THis seems to be a FAQ, but I couldn't really get things working after
trying out the items listed in the howto. It's very likely to be a problem
with my not really comprehending what the configuration does :-/
I'll attach my exim.conf. Basically, standard exim delivery stuff
seems to work (I'm using it to send this AAMOF), but relaying to other hosts
(local recipients get the messages) will not work. Here's an example error
message from the smtp-failures filein Mailman:
Apr 03 11:23:41 2000 TrySMTPDelivery: To ['cmayes@???']:
Apr 03 11:23:41 2000 TrySMTPDelivery: Mailman.pythonlib.smtplib.SMTPRecipientsRefused / {'cmayes@???': (550, 'relaying prohibited by administrator')} (dequeued)
This may have something to do with adding "localhost" in the right place.
I've put it (and 127.0.0.1 for good measure) in places where I thought it
might help. Another possible problem is setting the UID and GID properly.
I think I have the proper GID, but I'm not sure about the UID (which I've
made the same as the GID). Is there an easy way to tell what the UIDs and
GIDs of processes are under Linux?
My system is Debian Potato (updated today), Linux 2.0.36 (soon to be
2.2.14... this is a fresh install from old disks updated to the current
packages), exim and mailman packages.
TIA,
-Chris
# This is the main exim configuration file.
# It was originally generated by `eximconfig', part of the exim package
# distributed with Debian, but it may edited by the mail system administrator.
# This file originally generated by eximconfig at Fri Mar 31 18:32:26 CST 2000
# See exim info section for details of the things that can be configured here.
# Please see the manual for a complete list
# of all the runtime configuration options that can be included in a
# configuration file.
# This file is divided into several parts, all but the last of which are
# terminated by a line containing the word "end". The parts must appear
# in the correct order, and all must be present (even if some of them are
# in fact empty). Blank lines, and lines starting with # are ignored.
######################################################################
# MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS #
######################################################################
##****** Mailman Config stuff 1 of 3 *******
## Top section of config file - macro definitions
## Tailor these to fit your installation
## pretty much everything else should just fit...
##
# home dir for mailman
MAILMAN_HOME=/usr/lib/mailman
# wrapper script for mailman
MAILMAN_WRAP=MAILMAN_HOME/mail/wrapper
# user and group for mailman
MAILMAN_UID=mail
MAILMAN_GID=mail
##******* End Mailman Config pt. 1 *******
# Specify the domain you want to be added to all unqualified addresses
# here. Unqualified addresses are accepted only from local callers by
# default. See the receiver_unqualified_{hosts,nets} options if you want
# to permit unqualified addresses from remote sources. If this option is
# not set, the primary_hostname value is used for qualification.
qualify_domain = calliope.myip.org
# If you want unqualified recipient addresses to be qualified with a different
# domain to unqualified sender addresses, specify the recipient domain here.
# If this option is not set, the qualify_domain value is used.
# qualify_recipient =
# Specify your local domains as a colon-separated list here. If this option
# is not set (i.e. not mentioned in the configuration file), the
# qualify_recipient value is used as the only local domain. If you do not want
# to do any local deliveries, uncomment the following line, but do not supply
# any data for it. This sets local_domains to an empty string, which is not
# the same as not mentioning it at all. An empty string specifies that there
# are no local domains; not setting it at all causes the default value (the
# setting of qualify_recipient) to be used.
local_domains = calliope.penguinpowered.com:calliope.myip.org:127.0.0.1:localhost
# Allow mail addressed to our hostname, or to our IP address.
local_domains_include_host = true
local_domains_include_host_literals = true
# Domains we relay for; that is domains that aren't considered local but we
# accept mail for them.
relay_domains = 127.0.0.1
# If this is uncommented, we accept and relay mail for all domains we are
# in the DNS as an MX for.
relay_domains_include_local_mx = true
# No local deliveries will ever be run under the uids of these users (a colon-
# separated list). An attempt to do so gets changed so that it runs under the
# uid of "nobody" instead. This is a paranoic safety catch. Note the default
# setting means you cannot deliver mail addressed to root as if it were a
# normal user. This isn't usually a problem, as most sites have an alias for
# root that redirects such mail to a human administrator.
never_users = root
# The setting below causes Exim to do a reverse DNS lookup on all incoming
# IP calls, in order to get the true host name. If you feel this is too
# expensive, you can specify the networks for which a lookup is done, or
# remove the setting entirely.
# >> Option rewritten by convert4r3
host_lookup = 0.0.0.0/0
# Exim contains support for the Realtime Blocking List (RBL) that is being
# maintained as part of the DNS. See
http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for background.
