Re: [exim] frozen messages

Let me give you a bit of background first-



exim accepts mail (sa /clamav) then it delivers it to our internal Exchange server-



a few weeks ago I was tasked with creating a new domain and was running into trouble becuase exim would not relay mail for the new domain-



So i was told suggested to adjust my router config;



remove

route_out:
     driver = dnslookup
     transport = remote_smtp
     domains = !example.com

and to change the



route_in



from

route_in:
        driver = manualroute
        transport = remote_smtp
        domains = example.com:example2.com
        route_list = * 192.168.1.2

to

route_in:
        driver = manualroute
        transport = remote_smtp
        domains =  +relay_to_domains
        route_list = * 192.168.1.2

> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:45:20 +1000
> From: eximX0902w@???
> To: exim-users@???
> Subject: Re: [exim] frozen messages
>
> jean-paul natola wrote:
> > I just noticed I have a few dozen frozen messages , some to actual
> > valid users, others to bogus users- runnig exim -qff is not helping
> > how can i check why they are frozen?
>
> You'll have to interpret the message log for that particular message to
> find out why they are getting stuck. Either use exigrep <messageid>
> /path/to/mainlogfile, or exim -Mvl <message id>.
>
> It also sounds like you might be accepting and then bouncing emails that
> are sent to invalid local users. You should look into doing recipient
> verification in your RCPT ACL. Accept and bounce is considered "A Bad
> Thing"tm as it causes collateral spam.
>
> ie. Something like this in your acl_check_rcpt (or whatever you have
> called it)
>
> # Deny unless the sender address can be verified.
> require verify = sender
>
> Here's some of the interesting command you might want to use when
> playing with exim.
>
> # exim -bp
>
> This option requests a listing of the contents of the mail queue on
> the standard output. If the -bp option is followed by a list of message
> ids, just those messages are listed. By default, this option can be used
> only by an admin user. However, the queue_list_requires_admin option can
> be set false to allow any user to see the queue.
>
> # exim -Mvl <message id>
>
> This option causes the contents of the message log spool file to be
> written to the standard output. This option can be used only by an admin
> user.
>
> # exim -Mt <message id> <message id> ...
>
> This option requests Exim to “thaw” any of the listed messages that
> are “frozen”, so that delivery attempts can resume. However, if any of
> the messages are active, their status is not altered. This option can be
> used only by an admin user.
>
> The exim command line:
> http://docs.exim.org/current/spec_html/ch05.html
>
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