Added the mxh lookup type for dnsdb lookups.
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3##################################################
4# The Exim mail transport agent #
5##################################################
6
7# This is the template for Exim's main build-time configuration file. It
8# contains settings that are independent of any operating system. These are
9# things that are mostly sysadmin choices. The items below are divided into
10# those you must specify, those you probably want to specify, those you might
11# often want to specify, and those that you almost never need to mention.
12
13# Edit this file and save the result to a file called Local/Makefile within the
14# Exim distribution directory before running the "make" command.
15
16# Things that depend on the operating system have default settings in
17# OS/Makefile-Default, but these are overridden for some OS by files called
18# called OS/Makefile-<osname>. You can further override these by creating files
19# called Local/Makefile-<osname>, where "<osname>" stands for the name of your
20# operating system - look at the names in the OS directory to see which names
21# are recognized.
22
23# However, if you are building Exim for a single OS only, you don't need to
24# worry about setting up Local/Makefile-<osname>. Any build-time configuration
25# settings you require can in fact be placed in the one file called
26# Local/Makefile. It is only if you are building for several OS from the same
27# source files that you need to worry about splitting off your own OS-dependent
28# settings into separate files. (There's more explanation about how this all
29# works in the toplevel README file, under "Modifying the building process", as
30# well as in the Exim specification.)
31
32# One OS-specific thing that may need to be changed is the command for running
33# the C compiler; the overall default is gcc, but some OS Makefiles specify cc.
34# You can override anything that is set by putting CC=whatever in your
35# Local/Makefile.
36
37# NOTE: You should never need to edit any of the distributed Makefiles; all
38# overriding can be done in your Local/Makefile(s). This will make it easier
39# for you when the next release comes along.
40
41# The location of the X11 libraries is something else that is quite variable
42# even between different versions of the same operating system (and indeed
43# there are different versions of X11 as well, of course). The four settings
44# concerned here are X11, XINCLUDE, XLFLAGS (linking flags) and X11_LD_LIB
45# (dynamic run-time library). You need not worry about X11 unless you want to
46# compile the Exim monitor utility. Exim itself does not use X11.
47
48# Another area of variability between systems is the type and location of the
49# DBM library package. Exim has support for ndbm, gdbm, tdb, and Berkeley DB.
50# By default the code assumes ndbm; this often works with gdbm or DB, provided
51# they are correctly installed, via their compatibility interfaces. However,
52# Exim can also be configured to use the native calls for Berkeley DB (obsolete
53# versions 1.85, 2.x, 3.x, or the current 4.x version) and also for gdbm.
54
55# For some operating systems, a default DBM library (other than ndbm) is
56# selected by a setting in the OS-specific Makefile. Most modern OS now have
57# a DBM library installed as standard, and in many cases this will be selected
58# for you by the OS-specific configuration. If Exim compiles without any
59# problems, you probably do not have to worry about the DBM library. If you
60# do want or need to change it, you should first read the discussion in the
61# file doc/dbm.discuss.txt, which also contains instructions for testing Exim's
62# interface to the DBM library.
63
64# In Local/Makefiles blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored. It is
65# also permitted to use the # character to add a comment to a setting, for
66# example
67#
68# EXIM_GID=42 # the "mail" group
69#
70# However, with some versions of "make" this works only if there is no white
71# space between the end of the setting and the #, so perhaps it is best
72# avoided. A consequence of this facility is that it is not possible to have
73# the # character present in any setting, but I can't think of any cases where
74# this would be wanted.
75###############################################################################
76
77
78
79###############################################################################
80# THESE ARE THINGS YOU MUST SPECIFY #
81###############################################################################
82
83# Exim will not build unless you specify BIN_DIRECTORY, CONFIGURE_FILE, and
84# EXIM_USER. You also need EXIM_GROUP if EXIM_USER specifies a uid by number.
85
86# If you don't specify SPOOL_DIRECTORY, Exim won't fail to build. However, it
87# really is a very good idea to specify it here rather than at run time. This
88# is particularly true if you let the logs go to their default location in the
89# spool directory, because it means that the location of the logs is known
90# before Exim has read the run time configuration file.
91
92#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
93# BIN_DIRECTORY defines where the exim binary will be installed by "make
94# install". The path is also used internally by Exim when it needs to re-invoke
95# itself, either to send an error message, or to recover root privilege. Exim's
96# utility binaries and scripts are also installed in this directory. There is
97# no "standard" place for the binary directory. Some people like to keep all
98# the Exim files under one directory such as /usr/exim; others just let the
99# Exim binaries go into an existing directory such as /usr/sbin or
100# /usr/local/sbin. The installation script will try to create this directory,
101# and any superior directories, if they do not exist.
102
103BIN_DIRECTORY=/usr/exim/bin
104
105
106#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
107# CONFIGURE_FILE defines where Exim's run time configuration file is to be
108# found. It is the complete pathname for the file, not just a directory. The
109# location of all other run time files and directories can be changed in the
110# run time configuration file. There is a lot of variety in the choice of
111# location in different OS, and in the preferences of different sysadmins. Some
112# common locations are in /etc or /etc/mail or /usr/local/etc or
113# /usr/local/etc/mail. Another possibility is to keep all the Exim files under
114# a single directory such as /usr/exim. Whatever you choose, the installation
115# script will try to make the directory and any superior directories if they
116# don't exist. It will also install a default runtime configuration if this
117# file does not exist.