# Uncommenting the following line will make Exim reject mail from any
# host whose IP address is blacklisted in the RBL at maps.vix.com.
rbl_domains = rbl.maps.vix.com
rbl_reject_recipients = false
rbl_warn_header = true
# The setting below locks out the use of your host as a mail relay by any
# other host. See the section of the manual entitled "Control of relaying"
# for more info.
# >> Option rewritten by convert4r3
host_accept_relay = "! * : \
*"
# If you want Exim to support the "percent hack" for all your local domains,
# uncomment the following line. This is the feature by which mail addressed
# to x%y@z (where z is one of your local domains) is locally rerouted to
# x@y and sent on. Otherwise x%y is treated as an ordinary local part.
# percent_hack_domains=*
# If this option is set, then any process that is running as one of the
# listed users may pass a message to Exim and specify the sender's
# address using the "-f" command line option, without Exim's adding a
# "Sender" header.
trusted_users = mail
# If this option is true, the SMTP command VRFY is supported on incoming
# SMTP connections; otherwise it is not.
smtp_verify = true
# Some operating systems use the "gecos" field in the system password file
# to hold other information in addition to users' real names. Exim looks up
# this field when it is creating "sender" and "from" headers. If these options
# are set, exim uses "gecos_pattern" to parse the gecos field, and then
# expands "gecos_name" as the user's name. $1 etc refer to sub-fields matched
# by the pattern.
gecos_pattern = ^([^,:]*)
gecos_name = $1
# This string defines the contents of the \`Received' message header that
# is added to each message, except for the timestamp, which is automatically
# added on at the end, preceded by a semicolon. The string is expanded each
# time it is used.
received_header_text = "Received: \
${if def:sender_fullhost {from ${sender_fullhost} \
${if def:sender_ident {(${sender_ident})}}\n\t}\
{${if def:sender_ident {from ${sender_ident} }}}}\
by ${primary_hostname} \
${if def:received_protocol {with ${received_protocol}}} \
(Exim ${version_number} #${compile_number} (Debian))\n\t\
id ${message_id}"
end
######################################################################
# TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
# ORDER DOES NOT MATTER #
# Only one appropriate transport is called for each delivery. #
######################################################################
# This transport is used for local delivery to user mailboxes. On debian
# systems group mail is used so we can write to the /var/spool/mail
# directory. (The alternative, which most other unixes use, is to deliver
# as the user's own group, into a sticky-bitted directory)
local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
group = mail
mode = 0660
mode_fail_narrower = false
file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
# This transport is used for handling pipe addresses generated by alias
# or .forward files. It has a conventional name, since it is not actually
# mentioned elsewhere in this configuration file. (A different name *can*
# be specified via the "address_pipe_transport" option if you really want
# to.) If the pipe generates any standard output, it is returned to the sender
# of the message as a delivery error. Set return_fail_output instead if you
# want this to happen only when the pipe fails to complete normally.
address_pipe:
driver = pipe
return_output
# This transport is used for handling file addresses generated by alias
# or .forward files. It has a conventional name, since it is not actually
# mentioned elsewhere in this configuration file.
## ******** Mailman Config 2 of 3 *******
## Transports section
##
## Three transports for list mail, request mail and admin mail
## respectively
## Mailman is installed in MAILMAN_HOME
## Mailman is configured to be invoked as user exim
list_transport:
driver = pipe
command = MAILMAN_WRAP post ${lc:$local_part}
current_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
home_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
user = MAILMAN_UID
group = MAILMAN_GID
list_request_transport:
driver = pipe
command = MAILMAN_WRAP mailcmd ${lc:$local_part}
current_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
home_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
user = MAILMAN_UID
group = MAILMAN_GID
list_admin_transport:
driver = pipe
command = MAILMAN_WRAP mailowner ${lc:$local_part}
current_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
home_directory = MAILMAN_HOME
user = MAILMAN_UID
group = MAILMAN_GID
### end of transports section fragment
## ******* End part 2 *******
address_file:
driver = appendfile
# This transport is used for handling file addresses generated by alias
# or .forward files if the path ends in "/", which causes it to be treated
# as a directory name rather than a file name. Each message is then delivered
# to a unique file in the directory. If instead you want all such deliveries to
# be in the "maildir" format that is used by some other mail software,
# uncomment the final option below. If this is done, the directory specified
# in the .forward or alias file is the base maildir directory.
#
# Should you want to be able to specify either maildir or non-maildir
# directory-style deliveries, then you must set up yet another transport,
# called address_directory2. This is used if the path ends in "//" so should
# be the one used for maildir, as the double slash suggests another level
# of directory. In the absence of address_directory2, paths ending in //
# are passed to address_directory.
address_directory:
driver = appendfile
no_from_hack
prefix = ""
suffix = ""
# maildir_format
# This transport is used for handling autoreplies generated by the filtering
# option of the forwardfile director. It has a conventional name, since it
# is not actually mentioned elsewhere in this configuration file.
address_reply:
driver = autoreply
# This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections.
remote_smtp:
driver = smtp
end
######################################################################
# DIRECTORS CONFIGURATION #
# Specifies how local addresses are handled #
######################################################################
# ORDER DOES MATTER #
# A local address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. #
######################################################################
# This allows local delivery to be forced, avoiding alias files and
# forwarding.
real_local:
prefix = real-
driver = localuser
transport = local_delivery
# This director handles aliasing using a traditional /etc/aliases file.
# If any of your aliases expand to pipes or files, you will need to set
# up a user and a group for these deliveries to run under. You can do
# this by uncommenting the "user" option below (changing the user name
# as appropriate) and adding a "group" option if necessary.
system_aliases:
driver = aliasfile
# >> Option added by convert4r3
file_transport = address_file
# >> Option added by convert4r3
pipe_transport = address_pipe
file = /etc/aliases
search_type = lsearch
user = list
# Uncomment the above line if you are running smartlist
# This director handles forwarding using traditional .forward files.
# It also allows mail filtering when a forward file starts with the
# string "# Exim filter": to disable filtering, uncomment the "filter"
# option. The check_ancestor option means that if the forward file
# generates an address that is an ancestor of the current one, the
# current one gets passed on instead. This covers the case where A is
# aliased to B and B has a .forward file pointing to A.
# For standard debian setup of one group per user, it is acceptable---normal
# even---for .forward to be group writable. If you have everyone in one
# group, you should comment out the "modemask" line. Without it, the exim
# default of 022 will apply, which is probably what you want.
userforward:
driver = forwardfile
# >> Option added by convert4r3
file_transport = address_file
# >> Option added by convert4r3
pipe_transport = address_pipe
# >> Option added by convert4r3
reply_transport = address_reply
no_verify
check_ancestor
file = .forward
modemask = 002
filter
# This director matches local user mailboxes.
localuser:
driver = localuser
transport = local_delivery
## ******* Mailman Config pt. 3 of 3 *******
## Directors section [this deals with local addresses]
##
## First 2 directors rewrite list-owner or owner-list to list-admin
## This is only done if the list exists.
## List existence checks are done by seeing if the file
## MAILMAN_HOME/lists//config.db
## exists.
list_owner_director:
driver = smartuser
require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/${lc:$local_part}/config.db
suffix = "-owner"
new_address = "${lc:$local_part}-admin@${domain}"
owner_list_director:
driver = smartuser
require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/${lc:$local_part}/config.db
prefix = "owner-"
new_address = "${lc:$local_part}-admin@${domain}"
##
## Next 3 directors direct admin, request and list mail to the appropriate
## transport. List existence is checked as above.
list_admin_director:
driver = smartuser
suffix = -admin
require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/${lc:$local_part}/config.db
transport = list_admin_transport
list_request_director:
driver = smartuser
suffix = -request
require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/${lc:$local_part}/config.db
transport = list_request_transport
list_director:
driver = smartuser
require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/${lc:$local_part}/config.db
transport = list_transport
## End of directors fragment
## End of config files bits
## ******* End part 3 *******
end
######################################################################
# ROUTERS CONFIGURATION #
# Specifies how remote addresses are handled #
######################################################################
# ORDER DOES MATTER #
# A remote address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted. #
######################################################################
# Remote addresses are those with a domain that does not match any item
# in the "local_domains" setting above.
# This router routes to remote hosts over SMTP using a DNS lookup with
# default options.
lookuphost:
driver = lookuphost
transport = remote_smtp
# This router routes to remote hosts over SMTP by explicit IP address,
# given as a "domain literal" in the form [nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn]. The RFCs
# require this facility, which is why it is enabled by default in Exim.
# If you want to lock it out, set forbid_domain_literals in the main
# configuration section above.
literal:
driver = ipliteral
transport = remote_smtp
end
######################################################################
# RETRY CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
# This single retry rule applies to all domains and all errors. It specifies
# retries every 15 minutes for 2 hours, then increasing retry intervals,
# starting at 2 hours and increasing each time by a factor of 1.5, up to 16
# hours, then retries every 8 hours until 4 days have passed since the first
# failed delivery.
# Domain Error Retries
# ------ ----- -------
* * F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
end
######################################################################
# REWRITE CONFIGURATION #
######################################################################
# There are no rewriting specifications in this default configuration file.
# This is an example of a useful rewriting rule---it looks up the real
# address of all local users in a file
# *@calliope.myip.org ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
# {$value}fail} bcfrF
# End of Exim configuration file
