Solved exim not start

eldorado · Apr 14, 2021

i I couldn't sent email from squirrelMail, therefore i search net and found this commands:
i go to :

Code:

/usr/local/directadmin/custombuild

and then i use this commands:

Code:

./build dovecot
./build todovecot
./build exim

but, exim not start and this error occurred:

Code:

Exim configuration error in line 1 of /etc/exim.srs.conf: 
main option "srs_config" unknown

how can i fix this problem.

my centos version 6.7

Richard G · Apr 14, 2021

Try this.
./build set exim yes
./build set eximconf yes
./build exim
./build exim_conf

That should take care of the problem.

Erulezz · Apr 14, 2021

Maybe add exim_conf version too;

./build set exim yes
./build set eximconf yes
./build set eximconf_release 4.5
./build exim
./build exim_conf

Another advice.. stop using SquirrelMail. It's not maintained anymore. Use RoundCube instead.

Richard G · Apr 14, 2021

It should be default at 4.5, but one never knows, it's better to be sure indeed.
+1 for stopping squirrelmail and start using Roundcube.

eldorado · Apr 14, 2021

Richard G said:
Try this.
./build set exim yes
./build set eximconf yes
./build exim
./build exim_conf

That should take care of the problem.

i try this but when i use this command:

Code:

./build exim

this error appears:

Code:

Cannot find /usr/include/db.h.  Please install db.h                                                         
yum install db4-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed

when i try to use this command:

Code:

yum install db4-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed

this error appears:

Code:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror                                                                               
Setting up Install Process                                                                                   
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile                                                                   
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http[s] or file.                                           
 Eg. Invalid release/repo/arch combination/                                                                 
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: /var/cache/yum/i386/6/centos-sclo-rh/mirrorlist.txt               
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: centos-sclo-rh

i search the net, and understand that i must change yum repo.
i change baseurl in CentOS-Base.repo to:

Code:

baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/6.7/os/$basearch

but when i save this file and use this commands:

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yum clean all
yum update

this error appears:

Code:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror                                                                               
Setting up Update Process                                                                                   
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile                                                                   
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http[s] or file.                                           
 Eg. Invalid release/repo/arch combination/                                                                 
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: /var/cache/yum/i386/6/centos-sclo-rh/mirrorlist.txt               
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: centos-sclo-rh

Richard G · Apr 14, 2021

That is because Centos 6 is EOL for some time.

Try this:
curl https://www.getpagespeed.com/files/centos6-eol.repo --output /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo

After that, again yum clean all and then
yum install db4-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed

Otherwise, pay for and use cloudlinux or even better, get a new server/vps with Centos 7.9 and transfer everything.

eldorado · Apr 14, 2021

Richard G said:
That is because Centos 6 is EOL for some time.

Try this:
curl https://www.getpagespeed.com/files/centos6-eol.repo --output /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo

After that, again yum clean all and then
yum install db4-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed

Otherwise, pay for and use cloudlinux or even better, get a new server/vps with Centos 7.9 and transfer everything.

i use this , but not working for me
i search and find this :

Code:

echo “https://vault.centos.org/6.10/os/x86_64/” > /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/base/mirrorlist.txt
echo “http://vault.centos.org/6.10/extras/x86_64/” > /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/extras/mirrorlist.txt
echo “http://vault.centos.org/6.10/updates/x86_64/” > /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/updates/mirrorlist.txt
echo “http://vault.centos.org/6.10/sclo/x86_64/rh” > /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/centos-sclo-rh/mirrorlist.txt
echo “http://vault.centos.org/6.10/sclo/x86_64/sclo” > /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/centos-sclo-sclo/mirrorlist.txt

i use above commands but instead of 6.10 i use 6.7 and instead of x86_64 i use i386

therefor i use this:

Code:

echo “https://vault.centos.org/6.7/os/i386/” > /var/cache/yum/i386/6/base/mirrorlist.txt
echo “http://vault.centos.org/6.7/extras/i386/” > /var/cache/yum/i386/6/extras/mirrorlist.txt
echo “http://vault.centos.org/6.7/updates/i386/” > /var/cache/yum/i386/6/updates/mirrorlist.txt
echo “http://vault.centos.org/6.7/sclo/i386/rh” > /var/cache/yum/i386/6/centos-sclo-rh/mirrorlist.txt
echo “http://vault.centos.org/6.710/sclo/i386/sclo” > /var/cache/yum/i386/6/centos-sclo-sclo/mirrorlist.txt

but for 4th command,

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echo “http://vault.centos.org/6.7/sclo/i386/rh” > /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/centos-sclo-rh/mirrorlist.txt

an error occurred again

i understand that there isn't any file in this url->http://vault.centos.org/6.7/sclo/i386/rh
therefore i use that same url for this line:

Code:

echo “http://vault.centos.org/6.7/sclo/x86_64/rh” > /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/centos-sclo-rh/mirrorlist.txt

then i use

Code:

yum update

yum update successfully.

and then i try to install

Code:

yum install db4-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embe

new problem occurred:

Code:

No package db4-devel available.                                                                         
No package perl-ExtUtils-Embed available.

Erulezz · Apr 14, 2021

Those packages are maybe in the EPEL or PowerTools repository.

yum repolist

eldorado · Apr 14, 2021

Erulezz said:
Those packages are maybe in the EPEL or PowerTools repository.

yum repolist

for

Code:

yum install db4-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed

i use this command:

Code:

wget https://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/public-yum-ol6.repo
yum install --nogpgcheck -y db4-devel

*important: if you are not able to connect to oracle , please use [shecan]

i install db4-devel successfully

now i must install perl-ExtUtils-Embed

eldorado · Apr 14, 2021

for install ExtUtils-Embed i use this:

Code:

wget http://files1.directadmin.com/services/all/perl_modules/ExtUtils-Embed-1.14.tar.gz
tar xvzf ExtUtils-Embed-1.14.tar.gz
cd ExtUtils-Embed-1.14
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install

but in line 4 an error occurred. so i should install perl-devel and perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker. so i use this commands:

Code:

yum install --nogpgcheck  perl-devel
yum install --nogpgcheck  perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker

*if don't use --nogpgcheck another error occurred. so use this option.

after this, all of dependencies are installed successfully.

now i go to /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild and again run this command:

Code:

./build exim

the exim successfully run.

i test squirrelMail, i can send email from squirrelMail, but i can't receive emalis.

Richard G · Apr 14, 2021

Being able to send, but not receive, can be caused by another issue.

Again, stop using Squirrelmail and install Roundcube. I liked Squirrel more too, but... well....

You have to check the logs anyway why you can't receive mails, or error notices from mail programs.
We can't do anything for you without error notices to start some place.

eldorado · Apr 14, 2021

Richard G said:
Being able to send, but not receive, can be caused by another issue.

Again, stop using Squirrelmail and install Roundcube. I liked Squirrel more too, but... well....

You have to check the logs anyway why you can't receive mails, or error notices from mail programs.
We can't do anything for you without error notices to start some place.

when i send an email from gmail to myserver mail, this error appears:

Code:

The response from the remote server was:

550 authentication required

i also install Roundcube , but it is like Squirrelmail, both have that problem and not receive any email and error 550 authentication appears.

Richard G · Apr 14, 2021

eldorado said:
when i send an email from gmail to myserver mail, this error appears:

Do you use external MX addresses for the domain you are sending to?

If not. Check your MX page and make sure that the option "Use this server to handle my emails." is checked for that domain.

eldorado · Apr 14, 2021

Richard G said:
Do you use external MX addresses for the domain you are sending to?

If not. Check your MX page and make sure that the option "Use this server to handle my emails." is checked for that domain.

the checkbox was unchecked
when i check it, new error occurred when i sent email:

Code:

550 No such recipient here

Richard G · Apr 15, 2021

That would mean the email address does not exist. There are some topics about this on the forum, you might find a solution in there if the email address does exist.

eldorado · Apr 15, 2021

Richard G said:
That would mean the email address does not exist. There are some topics about this on the forum, you might find a solution in there if the email address does exist.

thanks.

[solve]

mx Record was the reason

i must check the local checkbox

with best regards.

Richard G · Apr 15, 2021

eldorado said:
i must check the local checkbox

I thought you already did that as you said in post #14?

eldorado said:
the checkbox was unchecked
when i check it, new error occurred when i sent email:

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