118
119CONFIGURE_FILE=/usr/exim/configure
120
121# It is possible to specify a colon-separated list of files for CONFIGURE_FILE.
122# In this case, Exim will use the first of them that exists when it is run.
123# However, if a list is specified, the installation script no longer tries to
124# make superior directories or to install a default runtime configuration.
125
126
127#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
128# The Exim binary must normally be setuid root, so that it starts executing as
129# root, but (depending on the options with which it is called) it does not
130# always need to retain the root privilege. These settings define the user and
131# group that is used for Exim processes when they no longer need to be root. In
132# particular, this applies when receiving messages and when doing remote
133# deliveries. (Local deliveries run as various non-root users, typically as the
134# owner of a local mailbox.) Specifying these values as root is very strongly
135# discouraged.
136
137EXIM_USER=
138
139# If you specify EXIM_USER as a name, this is looked up at build time, and the
140# uid number is built into the binary. However, you can specify that this
141# lookup is deferred until runtime. In this case, it is the name that is built
142# into the binary. You can do this by a setting of the form:
143
144# EXIM_USER=ref:exim
145
146# In other words, put "ref:" in front of the user name. If you set EXIM_USER
147# like this, any value specified for EXIM_GROUP is also passed "by reference".
148# Although this costs a bit of resource at runtime, it is convenient to use
149# this feature when building binaries that are to be run on multiple systems
150# where the name may refer to different uids. It also allows you to build Exim
151# on a system where there is no Exim user defined.
152
153# If the setting of EXIM_USER is numeric (e.g. EXIM_USER=42), there must
154# also be a setting of EXIM_GROUP. If, on the other hand, you use a name
155# for EXIM_USER (e.g. EXIM_USER=exim), you don't need to set EXIM_GROUP unless
156# you want to use a group other than the default group for the given user.
157
158# EXIM_GROUP=
159
160# Many sites define a user called "exim", with an appropriate default group,
161# and use
162#
163# EXIM_USER=exim
164#
165# while leaving EXIM_GROUP unspecified (commented out).
166
167
168#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
169# SPOOL_DIRECTORY defines the directory where all the data for messages in
170# transit is kept. It is strongly recommended that you define it here, though
171# it is possible to leave this till the run time configuration.
172
173# Exim creates the spool directory if it does not exist. The owner and group
174# will be those defined by EXIM_USER and EXIM_GROUP, and this also applies to
175# all the files and directories that are created in the spool directory.
176
177# Almost all installations choose this:
178
179SPOOL_DIRECTORY=/var/spool/exim
180
181
182
183###############################################################################
184# THESE ARE THINGS YOU PROBABLY WANT TO SPECIFY #
185###############################################################################
186
187# You need to specify some routers and transports if you want the Exim that you
188# are building to be capable of delivering mail. You almost certainly need at
189# least one type of lookup. You should consider whether you want to build
190# the Exim monitor or not.
191
192
193#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
194# These settings determine which individual router drivers are included in the
195# Exim binary. There are no defaults in the code; those routers that are wanted
196# must be defined here by setting the appropriate variables to the value "yes".
197# Including a router in the binary does not cause it to be used automatically.
198# It has also to be configured in the run time configuration file. By
199# commenting out those you know you don't want to use, you can make the binary
200# a bit smaller. If you are unsure, leave all of these included for now.
201
202ROUTER_ACCEPT=yes
203ROUTER_DNSLOOKUP=yes
204ROUTER_IPLITERAL=yes
205ROUTER_MANUALROUTE=yes
206ROUTER_QUERYPROGRAM=yes
207ROUTER_REDIRECT=yes
208
209# This one is very special-purpose, so is not included by default.
210
211# ROUTER_IPLOOKUP=yes
212
213
214#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
215# These settings determine which individual transport drivers are included in
216# the Exim binary. There are no defaults; those transports that are wanted must
217# be defined here by setting the appropriate variables to the value "yes".
218# Including a transport in the binary does not cause it to be used
219# automatically. It has also to be configured in the run time configuration
220# file. By commenting out those you know you don't want to use, you can make
221# the binary a bit smaller. If you are unsure, leave all of these included for
222# now.
223
224TRANSPORT_APPENDFILE=yes
225TRANSPORT_AUTOREPLY=yes
226TRANSPORT_PIPE=yes
227TRANSPORT_SMTP=yes
228
229# This one is special-purpose, and commonly not required, so it is not
230# included by default.
231
232# TRANSPORT_LMTP=yes
233
234
235#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
236# The appendfile transport can write messages to local mailboxes in a number
237# of formats. The code for three specialist formats, maildir, mailstore, and
238# MBX, is included only when requested. If you do not know what this is about,
239# leave these settings commented out.
240
241# SUPPORT_MAILDIR=yes
242# SUPPORT_MAILSTORE=yes
243# SUPPORT_MBX=yes
244
245
246#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
247# These settings determine which file and database lookup methods are included
248# in the binary. See the manual chapter entitled "File and database lookups"
249# for discussion. DBM and lsearch (linear search) are included by default. If
250# you are unsure about the others, leave them commented out for now.
