Questions tagged [exim]
Exim is a sendmail-compatible Mail Transfer Agent, licensed under the GPL, designed for Unix-like operating systems.
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How can I limit the smtp authentication only for SMTPS connections in my Exim4?
I'm working with Exim version 4.97 in ubuntu server. I have the splitted file configuration and I want to be sure that SMTP Authentication is available only for SMTPS connections.
How can I do it?
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How to debug EXIM4 output message headers?
I have some issue with DKIM signature of my EXIM4 server. For some domains it works for others it doesn't work and I want to start checking what is wrong.
Is there any way to get the output message in ...
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Which hostname should be used in an MX server TLS certificate?
I want to obtain a valid TLS certificate for an SMTP (MX) server, but I am unsure which hostname should be included in the certificate's CN/SAN.
The MX setup uses a CNAME in order to serve mail for ...
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How to use certbot certificates for exim TLS? How to set permissions?
I have certbot that keep a valid certificate and key in its folder /etc/letsencrypt/archive/
The cert is public (644) and key is restricted to root (600).
I'm wondering how can I let exim read as TLS ...
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SRS doesn't work on Exim4
I have an Exim4 server on Ubuntu24 server.
This mx has a mysql connection to get list of mailboxes and redirects to serve, in case of redirect I need SRS to avoid SPF failure on redirect.
To enable ...
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Fail2Ban works only for SSHD and not for EXIM on Ubuntu server 24.04
I just update my server to ubuntu 24.04 but fail2ban seems to not work, only sshd seems to be monitored.
For example my server has exim4 and it is completely ignored.
I tried to purge fail2ban ...
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How to setup Exim4 transport to let it work again after "tainted" update
I made a release update of my server and unfortunately it has an exim4 instance and now it has been upgrade to v.4.97
It seems this version introduced a tainted data check and for some reason all my ...
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Why does email sent with PHP mail() land in spam while authenticated SMTP mail from the same Postfix server reaches inbox?
I’m testing outbound deliverability from a Postfix server. When I send email through authenticated SMTP, it lands in the recipient inbox (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC all pass). When I send using PHP’s built-...
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Exim filter auto responder with end-to-end encryption
I have an exim filter that sorts incoming emails in to two categories: encrypted, and unencrypted. All emails received at this address have an auto-response confirmation (just the typical "thanks ...
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Exim client TLS error on connection (recv) with google
Not sure when this has started happening, as it's an intermittent issue and it seems it has only recently started getting to the point where exim is notifying me of email being delayed over 24 hours.
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Tainted dovecot_virtual_delivery issue after exim upgrade
I upgraded my server as Debian Buster -> Bullseyes -> Bookworm, and now exim4 & dovecot won't deliver emails to my mail boxes.
It seems to be related to the following line in /var/log/exim4/...
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Exim router to redirect emails based on subject
I would like to redirect emails with the subject 'Your Parcel has Arrived.' to a local email alias [email protected]. To do this I have created the following router:
redirect_packages:
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SMTP server constant blocking list
I am monitoring a Paragon Insights server (Healthbot), Ubuntu system with kubernets environment, one of the containers called Alert has installed in this the Exim4 tool as MTA to send email ...
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Kerberos ticket not accepted by Exim4
I have a problem, that I cannot get solved for days. When I use name and password, I can send a mail. I see in debug output of saslauthd: response: OK
But when I use the GSSAPI method (that works for ...
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Anyone sucessfully set up mta-sts with exim4?
I'm trying to set up mta-sts. According to both mxtoolbox and mailhardener.com with full success (domain is dmatthews.org). But it does not actually work. I know this because I also set up the ...
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