How to disable IPv6 for exim?

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How to disable exim in such a way that updates to exim or directadmin don't modify this setting?

I tried adding disable_ipv6=true to /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/custom/exim/exim.conf

And ran the following commands

Code: 
./build update
./build exim_conf

But it has had no effect as exim still tries to send emails over IPv6

I will be grateful for any help related to this issue. Thanks
 
This option is negated by the exim.variables.conf file, there is a custom file to achieve this.

You should use exim.variables.conf.custom in /etc and put disable_ipv6=true in there and do a exim_conf rewrite.
 
I got the following error when trying to apply the above method

Code: 
Oct 10 15:20:06 domain.com systemd[1]: Started Exim Mail Transport Agent.
Oct 10 15:20:06 domain.com exim[3665]: 2020-10-10 15:20:06 Exim configuration error in line 3 of /etc/exim.variables.conf:
Oct 10 15:20:06 domain.com exim[3665]:   "truedaemon_smtp_ports" is not a valid value for the "disable_ipv6" option
Oct 10 15:20:06 domain.com systemd[1]: exim.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 10 15:20:06 domain.com systemd[1]: exim.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'
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Line 3 of /etc/exim.variables.conf is

Code: 
disable_ipv6=truedaemon_smtp_ports=25 : 587 : 465
 
Code: 
disable_ipv6=truedaemon_smtp_ports=25 : 587 : 465
seems logic to me. You didn't do what Imtek said:
Imtek said:
You should use exim.variables.conf.custom in /etc and put disable_ipv6=true in there and do a exim_conf rewrite.
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So create that file if it does not exist yet and add:
Code: 
disable_ipv6=true
and not the rest you got after it. Then restart exim.
 
Richard G said:
Code: 
disable_ipv6=truedaemon_smtp_ports=25 : 587 : 465
seems logic to me. You didn't do what Imtek said:

So create that file if it does not exist yet and add:
Code: 
disable_ipv6=true
and not the rest you got after it. Then restart exim.
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Hi Richard, sorry I should have been more clear in my last post that I exactly followed what imtek said & created exim.variables.conf.custom in /etc and put only disable_ipv6=true there & did:

Code: 
./build exim_conf


This caused exim to fail & exit with the error code I described in my last post in this thread. The OS I am using is CentOS 8
 

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It might be the old bug is returning, try doing it like this.
Code: 
disable_ipv6= true
with a space behind the = and then do the ./build exim_conf again and restart exim. Does that help?

If you don't use ipv6 for anything else, you might consider disabling ipv6 in Directadmin.
 
Richard G said:
It might be the old bug is returning, try doing it like this.
Code: 
disable_ipv6= true
with a space behind the = and then do the ./build exim_conf again and restart exim. Does that help?

If you don't use ipv6 for anything else, you might consider disabling ipv6 in Directadmin.
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Unfortunately the error still persists after doing that. I wish to use IPv6 for all services except email
 
If recompiling Exim itself also not works, you might want to consider to send in a ticket, unless maybe smtalk sees this thread.
 
If you have no other customizations in /etc/exim.variables.conf.custom, just do:
Code: 
echo "disable_ipv6=true" > /etc/exim.variables.conf.custom
/usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/build exim_conf
 
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