251# LOOKUP_DNSDB does *not* refer to general mail routing using the DNS. It is
252# for the specialist case of using the DNS as a general database facility (not
253# common).
254
255LOOKUP_DBM=yes
256LOOKUP_LSEARCH=yes
257
258# LOOKUP_CDB=yes
259# LOOKUP_DNSDB=yes
260# LOOKUP_DSEARCH=yes
261# LOOKUP_IBASE=yes
262# LOOKUP_LDAP=yes
263# LOOKUP_MYSQL=yes
264# LOOKUP_NIS=yes
265# LOOKUP_NISPLUS=yes
266# LOOKUP_ORACLE=yes
267# LOOKUP_PASSWD=yes
268# LOOKUP_PGSQL=yes
269# LOOKUP_WHOSON=yes
270
271# These two settings are obsolete; all three lookups are compiled when
272# LOOKUP_LSEARCH is enabled. However, we retain these for backward
273# compatibility. Setting one forces LOOKUP_LSEARCH if it is not set.
274
275# LOOKUP_WILDLSEARCH=yes
276# LOOKUP_NWILDLSEARCH=yes
277
278
279#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
280# If you have set LOOKUP_LDAP=yes, you should set LDAP_LIB_TYPE to indicate
281# which LDAP library you have. Unfortunately, though most of their functions
282# are the same, there are minor differences. Currently Exim knows about four
283# LDAP libraries: the one from the University of Michigan (also known as
284# OpenLDAP 1), OpenLDAP 2, the Netscape SDK library, and the library that comes
285# with Solaris 7 onwards. Uncomment whichever of these you are using.
286
287# LDAP_LIB_TYPE=OPENLDAP1
288# LDAP_LIB_TYPE=OPENLDAP2
289# LDAP_LIB_TYPE=NETSCAPE
290# LDAP_LIB_TYPE=SOLARIS
291
292# If you don't set any of these, Exim assumes the original University of
293# Michigan (OpenLDAP 1) library.
294
295
296#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
297# Additional libraries and include directories may be required for some
298# lookup styles (e.g. LDAP, MYSQL or PGSQL). LOOKUP_LIBS is included only on
299# the command for linking Exim itself, not on any auxiliary programs. You
300# don't need to set LOOKUP_INCLUDE if the relevant directories are already
301# specified in INCLUDE. The settings below are just examples; -lpq is for
302# PostgreSQL, -lgds is for Interbase.
303
304# LOOKUP_INCLUDE=-I /usr/local/ldap/include -I /usr/local/mysql/include -I /usr/local/pgsql/include
305# LOOKUP_LIBS=-L/usr/local/lib -lldap -llber -lmysqlclient -lpq -lgds
306
307#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
308# Compiling the Exim monitor: If you want to compile the Exim monitor, a
309# program that requires an X11 display, then EXIM_MONITOR should be set to the
310# value "eximon.bin". Comment out this setting to disable compilation of the
311# monitor. The locations of various X11 directories for libraries and include
312# files are defaulted in the OS/Makefile-Default file, but can be overridden in
313# local OS-specific make files.
314
315EXIM_MONITOR=eximon.bin
316
317
318
319###############################################################################
320# THESE ARE THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPECIFY #
321###############################################################################
322
323# The items in this section are those that are commonly changed according to
324# the sysadmin's preferences, but whose defaults are often acceptable. The
325# first five are concerned with security issues, where differing levels of
326# paranoia are appropriate in different environments. Sysadmins also vary in
327# their views on appropriate levels of defence in these areas. If you do not
328# understand these issues, go with the defaults, which are used by many sites.
329
330
331#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
332# Although Exim is normally a setuid program, owned by root, it refuses to run
333# local deliveries as root by default. There is a runtime option called
334# "never_users" which lists the users that must never be used for local
335# deliveries. There is also the setting below, which provides a list that
336# cannot be overridden at runtime. This guards against problems caused by
337# unauthorized changes to the runtime configuration. You are advised not to
338# remove "root" from this option, but you can add other users if you want. The
926e1192 339# list is colon-separated. It must NOT contain any spaces.
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926e1192 341# FIXED_NEVER_USERS=root:bin:daemon
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342FIXED_NEVER_USERS=root
343
344
345#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
346# By default, Exim insists that its configuration file be owned either by root
347# or by the Exim user. You can specify one additional permitted owner here.
348
349# CONFIGURE_OWNER=
350
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351# If the configuration file is group-writeable, Exim insists by default that it
352# is owned by root or the Exim user. You can specify one additional permitted
353# group owner here.
354
355# CONFIGURE_GROUP=
356
357# If you specify CONFIGURE_OWNER or CONFIGURE_GROUP as a name, this is looked
358# up at build time, and the uid or gid number is built into the binary.
359# However, you can specify that the lookup is deferred until runtime. In this
360# case, it is the name that is built into the binary. You can do this by a
361# setting of the form:
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363# CONFIGURE_OWNER=ref:mail
35edf2ff 364# CONFIGURE_GROUP=ref:sysadmin
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366# In other words, put "ref:" in front of the user or group name. Although this
367# costs a bit of resource at runtime, it is convenient to use this feature when
368# building binaries that are to be run on multiple systems where the names may
369# refer to different uids or gids. It also allows you to build Exim on a system
370# where the relevant user or group is not defined.
