Re: [Exim] Request Help

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Author: Stephen Gran
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Request Help
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 06:00:10AM -0700, Gururajan Ramachandran said:
> Thank you for replying.
>
> The "ps ax" shows:
>
>   228 ?        S      0:00 amavisd (master)
>   233 ?        S      0:00 amavisd (virgin child)
>   234 ?        S      0:00 amavisd (virgin child)

>
> The "syslog" file shows no errors for amavis daemon.
>
>
> In amavisd.conf, I have:
>
> # POSTFIX, or SENDMAIL in dual-MTA setup, or EXIM V4
> # (set host and port number as required; host can be
> #                                         specified
> # as IP address or DNS name (A or CNAME, but MX is
> #                                        ignored)
> $forward_method = 'smtp:127.0.0.1:10025';  # where to
>                                   #forward checked
> mail
> $notify_method = $forward_method;          # where to
>                                   #submit
> notifications

>
> Could that have to do with the refusal?
>
> Are both Exim4 and Amavisd attemting to listen to TCP
> port 25?
>
> The Exim4 transport for Amavis:
>
> amavis:
>         driver = smtp
>         port = 25
>         allow_localhost


amavis should be listening on some reasonable out of the way port like
10024. If it's not, you're sure to have a lot of trouble. One or the
other of the daemons will be unable to bind to port 25.

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