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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-misc/WishList | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-src/FAQ.src | 88 |
2 files changed, 52 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-misc/WishList b/doc/doc-misc/WishList index 8f2b79536..09b19b06e 100644 --- a/doc/doc-misc/WishList +++ b/doc/doc-misc/WishList @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-misc/WishList,v 1.30 2005/05/03 08:38:13 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-misc/WishList,v 1.31 2005/05/06 08:28:16 ph10 Exp $ EXIM 4 WISH LIST ---------------- @@ -1911,5 +1911,11 @@ Things get bigger far more quickly than I ever imagine... This is bugzilla #17. The idea is to have something like queue_only_load that triggers on a shortage of main memory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- HWM 326 ------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(327) 06-May-05 ? Break delay if connection drops + +Currently, "delay=5m" (e.g.) waits for 5 minutes. If we can detect that the +connection has died in the meantime, it would make sense to break the delay. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +--- HWM 327 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- End of WishList --------------------------------- diff --git a/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src b/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src index 38711d9ca..b1a1ae743 100644 --- a/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src +++ b/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -## $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src,v 1.6 2005/02/15 09:27:45 ph10 Exp $ +## $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src,v 1.7 2005/05/06 08:28:16 ph10 Exp $ ## ## This file is processed by Perl scripts to produce an ASCII and an HTML ## version. Lines starting with ## are omitted. The markup used with paragraphs @@ -371,11 +371,11 @@ A0017: \*Broken pipe*\ is the error you get on some OS when the remote host just You can test the link using pings of large packets and see what works: -==> ping -s host 2048 +==> ping -s host 2048 Try reducing the MTU on the sending host: -==> ifconfig le0 mtu 1300 +==> ifconfig le0 mtu 1300 Alternatively, you can reduce the size of the buffer Exim uses for SMTP output by putting something like @@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ A0036: Your configuration specifies that local mailboxes are all held in second solution is used, users can empty their mailboxes by updating them, but cannot delete them. - If your problem involves mail to \/root/\, see also Q0507. + If your problem involves mail to \/root/\, see also Q0039. Q0037: I am experiencing mailbox locking problems with Sun's \"mailtool"\ used @@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ A0076: You are probably putting your reject items into the main log as well; by a \"mail.info"\ descriptor). Test this by running the command: -==> logger -p mail.notice test +==> logger -p mail.notice test and seeing which logs it goes into. From Exim release 4.31 it is possible to disable the rejectlog by setting \write_rejectlog\ false. @@ -1811,9 +1811,9 @@ A0115: You are using FreeBSD, or another OS that has a \^make^\ command which ensure that this happens throughout the build, it's best to export it in your environment: -==> MAKEFLAGS='-B' - export MAKEFLAGS - make +==> MAKEFLAGS='-B' + export MAKEFLAGS + make Q0116: I have tried to build Exim with Berkeley DB 3 and 4, but I always get @@ -2478,25 +2478,25 @@ A0319: The admin in question is an idiot. Exim will always freeze such messages ==> # Don't allow domains whose single MX (or A) record is a # "special-use IPv4 address", as listed in RFC 3330. ignore_target_hosts = \ - # Hosts on "this network"; RFC 1700 (page 4) states that these - # are only allowed as source addresses - 0.0.0.0/8 : \ - # Private networks, RFC 1918 - 10.0.0.0/8 : 172.16.0.0/12 : 192.168.0.0/16 : \ - # Internet host loopback address, RFC 1700 (page 5) - 127.0.0.0/8 : \ - # "Link local" block - 169.254.0.0/16 : \ - # "TEST-NET" - should not appear on the public Internet - 192.0.2.0/24 : \ - # 6to4 relay anycast addresses, RFC 3068 - 192.88.99.0/24 : \ - # Network interconnect device benchmark testing, RFC 2544 - 198.18.0.0/15 : \ - # Multicast addresses, RFC 3171 - 224.0.0.0/4 : \ - # Reserved for future use, RFC 1700 (page 4) - 240.0.0.0/4 + # Hosts on "this network"; RFC 1700 (page 4) states that these + # are only allowed as source addresses + 0.0.0.0/8 : \ + # Private networks, RFC 1918 + 10.0.0.0/8 : 172.16.0.0/12 : 192.168.0.0/16 : \ + # Internet host loopback address, RFC 1700 (page 5) + 127.0.0.0/8 : \ + # "Link local" block + 169.254.0.0/16 : \ + # "TEST-NET" - should not appear on the public Internet + 192.0.2.0/24 : \ + # 6to4 relay anycast addresses, RFC 3068 + 192.88.99.0/24 : \ + # Network interconnect device benchmark testing, RFC 2544 + 198.18.0.0/15 : \ + # Multicast addresses, RFC 3171 + 224.0.0.0/4 : \ + # Reserved for future use, RFC 1700 (page 4) + 240.0.0.0/4 Q0320: How can I arrange for all mail to \*user@some.domain*\ to be forwarded @@ -3672,10 +3672,10 @@ A0606: You need to unset the \mesage_prefix\ option, or change it so that its transport could be: ==> local_delivery_mbx: - driver = pipe - command = /usr/local/bin/tmail $local_part - user = exim - current_directory = / + driver = pipe + command = /usr/local/bin/tmail $local_part + user = exim + current_directory = / use_crlf message_prefix = @@ -4807,10 +4807,10 @@ A0735: Many workstation clients send single-component names; take care that you do not block legitimate mail. With that proviso, you can do it using something like this in an ACL: -==> drop message = HELO doesn't look like a hostname - log_message = Not a hostname - condition = ${if match{$sender_helo_name} \ - {\N^[^.].*\.[^.]+$\N}{no}{yes}} +==> drop message = HELO doesn't look like a hostname + log_message = Not a hostname + condition = ${if match{$sender_helo_name} \ + {\N^[^.].*\.[^.]+$\N}{no}{yes}} This means: Drop the HELO unless it contains a dot somewhere in the HELO string, but the string may not begin or end with a dot. Thus, the @@ -5003,8 +5003,8 @@ Q0804: I'm using this rewriting rule to change login names into ``friendly'' names, but if mail comes in for an upper case login name, it doesn't get rewritten. -==> *@my.domain ${lookup{$1}dbm{/usr/lib/exim/longforms}\ - {$value}fail}@my.domain bcfrtFT +==> *@my.domain ${lookup{$1}dbm{/usr/lib/exim/longforms}\ + {$value}fail}@my.domain bcfrtFT The longforms database has entries of the form: @@ -5020,11 +5020,11 @@ A0805: It depends on what you mean by ``fail a message'' and what addresses you are rewriting. If you are rewriting recipient addresses for your local domain, you can do: -==> *@dom.ain ${lookup{$1}dbm{/wher/ever}{$value}{failaddr}} Ehq +==> *@dom.ain ${lookup{$1}dbm{/wher/ever}{$value}{failaddr}} Ehq and in your alias file put something like -==> failaddr: :fail: Rewriting failed +==> failaddr: :fail: Rewriting failed This fails a single recipient - others are processed independently. @@ -5773,8 +5773,8 @@ A1701: It seems that some clients require that the certificate presented by encrypt the user/site/leaf certificate. If this isn't acceptable, you seem to be able to strip out the passphrase as follows: -==> openssl rsa -in user.key -our user.key.new - mv user.key.new +==> openssl rsa -in user.key -our user.key.new + mv user.key.new This should be done immediately after \(user.key)\ is created. @@ -6625,13 +6625,13 @@ A9604: The problem appears to be the number of open files the system can ==> # Now System is up, Modify kernel parameters for max open etc. ==> if [ -f /proc/sys/kernel/file-max ]; then - echo 16384 >> /proc/sys/kernel/file-max + echo 16384 >> /proc/sys/kernel/file-max fi if [ -f /proc/sys/kernel/inode-max ]; then - echo 24576 >> /proc/sys/kernel/inode-max + echo 24576 >> /proc/sys/kernel/inode-max fi if [ -f /proc/sys/kernel/file-nr ]; then - echo 2160 >> /proc/sys/kernel/file-nr + echo 2160 >> /proc/sys/kernel/file-nr fi By echoing the value you want for file-max to the file \(file-max)\ etc., |