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372
373#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
374# The -C option allows Exim to be run with an alternate runtime configuration
375# file. When this is used by root or the Exim user, root privilege is retained
376# by the binary (for any other caller, it is dropped). You can restrict the
377# location of alternate configurations by defining a prefix below. Any file
378# used with -C must then start with this prefix (except that /dev/null is also
379# permitted if the caller is root, because that is used in the install script).
380# If the prefix specifies a directory that is owned by root, a compromise of
381# the Exim account does not permit arbitrary alternate configurations to be
382# used. The prefix can be more restrictive than just a directory (the second
383# example).
384
385# ALT_CONFIG_PREFIX=/some/directory/
386# ALT_CONFIG_PREFIX=/some/directory/exim.conf-
387
388
389#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
390# If you uncomment the following line, only root may use the -C or -D options
391# without losing root privilege. The -C option specifies an alternate runtime
392# configuration file, and the -D option changes macro values in the runtime
393# configuration. Uncommenting this line restricts what can be done with these
394# options. A call to receive a message (either one-off or via a daemon) cannot
395# successfully continue to deliver it, because the re-exec of Exim to regain
396# root privilege will fail, owing to the use of -C or -D by the Exim user.
397# However, you can still use -C for testing (as root) if you do separate Exim
398# calls for receiving a message and subsequently delivering it.
399
400# ALT_CONFIG_ROOT_ONLY=yes
401
402
403#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
404# Uncommenting this option disables the use of the -D command line option,
405# which changes the values of macros in the runtime configuration file.
406# This is another protection against somebody breaking into the Exim account.
407
408# DISABLE_D_OPTION=yes
409
410
411#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
412# Exim has support for the AUTH (authentication) extension of the SMTP
413# protocol, as defined by RFC 2554. If you don't know what SMTP authentication
414# is, you probably won't want to include this code, so you should leave these
415# settings commented out. If you do want to make use of SMTP authentication,
416# you must uncomment at least one of the following, so that appropriate code is
417# included in the Exim binary. You will then need to set up the run time
418# configuration to make use of the mechanism(s) selected.
419
420# AUTH_CRAM_MD5=yes
421# AUTH_CYRUS_SASL=yes
422# AUTH_PLAINTEXT=yes
423# AUTH_SPA=yes
424
425
426#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
427# If you specified AUTH_CYRUS_SASL above, you should ensure that you have the
428# Cyrus SASL library installed before trying to build Exim, and you probably
429# want to uncomment the following line:
430
431# AUTH_LIBS=-lsasl2
432
433
434#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
435# When Exim is decoding MIME "words" in header lines, most commonly for use
436# in the $header_xxx expansion, it converts any foreign character sets to the
437# one that is set in the headers_charset option. The default setting is
438# defined by this setting:
439
440HEADERS_CHARSET="ISO-8859-1"
441
442# If you are going to make use of $header_xxx expansions in your configuration
443# file, or if your users are going to use them in filter files, and the normal
444# character set on your host is something other than ISO-8859-1, you might
445# like to specify a different default here. This value can be overridden in
446# the runtime configuration, and it can also be overridden in individual filter
447# files.
448#
449# IMPORTANT NOTE: The iconv() function is needed for character code
450# conversions. Please see the next item...
451
452
453#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
454# Character code conversions are possible only if the iconv() function is
455# installed on your operating system. There are two places in Exim where this
456# is relevant: (a) The $header_xxx expansion (see the previous item), and (b)
457# the Sieve filter support. For those OS where iconv() is known to be installed
458# as standard, the file in OS/Makefile-xxxx contains
459#
460# HAVE_ICONV=yes
461#
462# If you are not using one of those systems, but have installed iconv(), you
463# need to uncomment that line above. In some cases, you may find that iconv()
464# and its header file are not in the default places. You might need to use
465# something like this:
466#
467# HAVE_ICONV=yes
468# CFLAGS=-O -I/usr/local/include
469# EXTRALIBS_EXIM=-L/usr/local/lib -liconv
470#
471# but of course there may need to be other things in CFLAGS and EXTRALIBS_EXIM
472# as well.
473
474
475#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
476# The passwords for user accounts are normally encrypted with the crypt()
477# function. Comparisons with encrypted passwords can be done using Exim's
478# "crypteq" expansion operator. (This is commonly used as part of the
479# configuration of an authenticator for use with SMTP AUTH.) At least one
480# operating system has an extended function called crypt16(), which uses up to
481# 16 characters of a password (the normal crypt() uses only the first 8). Exim
482# supports the use of crypt16() as well as crypt().
483
484# You can always indicate a crypt16-encrypted password by preceding it with
485# "{crypt16}". If you want the default handling (without any preceding
486# indicator) to use crypt16(), uncomment the following line:
487
488# DEFAULT_CRYPT=crypt16
489
490# If you do that, you can still access the basic crypt() function by preceding
491# an encrypted password with "{crypt}". For more details, see the description
492# of the "crypteq" condition in the manual chapter on string expansions.
