Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:46:15 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: joshua lokken <joshlokken@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2 upgrade and Exim delivery Message-ID: <4050EC37.3@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <BAY99-F561IpMKX9sss00003624@hotmail.com> References: <BAY99-F561IpMKX9sss00003624@hotmail.com>
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joshua lokken wrote: > Hello all, > > I am working on becoming familiar with FreeBSD 5.x after using 4.x for > the past few years. > The machine in question is a web and mail server; I originally > installed 5.1 from the mini iso, > then upgraded to RELENG_5_2 last weekend. The upgrade went without > problems, as it > always has...and i did not change anything in Exim's configuration, > but now > > Exim no longer starts on system startup. In /etc/rc.conf, I have: > > sendmail_enable="NONE" > exim_enable="YES" > > And the lines in /etc/mail/mailer.conf are changed from sendmail to > exim binary paths. > <snipped> > > ls /var/spool/clientmqueue shows messages in form: qfi2FB8SYT048073 > ls /var/spool/exim/msglog shows messages in form: 1B11Vc-0000cm-S4 > > So, I'm wondering, > > a) what went wrong during the upgrade? Can't say for sure. It's looks a lot like sendmail is handling your incoming SMTP, though; that's sendmail's message ID type you've listed there. It might be wise to instruct FBSD not build sendmail at all; IIRC (but do some checking) that would be NO_SENDMAIL="true" (I mean, really do some checking...) in /etc/make.conf > b) how do I get my messages into the appropriate spool / delivered? > Have you tried starting Exim? I guess that is where the error messages are coming from... What does the Exim FAQ say? > Thanks, and until I get this sorted out, please cc me, as my list > address mail is..... > > > Joshua Lokken KDK
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