On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Pete Naylor wrote:
> You're missing the units of time for the first item in the list. You need
> to specify "24h" rather than just "24". Exim seems to have assumed that
> you were defining a director or router.
... because the line was put in the wrong place, where a transport
definition was expected.
> > What precautions should I
> > take when editing exim.conf?
Edit exim.conf to exim.conf.new.
Run exim -bV -C exim.conf.new. That will check for syntax errors without
disturbing your running configuration.
If you are paranoid enough, *as root* run
exim -C exim.conf.new <some address>
<some message>
.
and see if it delivers it. Carry on testing until happy.
When happy, mv exim.conf.new exim.conf; kill -HUP <exim daemon pid>
Then check the Exim log to be sure the daemon restarted OK. Watch the
log for a bit to see that mail is flowing.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