493
494# Since most operating systems do not include a crypt16() function (yet?), Exim
495# has one of its own, which it uses unless HAVE_CRYPT16 is defined. Normally,
496# that will be set in an OS-specific Makefile for the OS that have such a
497# function, so you should not need to bother with it.
498
499
500#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
501# Exim can be built to support the SMTP STARTTLS command, which implements
502# Transport Layer Security using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). To do this, you
503# must install the OpenSSL library package or the GnuTLS library. Exim contains
504# no cryptographic code of its own. Uncomment the following lines if you want
505# to build Exim with TLS support. If you don't know what this is all about,
506# leave these settings commented out.
507
508# This setting is required for any TLS support (either OpenSSL or GnuTLS)
509# SUPPORT_TLS=yes
510
511# Uncomment this setting if you are using OpenSSL
512# TLS_LIBS=-lssl -lcrypto
513
514# Uncomment these settings if you are using GnuTLS
515# USE_GNUTLS=yes
516# TLS_LIBS=-lgnutls -ltasn1 -lgcrypt
517
518# If you are running Exim as a server, note that just building it with TLS
519# support is not all you need to do. You also need to set up a suitable
520# certificate, and tell Exim about it by means of the tls_certificate
521# and tls_privatekey run time options. You also need to set tls_advertise_hosts
522# to specify the hosts to which Exim advertises TLS support. On the other hand,
523# if you are running Exim only as a client, building it with TLS support
524# is all you need to do.
525
526# Additional libraries and include files are required for both OpenSSL and
527# GnuTLS. The TLS_LIBS settings above assume that the libraries are installed
528# with all your other libraries. If they are in a special directory, you may
529# need something like
530
531# TLS_LIBS=-L/usr/local/openssl/lib -lssl -lcrypto
532# or
533# TLS_LIBS=-L/opt/gnu/lib -lgnutls -ltasn1 -lgcrypt
534
535# TLS_LIBS is included only on the command for linking Exim itself, not on any
536# auxiliary programs. If the include files are not in a standard place, you can
537# set TLS_INCLUDE to specify where they are, for example:
538
539# TLS_INCLUDE=-I/usr/local/openssl/include/
540# or
541# TLS_INCLUDE=-I/opt/gnu/include
542
543# You don't need to set TLS_INCLUDE if the relevant directories are already
544# specified in INCLUDE.
545
546
547#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
548# The default distribution of Exim contains only the plain text form of the
549# documentation. Other forms are available separately. If you want to install
550# the documentation in "info" format, first fetch the Texinfo documentation
551# sources from the ftp directory and unpack them, which should create files
552# with the extension "texinfo" in the doc directory. You may find that the
553# version number of the texinfo files is different to your Exim version number,
554# because the main documentation isn't updated as often as the code. For
555# example, if you have Exim version 4.43, the source tarball upacks into a
556# directory called exim-4.43, but the texinfo tarball unpacks into exim-4.40.
557# In this case, move the contents of exim-4.40/doc into exim-4.43/doc after you
558# have unpacked them. Then set INFO_DIRECTORY to the location of your info
559# directory. This varies from system to system, but is often /usr/share/info.
560# Once you have done this, "make install" will build the info files and
561# install them in the directory you have defined.
562
563# INFO_DIRECTORY=/usr/share/info
564
565
566#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
567# Exim log directory and files: Exim creates several log files inside a
568# single log directory. You can define the directory and the form of the
569# log file name here. If you do not set anything, Exim creates a directory
570# called "log" inside its spool directory (see SPOOL_DIRECTORY above) and uses
571# the filenames "mainlog", "paniclog", and "rejectlog". If you want to change
572# this, you can set LOG_FILE_PATH to a path name containing one occurrence of
573# %s. This will be replaced by one of the strings "main", "panic", or "reject"
574# to form the final file names. Some installations may want something like this:
575
576# LOG_FILE_PATH=/var/log/exim_%slog
577
578# which results in files with names /var/log/exim_mainlog, etc. The directory
579# in which the log files are placed must exist; Exim does not try to create
580# it for itself. It is also your responsibility to ensure that Exim is capable
581# of writing files using this path name. The Exim user (see EXIM_USER above)
582# must be able to create and update files in the directory you have specified.
583
584# You can also configure Exim to use syslog, instead of or as well as log
585# files, by settings such as these
586
587# LOG_FILE_PATH=syslog
588# LOG_FILE_PATH=syslog:/var/log/exim_%slog
589
590# The first of these uses only syslog; the second uses syslog and also writes
591# to log files. Do not include white space in such a setting as it messes up
592# the building process.
593
594
595#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
596# When logging to syslog, the following option caters for syslog replacements
597# that are able to accept log entries longer than the 1024 characters allowed
598# by RFC 3164. It is up to you to make sure your syslog daemon can handle this.
599# Non-printable characters are usually unacceptable regardless, so log entries
600# are still split on newline characters.
601
602# SYSLOG_LONG_LINES=yes
603
604# If you are not interested in the process identifier (pid) of the Exim that is
605# making the call to syslog, then comment out the following line.
606
607SYSLOG_LOG_PID=yes
608
609
610#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
611# Cycling log files: this variable specifies the maximum number of old
612# log files that are kept by the exicyclog log-cycling script. You don't have
613# to use exicyclog. If your operating system has other ways of cycling log
614# files, you can use them instead. The exicyclog script isn't run by default;
615# you have to set up a cron job for it if you want it.
