Re: Exim4 Woes

[David <dbree@duo-county.com>]

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 09:07:25AM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> David(dbree@duo-county.com) is reported to have said:
> > On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 11:07:01AM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
  
> > > like wher in the singlefile config to I put
> > > smtp_accept_queues_per_connection = 0  ? as it is now all but 10
> > > messages are queued.
> > 
> > Mine's in the first (general, I suppose) section.  I don't think order
> > matters here, but FWIW, mine comes just after "gecos-name" and before a
> > DCconfig_smarthost=1 entry.
> Thanks for that but....  I added that to exim4.conf.template and got
> this error.
> 
> 2004-05-18 21:35:10 Exim configuration error in line 47 of
> /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
>   main option "smtp_accept_queues_per_connection" unknown
>   Invalid new configfile /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp
>   not installing /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp to
>   /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated

> The FAQ said to add smtp_accept_queues_per_connection = 0 but just
> didn't say where.  I had put it higher up and got the same error.
 
Try _queue_ instead of _queues_ .

> > > How do I get outgoing mail to queue up when I am not on line?
> > 
> > I'm running the testing version.  They've changed it a bit lately,
> > They now hve two smarthost routers - a "smarthost-rewrite" and a
> > "smarthost".  Under both these, I have an entry
> >     "host_find_failed = defer"
> > I believe this may be what does it.
> 
> I can't find any smarthost_defer in /etc/exim4/ file.

I don't hae a smarthost_defer router.  Here's the snippet where that
entry occurs:


I don't hae a smarthost_defer router.  Here's the snippet where that
entry occurs:

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.ifdef DCconfig_smarthost DCconfig_satellite
# configtype=smarthost or configtype=satellite
#
# Send all non-local mail to a single other machine (smarthost).
#
# This is ugly but we need to split off mails with env-from in
# +local_domains - we may rewrite only the envelope-from of these.
smarthost_rewrite:
  debug_print = "R: smarthost_rewrite for $local_part@$domain"
  driver = manualroute
  domains = ! +local_domains
  transport = remote_smtp_rewrite
  route_list = * DCsmarthost
  host_find_failed = defer
  same_domain_copy_routing = yes
  senders = *@+local_domains
  no_more

smarthost:
  debug_print = "R: smarthost for $local_part@$domain"
  driver = manualroute
  domains = ! +local_domains
  transport = remote_smtp
  route_list = * DCsmarthost
  host_find_failed = defer
  same_domain_copy_routing = yes
  no_more

.endif
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>Are you using
> the single file or the split up files in conf.d?

I'm using the single file.  I have a bunch of files in the the conf.d
directory, but don't use them.  I started out with a single file, and
that's the way I prefer it.
 
> > > Thats it for now.  Hope this gets through.  I keep getting erros
> > > when using mutt on outgoing mail so had to download opera.
> > 
> > What kind of errors?  If it's your SMTP host rejecting your mails
> > because of unresolvable sender address, you need to do header rewriting
> > in Exim.
> 
> well I fixed some by reconfiguring until they quit.  
> 
> R=smarthost_rewrite defer (-30): transport "remote_smtp_rewrite" not
> found in smarthost_rewrite router
> &
> I must have tried every option. twice, before I got it to accept mail
> for sending via mutt.  Fixed now, thank GOD!

Under my remote_smtp_rewrite: rule, I have these two lines
  headers_rewrite = dlb@localhost.localdomain dbree@duo-county.com f
  return_path = dbree@duo-county.com

Of course, I'm the only user here.  If you have several, you would need
to do a lookup in a file.
 
> I think the only problem now is the 
> no immediate delivery: more than 10 messages received in one
> connection
> 
> Which is why I am trying to find where to put the
> smtp_accept_queues_per_connection = 0  directive.

I think it's a matter of removing the plural queue..

> Thanks for the try David.  I will keep plugging away at it.  Man I
> thought the docs for Qmail were obtuse.  exim4 is a bear.  Lots of
> info but confusing as heck.

Yes, it's quite involved.  There are _so_ many capabilities.  I think
it's just a matter of sorting out what you need and using them and
forgetting about the stuff you don't need.  Of course, sometimes it's a
bit tough finding what you _do_ need.