Re: [exim] deleting hints database

On 2008-03-05 at 13:24 +0100, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
> 2008-03-05 13:19:53 1JWjHD-0009pn-MG failed to expand "yahoo\.$\N"
> while checking a list: $ not followed by letter, digit, or {

I don't think that error will be caused by the retry db, but could be
wrong. You should see "retry time not reached" or somesuch, instead.

Run:
exim_dumpdb `exim -bP spool_directory | awk '{print $NF}'` retry

> I read in the manual that if I change retry rules, I may need to
> delete hints database. I believe I do because:

> Is the hints database /var/spool/exim/db/retry ?

The _retry_ hints database probably is, yes. There are multiple hints
databases, all in that directory.

> If it matters, I use FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p1. Thanks!

If you're using Ports then yes, spool_directory will be /var/spool/exim
and you are looking at the right file.

You should be able to run:
exim -bP spool_directory
to see the value of spool_directory and then the hints are in the 'db'
sub-directory of that.

-Phil