Exim - How and where is it setup

[jim.thornton]

It has been quite a few years since I installed my server and I cannot remember how I installed Exim. I'm not sure if it was done by itself what I installed DirectAdmin, or if it was done via CustomeBuild.

I did an rpm search and there was no packages installed with exim.

I've installed the CutomeBuild 2.0 addon for DA and I was going to look at upgrading/updating exim. the version I have installed is 4.76. I know that I've put in SpamBlocker or something like that into after install, but when I'm in the custombuild addon > Mail Settings, it says:

exim: NO
eximconf: NO
eximconf_release: 2.1
blockcracking: NO
easy_spam_fighter: NO
spamd: NO
sa_update: NO
dovecot: yes
dovecot_conf: yes
pigeonhole: no

Can I break anything if I go and set exim to YES along with eximconf, dovecot_conf??

Also, should I setup the other settings?

My issue with EXIM is that I'm getting a lot of spam messages that are sent from the server and I'm trying to lock it down so that it doesn't happen.

 

[Erulezz]

Exim is installed by default with DA, so you probably never updated Exim / SpamAssassin (+rules) in all those years. Updating very soon is definitely recommended because you are exposed to a couple of security issues in Exim & SpamAssasin.

See this article for more info about the configs and Easy Spam Fighter / BlockCracking and how to install it;

https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=577

My advice to update everything (but please do backups first);

Everything to YES, except pigeonhole (if you don't use it). Eximconf to v4.5.x. Also update SpamAssassin.

 

[LawsHosting]

We use https://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=514 by default, so when the limit is hit, we know what account it is. If they are generally sending email, they'll usually contact us due to a send error. Then we increase the limit for that account.