Re: Checking exim config

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Rus" == Rus Foster <rghf@fsck.me.uk> writes:

    Rus> Hi, I've made some changes to my exim config and am trying to
    Rus> work out if exim can test the config before I HUP it. I found
    Rus> lots of testing things in the man page but couldn't find
    Rus> quite what I was looking for. Could someone point me in the
    Rus> right direction please

I usually find it enough to do

/usr/sbin/exim -C /path/to/test/config/file

and if that works I use the '-b..' options to test my changes. Just
running exim on the config file seems to catch obvious syntax errors
etc. 

If you are trying to find logical errors you will simply have to work
out the correct options. For example '-bt user@domain' is a good way
to check what exim will do to deliver a message to user@domain.

Sorry for the Cc to you directly. My ISP has reconfigured email
services, and with the addition of the SQL worm I'm not sure if my
mail is going, coming or gettting lost.

Cheers!
Shyamal