616
617EXICYCLOG_MAX=10
618
619
620#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
621# The compress command is used by the exicyclog script to compress old log
622# files. Both the name of the command and the suffix that it adds to files
623# need to be defined here. See also the EXICYCLOG_MAX configuration.
624
625COMPRESS_COMMAND=/usr/bin/gzip
626COMPRESS_SUFFIX=gz
627
628
629#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
630# If the exigrep utility is fed compressed log files, it tries to uncompress
631# them using this command.
632
633ZCAT_COMMAND=/usr/bin/zcat
634
635
636#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
637# Compiling in support for embedded Perl: If you want to be able to
638# use Perl code in Exim's string manipulation language and you have Perl
639# (version 5.004 or later) installed, set EXIM_PERL to perl.o. Using embedded
640# Perl costs quite a lot of resources. Only do this if you really need it.
641
642# EXIM_PERL=perl.o
643
644
645#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
646# Exim has support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules), a facility
647# which is available in the latest releases of Solaris and in some GNU/Linux
648# distributions (see http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/). The Exim
649# support, which is intended for use in conjunction with the SMTP AUTH
650# facilities, is included only when requested by the following setting:
651
652# SUPPORT_PAM=yes
653
654# You probably need to add -lpam to EXTRALIBS, and in some releases of
655# GNU/Linux -ldl is also needed.
656
657
658#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
659# Support for authentication via Radius is also available. The Exim support,
660# which is intended for use in conjunction with the SMTP AUTH facilities,
661# is included only when requested by setting the following parameter to the
662# location of your Radius configuration file:
663
664# RADIUS_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/radiusclient/radiusclient.conf
665# RADIUS_CONFIG_FILE=/etc/radius.conf
666
667# If you have set RADIUS_CONFIG_FILE, you should also set one of these to
668# indicate which RADIUS library is used:
669#
670# RADIUSCLIENT is the radiusclient library; you probably need to add
671# -libradiusclient to EXTRALIBS
672#
673# RADLIB is the Radius library that comes with FreeBSD (the header file is
674# called radlib.h); you probably need to add -lradius to EXTRALIBS
675
676# RADIUS_LIB_TYPE=RADIUSCLIENT
677# RADIUS_LIB_TYPE=RADLIB
678
679# If you don't set one of these, Exim assumes the radiusclient library.
680
681
682#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
683# Support for authentication via the Cyrus SASL pwcheck daemon is available.
684# Note, however, that pwcheck is now deprecated in favour of saslauthd (see
685# next item). The Exim support for pwcheck, which is intented for use in
686# conjunction with the SMTP AUTH facilities, is included only when requested by
687# setting the following parameter to the location of the pwcheck daemon's
688# socket.
689#
690# There is no need to install all of SASL on your system. You just need to run
691# ./configure --with-pwcheck, cd to the pwcheck directory within the sources,
692# make and make install. You must create the socket directory (default
693# /var/pwcheck) and chown it to exim's user and group. Once you have installed
694# pwcheck, you should arrange for it to be started by root at boot time.
695
696# CYRUS_PWCHECK_SOCKET=/var/pwcheck/pwcheck
697
698
699#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
700# Support for authentication via the Cyrus SASL saslauthd daemon is available.
701# The Exim support, which is intented for use in conjunction with the SMTP AUTH
702# facilities, is included only when requested by setting the following
703# parameter to the location of the saslauthd daemon's socket.
704#
705# There is no need to install all of SASL on your system. You just need to run
706# ./configure --with-saslauthd (and any other options you need, for example, to
707# select or deselect authentication mechanisms), cd to the saslauthd directory
708# within the sources, make and make install. You must create the socket
709# directory (default /var/state/saslauthd) and chown it to exim's user and
710# group. Once you have installed saslauthd, you should arrange for it to be
711# started by root at boot time.
712
713# CYRUS_SASLAUTHD_SOCKET=/var/state/saslauthd/mux
714
715
716#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
717# TCP wrappers: If you want to use tcpwrappers from within Exim, uncomment
718# this setting. See the manual section entitled "Use of tcpwrappers" in the
719# chapter on building and installing Exim.
720#
721# USE_TCP_WRAPPERS=yes
722#
723# You may well also have to specify a local "include" file and an additional
724# library for TCP wrappers, so you probably need something like this:
725#
726# USE_TCP_WRAPPERS=yes
727# CFLAGS=-O -I/usr/local/include
728# EXTRALIBS_EXIM=-L/usr/local/lib -lwrap
729#
730# but of course there may need to be other things in CFLAGS and EXTRALIBS_EXIM
731# as well.
732
733
734#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
735# The default action of the exim_install script (which is run by "make
736# install") is to install the Exim binary with a unique name such as
737# exim-4.43-1, and then set up a symbolic link called "exim" to reference it,
738# moving the symbolic link from any previous version. If you define NO_SYMLINK
739# (the value doesn't matter), the symbolic link is not created or moved. You
740# will then have to "turn Exim on" by setting up the link manually.
