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Re: exim



on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:05:29AM -0500, Phil Brutsche (pbrutsch@tux.creighton.edu) wrote:
> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> 
> > Under Sid, exim is failing with "IPv6 socket creation failed: Invalid
> > argument" when started via /etc/init.d/exim start or from command line
> > as follows.
> 
> Let me guess:  You're running Exim 3.32, compiled with IPv6 support (which
> is the Debian default), on a system that doesn't have support for IPv6.

Yep.  Looked at the IPv6 stuf when I was compiling, said to myself,
"Self, you don't need that experimental shit", and passed it by.

> It's a known issue with Exim 3.32; expect a 3.33 to be released Real Soon
> Now (tm) that doesn't have that problem.
> 
> In the meantime, there are 3 ways to get around this problem:
> 
> 1) setup your computer for IPv6
> 2) downgrade to Exim 3.31
> 3) Compile Exim 3.32 without IPv6 support

Running exim from /etc/inetd.conf w/o the -bp flag seems to work as
well.

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