Re: [exim] EXIM 4.43 spool format error and ACL variables

At 23:39 13.11.2004, you wrote:
>Rainer Kemme wrote:
>>Is anybody using ACL variables like $acl_m0 in exim configuration file?
>>I set one variable in 'acl_smtp_mail'. But now I got in trouble: If exim
>>wants to deliver a mail to a remote recipient and the remote recipents
>>mail server denies the connection the mail is kept in the spool file -
>>for ever.
>>exim -bp says:
>> *** spool format error ***
>
>....
>
>>Can I consider this behavior of Exim 4.43 as an error???
>
>This sounds like you've two different versions of exim. The saving of acl
>variables is NOT backward-compatible to versions prior 4.23.
>
>It seems like your daemon is 4.43 and the version in your path is
>something prior 4.23.
>
>Please verify with exim -bV.

Yes, I verified the version number with 'exim -bV'. How embarrassing :-> I
really had exim 4.12 in my /usr/bin. I removed it and set a link to the
current version. It works now. Problem solved, thank you very much!

Sincerely,
--Rainer Kemme