Re: [PLUG] exim4 conf (Debian)

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 02:20:43PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote:
>   [34 lines, 222 words, 1562 characters]  Top characters: -etnosah
> 
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 06:29:05AM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson said:
> > I have the following line in /etc/aliases, convenient for certain list
> > subscriptions. ;-)
> > 
> >     devnull:  /dev/null
> > 
> > Exim4, however, doesn't like this, complaining that file_transport
> > router isn't set.  No problem.  I see in
> > 400_exim4-config_system_aliases that I need to set
> > SYSTEM_ALIASES_FILE_TRANSPORT, so in update-exim4.conf.conf I add this line
> > 
> >     SYSTEM_ALIASES_FILE_TRANSPORT='address_file'
> > 
> > and run update-exim4.conf.  (Note that much of this is Debian-ism.)
> > 
> > But that doesn't have a noticeable effect.  Is this not the intended
> > way to update these things?
> > 
> > I have found lots of exim4 docs, but I haven't found any that outline
> > exactly how to interact with the Debian configuration scheme.
> > 
> > Thanks much for any tips.
> 
> Have you HUP'ed the running daemon?

I did not.  Thanks.  Now I have.  But that only affects new messages
(important, to be sure ;-).  I'm using -qff to run the already queued
messages:

    astra:/home/jeff# exim4 -qff -v
    LOG: queue_run MAIN
      Start queue run: pid=18624 -qff
    delivering 1FqlLB-0003sO-5g (queue run pid 18624)
    R: system_aliases for devnull@pond.purple.com
    LOG: MAIN
      == /dev/null <devnull@pond.purple.com> R=system_aliases defer (-30): file_transport unset in system_aliases router
    ...

Testing says the same:

    astra:/home/jeff# exim4 -bv -v devnull
    R: system_aliases for devnull@purple.com
    devnull@purple.com -> /dev/null
    *** Error in setting up pipe, file, or autoreply:
    file_transport unset in system_aliases router
    astra:/home/jeff#


> Unless... do you have an entry for exim in inetd.conf still?  It may
> bail and do nothing if that's the case.  It certainly used to.  --

Nope, it's running as a daemon again.  When you and mct both recommend
something, I'd have to hang up my credentials and quit if I ignored
it. ;-)

-- 
 Jeff

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