741
742# NO_SYMLINK=yes
743
744
745#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
746# Another default action of the install script is to install a default runtime
747# configuration file if one does not exist. This configuration has a router for
748# expanding system aliases. The default assumes that these aliases are kept
749# in the traditional file called /etc/aliases. If such a file does not exist,
750# the installation script creates one that contains just comments (no actual
751# aliases). The following setting can be changed to specify a different
752# location for the system alias file.
753
754SYSTEM_ALIASES_FILE=/etc/aliases
755
756
757#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
758# There are some testing options (-be, -bt, -bv) that read data from the
759# standard input when no arguments are supplied. By default, the input lines
760# are read using the standard fgets() function. This does not support line
761# editing during interactive input (though the terminal's "erase" character
762# works as normal). If your operating system has the readline() function, and
763# in addition supports dynamic loading of library functions, you can cause
764# Exim to use readline() for the -be testing option (only) by uncommenting the
765# following setting. Dynamic loading is used so that the library is loaded only
766# when the -be testing option is given; by the time the loading occurs,
767# Exim has given up its root privilege and is running as the calling user. This
768# is the reason why readline() is NOT supported for -bt and -bv, because Exim
769# runs as root or as exim, respectively, for those options. When USE_READLINE
770# is "yes", as well as supporting line editing, a history of input lines in the
771# current run is maintained.
772
773# USE_READLINE=yes
774
775
776
777###############################################################################
778# THINGS YOU ALMOST NEVER NEED TO MENTION #
779###############################################################################
780
781# The settings in this section are available for use in special circumstances.
782# In the vast majority of installations you need not change anything below.
783
784
785#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
786# The following commands live in different places in some OS. Either the
787# ultimate default settings, or the OS-specific files should already point to
788# the right place, but they can be overridden here if necessary. These settings
789# are used when building various scripts to ensure that the correct paths are
790# used when the scripts are run. They are not used in the Makefile itself. Perl
791# is not necessary for running Exim unless you set EXIM_PERL (see above) to get
792# it embedded, but there are some utilities that are Perl scripts. If you
793# haven't got Perl, Exim will still build and run; you just won't be able to
794# use those utilities.
795
796# CHOWN_COMMAND=/usr/bin/chown
797# CHGRP_COMMAND=/usr/bin/chgrp
798# MV_COMMAND=/bin/mv
799# RM_COMMAND=/bin/rm
800# PERL_COMMAND=/usr/bin/perl
801
802
803#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
804# The following macro can be used to change the command for building a library
805# of functions. By default the "ar" command is used, with options "cq".
806# Only in rare circumstances should you need to change this.
807
808# AR=ar cq
809
810
811#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
812# In some operating systems, the value of the TMPDIR environment variable
813# controls where temporary files are created. Exim does not make use of
814# temporary files, except when delivering to MBX mailboxes. However, if Exim
815# calls any external libraries (e.g. DBM libraries), they may use temporary
816# files, and thus be influenced by the value of TMPDIR. For this reason, when
817# Exim starts, it checks the environment for TMPDIR, and if it finds it is set,
818# it replaces the value with what is defined here. Commenting this setting
819# suppresses the check altogether.
820
821TMPDIR="/tmp"
822
823
824#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
825# The following macros can be used to change the default modes that are used
826# by the appendfile transport. In most installations the defaults are just
827# fine, and in any case, you can change particular instances of the transport
828# at run time if you want.
829
830# APPENDFILE_MODE=0600
831# APPENDFILE_DIRECTORY_MODE=0700
832# APPENDFILE_LOCKFILE_MODE=0600
833
834
835#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
836# In some installations there may be multiple machines sharing file systems,
837# where a different configuration file is required for Exim on the different
838# machines. If CONFIGURE_FILE_USE_NODE is defined, then Exim will first look
839# for a configuration file whose name is that defined by CONFIGURE_FILE,
840# with the node name obtained by uname() tacked on the end, separated by a
841# period (for example, /usr/exim/configure.host.in.some.domain). If this file
842# does not exist, then the bare configuration file name is tried.
843
844# CONFIGURE_FILE_USE_NODE=yes
845
846
847#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
848# In some esoteric configurations two different versions of Exim are run,
849# with different setuid values, and different configuration files are required
850# to handle the different cases. If CONFIGURE_FILE_USE_EUID is defined, then
851# Exim will first look for a configuration file whose name is that defined
852# by CONFIGURE_FILE, with the effective uid tacked on the end, separated by
853# a period (for eximple, /usr/exim/configure.0). If this file does not exist,
854# then the bare configuration file name is tried. In the case when both
855# CONFIGURE_FILE_USE_EUID and CONFIGURE_FILE_USE_NODE are set, four files
856# are tried: <name>.<euid>.<node>, <name>.<node>, <name>.<euid>, and <name>.
857
858# CONFIGURE_FILE_USE_EUID=yes
859
860
861#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
862# The size of the delivery buffers: These specify the sizes (in bytes) of
863# the buffers that are used when copying a message from the spool to a
864# destination. There is rarely any need to change these values.
865
866# DELIVER_IN_BUFFER_SIZE=8192
867# DELIVER_OUT_BUFFER_SIZE=8192
868
869
870#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
871# The mode of the database directory: Exim creates a directory called "db"
872# in its spool directory, to hold its databases of hints. This variable
873# determines the mode of the created directory. The default value in the
874# source is 0750.
