I manually deleted the files on the exim spool, dialed up, ran exim david. . .@isp.com and entered a test message. Then I ran exim -bp and got:
2m 540 13RdiI-00009j-00 root@???
root@???
2m 443 13RdiP-00009x-00 root@???
davidturetsky@???
Exim, to my surprise, had set up two directories, I and p, under /var/spool/exim/input. The I directory contained the first message:
/etc/init.d/zmailer: /usr/lib/zmailer/router:
No such file or directory
with similar entries for the zmailer scheduler and smtpserver
The file in the p directory contained my test message
exim -d9 -M xxxx...xxxx 2>eximoutput continues to look for keyboard input, which I aborted with Ctl-C. eximoutput follows:
Exim version 2.05 debug level 9 uid=0 gid=0
probably Berkeley DB version 1.8x (native mode)
Actual local interface address is 127.0.0.1
Actual local interface address is 63.24.126.191
set_process_info: 641 2.05 delivering specified messages
delivering message 13Rdip-00009x-00
set_process_info: 641 2.05 delivering 13Rdip-00009x-00
Opened spool file 13Rdip-00009x-00-H
user=root uid=0 gid=0 sender=root@???
sender_local=1 resent=no ident=root
Non-recipients:
Empty Tree
---- End of tree ----
recipients_count=1
body_linecount=2 message_linecount=11
Delivery address list:
davidturetsky@???
locked /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile
opened DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: flags=0
unique = davidturetsky@???
dbfn_read: key=R:email.msn.com
dbfn_read: key=R:davidturetsky@???
davidturetsky@???: queued for routing
After directing:
Local addresses:
Remote addresses:
Failed addresses:
Addresses to be routed:
davidturetsky@???
Deferred addresses:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
routing davidturetsky@???, domain email.msn.com
smarthost router called for davidturetsky@???
route_domain = email.msn.com
routelist_item = * smtp.email.msn.com bydns_a
after handling route_lists items, matched = 1
original hostlist=smtp.email.msn.com options=bydns_a
expanded hostlist="smtp.email.msn.com" options=bydns_a
Early in my investigation cycle of various MTAs I installed zmailer, but was dissuaded from pursuing it by further readings and the apparent capabilities of exim. I used dpkg to uninstall it, but note similar entries as above during the boot procedure. Could this in some latter day resurrection be screwing things up? How do I remove the remnants from the boot procedure?
David
