept27)

2005-09-27 Thread rich lott
Hi I've just installed exim4 (light) and am having some probs. with long delays. When I send a message it takes around 30 seconds to make it through the queue. Here's logs (replaced my email domain with xxx to hinder harvesting): ---8<--

Re: [exim] options to obsoleted 'demime'?

2005-09-27 Thread Marc Sherman
OpenMacNews wrote: (1) to check/deny on 'seriou mime errors' deny message= Serious MIME defect detected ($demime_reason) demime = * condition = ${if >{$demime_errorlevel}{2}{1}{0}} (i) how should (1) be done if NOT with 'demime'? http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim

[exim] options to obsoleted 'demime'?

2005-09-27 Thread OpenMacNews
hi all, i'm working on removing 'obsoleted' checks from my exim.conf, as conventional wisdom would seem to be -- don't use obsoleted features. at issue is the use of 'demime', which, per the spec has been obsoleted ... ok. that said, i currently use 'demime' twice in my exim.conf: (1) to chec

[exim] Exim+Mailscanner+Dspam

2005-09-27 Thread dzamin
Hi, In a server runnig exim+mailscanner i need to install dspam. In my current schema, there is an exim instance listening for smtp connections and queueing (queue_only option), a mailscanner catching and analysing the messages on the incoming queue and putting them on another exim queue to be

[exim] Re: rerouting emails with an unqualified local part

2005-09-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
Christopher L. Everett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > cobalt:/etc/exim# exim -d2 -bt [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] -bv instead of -bt or even better running a real test with -bd -d (on a different port -X 666 if you cannot take down the main daemon) might yield better results. cu and

Re: [exim] Multiple Log Files - Feature Request

2005-09-27 Thread Marc Perkel
I'd like to have multiple log files without having to run multiple instances of Exim. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/

Re: [exim] Multiple Log Files

2005-09-27 Thread Dennis Davis
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Marc Perkel wrote: > From: Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: exim-users@exim.org > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:52:06 -0700 > Subject: [exim] Multiple Log Files > > Is there any way to have multiple log files? I'd like to have a > separate like file for each interface addres

Re: [exim] Multiple Log Files

2005-09-27 Thread Ian Eiloart
--On 27 September 2005 08:52:06 -0700 Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there any way to have multiple log files? I'd like to have a separate like file for each interface address. -- Marc Perkel - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spam Filter: http://www.junkemailfilter.com My Blog: http://marc.

Re: [exim] Multiple Log Files

2005-09-27 Thread Fred Viles
On 27 Sep 2005 at 8:52, Marc Perkel wrote about "[exim] Multiple Log Files": | Is there any way to have multiple log files? I'd like to have a separate | like file for each interface address. RTFM log_file_path. You'd need to run separate exim daemons listening to each interface for the ef

[exim] Multiple Log Files

2005-09-27 Thread Marc Perkel
Is there any way to have multiple log files? I'd like to have a separate like file for each interface address. -- Marc Perkel - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spam Filter: http://www.junkemailfilter.com My Blog: http://marc.perkel.com -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-user

Re: [exim] exim 4.53 release contains pcre/Makefile problem

2005-09-27 Thread Marc Perkel
Philip Hazel wrote: On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Heiko Schlichting wrote: Oops. Thanks. Looks like there may be 4.54 sooner than I thought, as this is not the only glitch I've been sent. But hey, it's a while since I put out two releases in one week... :-) Compiled fresh daily. ;) -- Marc Pe

[exim] On queue run prefer small messages first, how?

2005-09-27 Thread jori.hamalainen
--- >From FAQ Q0625:  I wish to have large emails go out one at a time. A0625:  One possibility is to set up a router that defers all large messages, except in queue runs. Since queue runners deliver just one message at a time, if you limited the number of simultaneous queue

Re: [exim] rerouting emails with an unqualified local part

2005-09-27 Thread Philip Hazel
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Christopher L. Everett wrote: > My Exim 3 config is pretty hacked up. > > Got any documentation on doing the upgrade? As well as the upgrade script already mentioned, there is a file called Exim4.Upgrade in the doc directory. Please note, however, that as Exim 4 was released

