Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On 8 Jan 2022, at 14:07, Julian Bradfield via Exim-users wrote: > My mail servers run, and have run for decades, on Debian, and I've > always used the Debian package for exim4, though I don't use debconf > for my own additions, but just edit the conf.template file as if it > were a .conf file. >

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

Hi Julian, Julian Bradfield via Exim-users (Sa 08 Jan 2022 15:07:01 CET): > My mail servers run, and have run for decades, on Debian, and I've > always used the Debian package for exim4, though I don't use debconf > for my own additions, but just edit the conf.template file as if it > were a .co

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On 2022-01-08, Odhiambo Washington via Exim-users wrote: > On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 5:26 PM Julian Bradfield via Exim-users < > exim-users@exim.org> wrote: > >> My mail servers run, and have run for decades, on Debian, and I've >> always used the Debian package for exim4, though I don't use debconf

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On 2022-01-08, Slavko (tblt) via Exim-users wrote: >>So I suppose the question is: if I drop the master-source-built binary >>on top of the Debian one, what can I expect to break? > AFAIK spfquery is used in debian's exim for years, thus i am confused, why it > is problem for you right now,

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

Hello. On Sat, Jan 08, 2022 at 03:27:45PM +, Julian Bradfield via Exim-users wrote: > Specifically, I don't like the idea of installing an external tool > spfquery and using the slightly clunky config snippet to use it, > rather than using the built-in spf - I like things in the exim4 manu

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On Sat, Jan 08, 2022 at 05:02:10PM +, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote: The dmarc library project appears to have changed their API in a incompatible fashion. It's difficult to tell, because there is no visible documentation and no obvious way to discover the library version at build time.

Re: [exim] acl_smtp_dkim called twice

Jeremy, thank you for your answer. Please see below On 06-01-22 15:38, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote: On 05/01/2022 14:49, Anton via Exim-users wrote: is it an intended behavior and why? Does the dkim header have both d= and i= ? Yes, both are set d=paypal.fr i=@paypal.fr in each e-ma

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

* Julian Bradfield via Exim-users (exim-users@exim.org) [220108 16:36]: > However, I also don't like fiddling with systems more than necessary - > sysadmin is not my job, it's just what I have to do to make things > work. If I have to go the trouble of building my own Debian package, I > might as w

Re: [exim] Unix user / and group(s) of the process doing the SMTP delivery to a remot MTA?

Luxury Car Rental Dubai On 2022-01-07 16:23, Michael Naef wrote: > Hi everyone > > I'm testing to offer a TLS client Cert when Exim acts as an SMTP client to a > remote MTA. > > However exim is unable to read the private key unless I make it world readable > (Which I obv

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On Sat, 8 Jan 2022, Julian Bradfield via Exim-users wrote: On 2022-01-08, Andreas Barth via Exim-users wrote: * Julian Bradfield via Exim-users (exim-users@exim.org) [220108 15:18]: The pain of dealing with Debian's antiquated versions (4.92) and gratuitous messing around with upstream's conf

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On 08/01/2022 16:31, Slavko (tblt) via Exim-users wrote: new version of DMARC lib, which fails to build with exim The dmarc library project appears to have changed their API in a incompatible fashion. It's difficult to tell, because there is no visible documentation and no obvious way to disc

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

Hi Julian, I installed exim from source, and here is my input. Expect to start with all configuration being set in one file when you install from source. I used Dovecot as IMAP server, for security purposes disabled startttls in port 587 for smtp in exim and 143 + startttls for IM

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

Dňa 8. januára 2022 15:27:45 UTC používateľ Julian Bradfield via Exim-users napísal: >So I suppose the question is: if I drop the master-source-built binary >on top of the Debian one, what can I expect to break? IMO nothing will break, except two things: + many ACL & routers presets, which ma

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On 08/01/2022 15:27, Julian Bradfield via Exim-users wrote: (Tainting is the main thing I'm aware of as a risk.) It's also a major benefit, because it shows up places in your config where you have coded in a manner vulnerable to attack. -- Cheers, Jeremy -- ## List details at https://lists.

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On 08/01/2022 15:27, Julian Bradfield via Exim-users wrote: I like things in the exim4 manual to work in my installation! The manuals for old releases are available on the Exim website. -- Cheers, Jeremy -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On 2022-01-08, Andreas Barth via Exim-users wrote: > * Julian Bradfield via Exim-users (exim-users@exim.org) [220108 15:18]: >> The pain of dealing with Debian's antiquated versions (4.92) and >> gratuitous messing around with upstream's configuration (most recent >> annoyance, not supporting buil

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 5:26 PM Julian Bradfield via Exim-users < exim-users@exim.org> wrote: > My mail servers run, and have run for decades, on Debian, and I've > always used the Debian package for exim4, though I don't use debconf > for my own additions, but just edit the conf.template file as i

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

On 08/01/2022 14:07, Julian Bradfield via Exim-users wrote: I wonder if anybody on this list has done such a conversion recently, and would have time to share the chief gotchas they encountered. Not directly, but: ALWAYS read the ChangeNotes file when changing versions. It's there for good re

Re: [exim] converting from debian package to source

* Julian Bradfield via Exim-users (exim-users@exim.org) [220108 15:18]: > The pain of dealing with Debian's antiquated versions (4.92) and > gratuitous messing around with upstream's configuration (most recent > annoyance, not supporting built-in SPF) is prompting me to think about > switching to u

[exim] converting from debian package to source

My mail servers run, and have run for decades, on Debian, and I've always used the Debian package for exim4, though I don't use debconf for my own additions, but just edit the conf.template file as if it were a .conf file. The pain of dealing with Debian's antiquated versions (4.92) and gratuitous