Re: [Exim] Berkeley DB errors

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Author: Rossz Vamos-Wentworth
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To: Exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Berkeley DB errors
Rossz Vamos-Wentworth wrote:
> I recently upgraded to Exim 4.34 (with the exiscan acl patch) and now I
> get the following messages in my log every time the server receives an
> email:
>
> 2004-05-31 11:23:36 1BUrRg-0002rk-5L Berkeley DB error:
> /var/spool/exim/db/retry: unexpected file type or format
> 2004-05-31 11:23:36 1BUrRg-0002rk-5L Berkeley DB error: Encrypted
> database: no encryption flag specified
>
> I've tried deleting the retry file but the problem comes back.


I found the problem. It turned out there was an old copy of
"exim_tidydb" laying around. I nuked it and symlinked to the correct
copy in the exim/bin directory which should avoid this problem in the
future.

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Rossz