[Exim] failed to open DB file

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Annyone have an idea of this error msg?

2002-08-28 00:34:23 17jouf-0001m5-00 failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim//db/retry:Illigal argument

I have the file at : /var/spool/exim/db/retry


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