Re: [exim] Can't close open relay.

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Author: Elias Keshishoglou
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Can't close open relay.

I reboot the box and it's fine now. I noticed that even thought I did
/etc/init.d/exim4 stop that there were still some exim processes running. I
rebooted and the banner now comes up and relay tests pass.

Thanks everyone.

Elias

On Thu May 17 2007 01:13:21 Steven Wayne wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 10:59:11AM -0700, Elias Kesh wrote:
> > From: Elias Kesh <elias@???>
> > To: exim-users@???
> > Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:59:11 -0700
> > Subject: Re: [exim] Can't close open relay.
> >
> > That's interested
> > I added the line
> > smtp_banner = TEST BLAH FOO BAR MOOF
> >
> > restarted exim
> > root@Kesh:/etc/exim4# /etc/init.d/exim4 restart
> > Stopping MTA for restart:.
> > Restarting MTA: exim4.
> >
> > Then telnet
> >
> > root@Kesh:/etc/exim4# telnet localhost 25
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > Connected to localhost.localdomain.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > 220 Kesh.com ESMTP Exim 4.65 Wed, 16 May 2007 10:55:10 -0700
> > quit
> > 221 Kesh.com closing connection
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> > root@Kesh:/etc/exim4#
> >
> > Doesn't look like it took. So I added a garbage line just under the
> > smtp_banner and restarted exim to see if it's even using the conf file
> > and got this.
>
> <snip>
>
> > So it looks like it's getting the right file. Is it possible that it's
> > parsing more than one conf file ?
>
> Run this:
>
> exim4 -bV
>
>
> The last line tells you what configuration file it's using.
>
>
> ( has anyone mentioned the top posting thing? )
>
> Steven.
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