>>> newaliases /usr/local/sbin/exim
>>> mailq /usr/local/sbin/exim
>>> hoststat /usr/local/sbin/exim
>>> purgestat /usr/local/sbin/exim
>>
>> shouldn't those lines be more like:
>> newaliases /usr/bin/true
>> mailq /usr/local/sbin/exim -bp
>> hoststat /usr/bin/true
>> purgestat /usr/bin/true
>
> AFAIK exim does recognize how it was called, i.e. it evaluates $0 and
> shows the correxponding behaviour. For example it runs "itself" with
> the option "-bp" when it's being invoked with the "mailq" command.
yep. hence my original suggestion. has been running that
way well enough to fool me for some years. then again, i
am easily fooled.
randy