875
876# EXIMDB_DIRECTORY_MODE=0750
877
878
879#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
880# Database file mode: The mode of files created in the "db" directory defaults
881# to 0640 in the source, and can be changed here.
882
883# EXIMDB_MODE=0640
884
885
886#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
887# Database lock file mode: The mode of zero-length files created in the "db"
888# directory to use for locking purposes defaults to 0640 in the source, and
889# can be changed here.
890
891# EXIMDB_LOCKFILE_MODE=0640
892
893
894#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
895# This parameter sets the maximum length of the header portion of a message
896# that Exim is prepared to process. The default setting is one megabyte. The
897# limit exists in order to catch rogue mailers that might connect to your SMTP
898# port, start off a header line, and then just pump junk at it for ever. The
899# message_size_limit option would also catch this, but it may not be set.
900# The value set here is the default; it can be changed at runtime.
901
902# HEADER_MAXSIZE="(1024*1024)"
903
904
905#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
906# The mode of the input directory: The input directory is where messages are
907# kept while awaiting delivery. Exim creates it if necessary, using a mode
908# which can be defined here (default 0750).
909
910# INPUT_DIRECTORY_MODE=0750
911
912
913#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
914# The mode of Exim's log directory, when it is created by Exim inside the spool
915# directory, defaults to 0750 but can be changed here.
916
917# LOG_DIRECTORY_MODE=0750
918
919
920#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
921# The log files themselves are created as required, with a mode that defaults
922# to 0640, but which can be changed here.
923
924# LOG_MODE=0640
925
926
927#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
928# The TESTDB lookup is for performing tests on the handling of lookup results,
929# and is not useful for general running. It should be included only when
930# debugging the code of Exim.
931
932# LOOKUP_TESTDB=yes
933
934
935#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
936# /bin/sh is used by default as the shell in which to run commands that are
937# defined in the makefiles. This can be changed if necessary, by uncommenting
938# this line and specifying another shell, but note that a Bourne-compatible
939# shell is expected.
940
941# MAKE_SHELL=/bin/sh
942
943
944#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
945# The maximum number of named lists of each type (address, domain, host, and
946# local part) can be increased by changing this value. It should be set to
947# a multiple of 16.
948
949# MAX_NAMED_LIST=16
950
951
952#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
953# Network interfaces: Unless you set the local_interfaces option in the runtime
954# configuration file to restrict Exim to certain interfaces only, it will run
955# code to find all the interfaces there are on your host. Unfortunately,
956# the call to the OS that does this requires a buffer large enough to hold
957# data for all the interfaces - it was designed in the days when a host rarely
958# had more than three or four interfaces. Nowadays hosts can have very many
959# virtual interfaces running on the same hardware. If you have more than 250
960# virtual interfaces, you will need to uncomment this setting and increase the
961# value.
962
963# MAXINTERFACES=250
964
965
966#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
967# Per-message logs: While a message is in the process of being delivered,
968# comments on its progress are written to a message log, for the benefit of
969# human administrators. These logs are held in a directory called "msglog"
970# in the spool directory. Its mode defaults to 0750, but can be changed here.
971# The message log directory is also used for storing files that are used by
972# transports for returning data to a message's sender (see the "return_output"
973# option for transports).
974
975# MSGLOG_DIRECTORY_MODE=0750
976
977
978#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
979# There are three options which are used when compiling the Perl interface and
980# when linking with Perl. The default values for these are placed automatically
981# at the head of the Makefile by the script which builds it. However, if you
982# want to override them, you can do so here.
983
984# PERL_CC=
985# PERL_CCOPTS=
986# PERL_LIBS=
987
988
989#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
990# Identifying the daemon: When an Exim daemon starts up, it writes its pid
991# (process id) to a file so that it can easily be identified. The path of the
992# file can be specified here. Some installations may want something like this:
993
994# PID_FILE_PATH=/var/lock/exim.pid
995
996# If PID_FILE_PATH is not defined, Exim writes a file in its spool directory
997# using the name "exim-daemon.pid".
998
999# If you start up a daemon without the -bd option (for example, with just
1000# the -q15m option), a pid file is not written. Also, if you override the
1001# configuration file with the -oX option, no pid file is written. In other
1002# words, the pid file is written only for a "standard" daemon.
1003
1004
1005#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1006# If Exim creates the spool directory, it is given this mode, defaulting in the
1007# source to 0750.
1008
1009# SPOOL_DIRECTORY_MODE=0750
1010
1011
1012#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1013# The mode of files on the input spool which hold the contents of messages can
1014# be changed here. The default is 0640 so that information from the spool is
1015# available to anyone who is a member of the Exim group.
1016
1017# SPOOL_MODE=0640
1018
1019
1020#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1021# Moving frozen messages: If the following is uncommented, Exim is compiled
1022# with support for automatically moving frozen messages out of the main spool
1023# directory, a facility that is found useful by some large installations. A
1024# run time option is required to cause the moving actually to occur. Such
1025# messages become "invisible" to the normal management tools.
1026
1027# SUPPORT_MOVE_FROZEN_MESSAGES=yes
1028
1029# End of EDITME for Exim 4.