Re: [exim] rerouting emails with an unqualified local part

2005-09-27 Thread Tony Finch
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Christopher L. Everett wrote: > > Got any documentation on doing the upgrade? Have you tried the convert4r4 program? Tony. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ ${sg{\N${sg{\ N\}{([^N]*)(.)(.)(.*)}{\$1\$3\$2\$1\$3\n\$2\$3\$4\$3\n\$3\$2\$4}}\ \N}{(

Re: [exim] rerouting emails with an unqualified local part

2005-09-27 Thread Christopher L. Everett
Tony Finch wrote: On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Christopher L. Everett wrote: I've tried a a custom director: I'm afraid that Exim 3 is no longer supported. Your problem is easy to solve with Exim 4. Well, the last time I tangled with exim it took me *days* to get everything right. The pr

Re: [exim] rerouting emails with an unqualified local part

2005-09-27 Thread Christopher L. Everett
Tony Finch wrote: On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Christopher L. Everett wrote: I've tried a a custom director: I'm afraid that Exim 3 is no longer supported. Your problem is easy to solve with Exim 4. Sigh. This is going to be such a bear to upgrade for one piece of function. My Exim 3 co

Re: [exim] regex confusion

2005-09-27 Thread Miguel Telleria de Esteban
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:50:06 +0200, Mark wrote: > I know this is a simple question, but there is something fundamental > that I am just not getting by reading the docs regarding regex in > exim. I put the following in my data ACL: > > acl_check_content: > >accept regex = (To|Cc):.*nospam

Re: [exim] regex confusion

2005-09-27 Thread Tony Finch
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Mark Edwards wrote: > > accept regex = (To|Cc):.*nospam-.*(\n|\r) The argument to the regex condition is a colon-separated list of regular expressions. It would be much better to set a $acl_m* flag in your RCPT ACL if one of the addresses matches nospam-*, then test the fla

Re: [exim] rerouting emails with an unqualified local part

2005-09-27 Thread Tony Finch
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Christopher L. Everett wrote: > > I've tried a a custom director: I'm afraid that Exim 3 is no longer supported. Your problem is easy to solve with Exim 4. Tony. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ ${sg{\N${sg{\ N\}{([^N]*)(.)(.)(.*)}{\$1\$3\$2\

Re: [exim] mail que

2005-09-27 Thread Tony Finch
We answered this question two weeks ago. Why are people on this list re-posting questions so much? Tony. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ ${sg{\N${sg{\ N\}{([^N]*)(.)(.)(.*)}{\$1\$3\$2\$1\$3\n\$2\$3\$4\$3\n\$3\$2\$4}}\ \N}{([^N]*)(.)(.)(.*)}{\$1\$3\$2\$1\$3\n\$2\$

[exim] regex confusion

2005-09-27 Thread Mark Edwards
I know this is a simple question, but there is something fundamental that I am just not getting by reading the docs regarding regex in exim. I put the following in my data ACL: acl_check_content: accept regex = (To|Cc):.*nospam-.*(\n|\r) which is intended to match addresses with a nospam

[exim] rerouting emails with an unqualified local part

2005-09-27 Thread Christopher L. Everett
Hello, I have a script that sends email notifications to users, and I do bounce processing on the returns. Each email I send has a unique local part in the Sender, along the line of "bounce-id-12345-p". I used to handle the bounces as they came in directly on the server, but now I have to move

Re: [exim] mail que

2005-09-27 Thread Peter Bowyer
On 27/09/05, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 05:58 +0100, Peter Bowyer wrote: No, I didn't - please sort out your quoting. Thanks -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1296 768003 VoIP: sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman

Re: [exim] mail que

2005-09-27 Thread Mark
On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 05:58 +0100, Peter Bowyer wrote: > On 26/09/05, Exim newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have 3 mail server one pop3 and two smtp. My smtp servers place all the > > email in the que in /var/spool/exim/input but my pop3 server places the > > email in individual folders for

Re: [exim] exim 4.53 release contains pcre/Makefile problem

2005-09-27 Thread Philip Hazel
On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Heiko Schlichting wrote: > thanks for the release of 4.53. Although I installed the RC1 on more than > 30 production systems, I didn't notice a typo in src/pcre/Makefile which > causes problems during installation of the final release on some of my more > exotic systems. > >