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If you are running Exim with an alternate configuration file using a
command such as \"exim -C altconfig..."\, remember that the use of -C
- takes away Exim's root privilege, unless \\TRUSTED_CONFIG_PREFIX_FILE\\
+ takes away Exim's root privilege, unless \\TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST\\
is set in \(Local/Makefile)\ and the corresponding file contains a
prefix which matches the alternative configuration file being used.
==> /usr/lib/sendmail -bz
- in some start-up script (e.g. \(/etc/init.d/mail)\) immedately before
+ in some start-up script (e.g. \(/etc/init.d/mail)\) immediately before
==> /usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q15m
includes the case where Exim re-execs itself to regain root privilege.
Thus it can't write to the spool.
- The fix for this is to use the \\TRUSTED_CONFIG_PREFIX_LIST\\ build-time
+ The fix for this is to use the \\TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST\\ build-time
option. This defines a file containing a list of 'trusted' prefixes for
configuration files. Any configuration file specified with -C, if it
matches a prefix listed in that file, will be used without dropping root
==> adduser exim
- (3) Now you can prepare to build Exim. Go to \?http://www.exim.org?\ or
+ (3) Now you can prepare to build Exim. Go to \?https://www.exim.org?\ or
one of its mirrors, or the master ftp site
\?ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/email/exim/exim4?\, and download
\(exim-4.20.tar.gz)\ or whatever the current release is. Then:
with MX records pointing to \"localhost"\ (or other names with A records
that specify 127.0.0.1), which causes this behaviour. You can use the
\ignore_target_hosts\ option to get Exim to ignore these records. The
- default contiguration does this. For more discussion, see Q0319. For
+ default configuration does this. For more discussion, see Q0319. For
other cases:
(1) If the domain is meant to be handled as a local domain, there
Q0311: When a DNS lookup for MX records fails to complete, why doesn't Exim
- send the messsage to the host defined by the A record?
+ send the message to the host defined by the A record?
A0311: The RFCs are quite clear on this. Only if it is known that there are no
MX records is an MTA allowed to make use of the A record. When an MX
to scan email messages at SMTP time. \^elspy^\ also includes a small
Python library with common mail-scanning tools, including an interface
to SpamAssassin and a simple but effective virus detector. You can
- optain \^elspy^\ from \?http://elspy.sourceforge.net/?\.
+ obtain \^elspy^\ from \?http://elspy.sourceforge.net/?\.
Q0511: Whenever my system filter uses a \mail\ command to send a message, I get
==> majordomo: |/local/mail/majordomo ...
then Exim has to be told what uid/gid to use for the delivery. This can
- be done either on the routerr that handles the address, or on the
+ be done either on the router that handles the address, or on the
transport that actually does the delivery. If a pipe is going to run a
setuid program, then it doesn't matter what uid Exim starts it out with,
and so the most straightforward thing is to put
Q0604: I want to use MMDF-style mailboxes. How can I get Exim to append the
- ctrl-A characters that separate indvidual emails?
+ ctrl-A characters that separate individual emails?
A0604: Set the \message_suffix\ option in the \%appendfile%\ transport. In fact,
for MMDF mailboxes you need a prefix as well as a suffix to get it
\use_crlf\ option on the \%pipe%\ transport (tmail prefers \"@\r@\n"\
terminations) message bodies started to vanish.
-A0606: You need to unset the \mesage_prefix\ option, or change it so that its
+A0606: You need to unset the \message_prefix\ option, or change it so that its
default \"@\n"\ terminator becomes \"@\r@\n"\. For example, the
transport could be:
but it is important to some people - especially if by some unfortunate
accident the lowercased word is something indecent.
- You can trivally force lower casing by means of the \"${lc:"\ operator.
+ You can trivially force lower casing by means of the \"${lc:"\ operator.
Instead of \"$domain"\ write \"${lc:$domain}"\.
