Re: set higher verbosity in exim4 output
On Mon 19 May 2014 at 07:30:23 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:
>
> > There is an implication here that you think exim (or sendmail) is to be
> > manipulated directly. That is not the case. It is a daemon which listens
> > and which deals with mail *which is sent from a client*. The client
> > interacts with Debian's exim and exim, if the setup is sane, processes
> > the message. The transaction is recorded in /var/log/exim4/mainlog.
>
> I'm not interested in whether exim, sendmail or postfix are what I
> need. I don't know for sure and don't care right now. I'm attempting
> to get setup with exim.
What makes you think I have the slightest interest in what you choose as
an MTA?
> So again, my question is fairly straight forward... how can I
> manipulate exim directly from the command line, and increase the
> verbosity level of that mail handling program?
exim -d
Other options are in exim(8). -qff might be a useful one to add.
> Went thru the config... I can not tell from log output why my mail is
> not sent or delivered. I want to see more verbose output of the smtp
> conversation at the smart host.
You are told what is happening:
(-53): retry time not reached for any host
More verbose output may or not help.
> This kind of output is not very helpful:
It tells you that exim has tried previously to deliver and failed. No
new attempts will be made for x minutes.
> reader > delivering 1WmLdz-0002JS-5L
> R: smarthost for hput3@fastmail.fm
> T: remote_smtp_smarthost for hput3@fastmail.fm
> LOG: retry_defer MAIN
> == hput3@fastmail.fm R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost defer
> (-53): retry time not reached for any host
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