==> headers add "New-Subject: SPAM: $h_subject:"
headers remove subject
- neaders add "Subject: $h_new-subject:"
+ headers add "Subject: $h_new-subject:"
headers remove new-subject
This trick works only in system filters, where the commands are obeyed
to enable my clients to use TLS. However, clients other than Exim
refuse to accept this certificate. What's wrong?
-A1701: It seems that some clients require that the certificate presented by
- the server be a user (also called ``leaf'' or ``site'') certificate, and not
- a self-signed certificate. In this situation, the self-signed
- certificate must be installed on the client as a trusted root
- \*certification authority*\ (CA), and the certificate used by the server
- must be a user certificate signed with that self-signed certificate.
+A1701: Don't use a self-signed certificate today. Use a certificate from a
+ certificate authority, whether your own private certificate authority or
+ a free CA such as Let's Encrypt.
- For information on creating self-signed CA certificates and using them
- to sign user certificates, see the \*General implementation overview*\
- chapter of the Open-source PKI book, available online at
- \?http://ospkibook.sourceforge.net/?\. Here is a quick overview. First,
- read this message:
-
- \?http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?id=3C3F3A93.C1ECF9B0%40mindspring.com?\
-
- Then, follow the instructions found on these two (consecutive) pages:
-
- \?http://ospkibook.sourceforge.net/docs/OSPKI-2.4.6/OSPKI/initialisation.htm?\
- \?http://ospkibook.sourceforge.net/docs/OSPKI-2.4.6/OSPKI/keygensign.htm?\
-
- Two points on the PKI Book literature:
-
- (1) It's assumed that it's okay to use a passphrase-protected key to
- encrypt the user/site/leaf certificate. If this isn't acceptable,
- you seem to be able to strip out the passphrase as follows:
-
-==> openssl rsa -in user.key -our user.key.new
- mv user.key.new
-
- This should be done immediately after \(user.key)\ is created.
-
- (2) The \*sign.sh*\ script is available in the \*mod_ssl*\ distribution,
- available at \?http://www.modssl.org/source/?\.
-
- Having followed the instructions, you end up with the following files:
-
- (a) \(ca.crt)\
-
- This file should be installed into the client software as a trusted
- root certification authority. In Windows XP, this can be done as follows:
-
- \#\#Call the file \(ca_cert.cer)\
- [[br]]
- \#\#Double-click on the file
- [[br]]
- \#\#"Install Certificate";
- [[br]]
- \#\#"Next"
- [[br]]
- \#\#"Place all certificates in the following store"
- [[br]]
- \#\#"Browse..."
- [[br]]
- \#\#"Trusted Root Certification Authorities"
- [[br]]
- \#\#"OK"
- [[br]]
- \#\#"Next"
- [[br]]
- \#\#"Finish"
- [[br]]
- \#\#"Yes"
- [[br]]
- \#\#"OK"
-
- (b) \(user.crt)\ and \(user.key)\
-
- These files should be installed into the server software. In Exim, this
- can be done by adding these lines to the configuration file:
-
-==> tls_certificate = /usr/local/etc/exim/tls_cert
- tls_privatekey = /usr/local/etc/exim/tls_key
-
- Then install \(user.crt)\ and \(user.key)\ under the names \(tls_cert)\
- and \(tls_key)\ in the appropriate directory.
+ The exim.org setup uses Let's Encrypt, using the lego tooling and a small
+ shell wrapper to let the certificates be automatically renewed via cron.
+ \?https://github.com/xenolf/lego?\
Q1702: How can I arrange for Exim to advertise support for SMTP authentication
only when the session is encrypted?
C042: ``Since the Exim 4 configuration needed to get Mailman to work differs a
little bit from Exim 3 and since I still haven't seen a recipe for
Mailman with Exim 4, I'm providing my configuration (based heavily on
- \?http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman.html?\).''
+ \?https://www.exim.org/howto/mailman21.html?\).''
C043: ``Attached is an Exim 4 config file which is designed for an Exim server
that is put in front of an Exchange 5.5 system but which verifies the
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