I updated Exim to v4.6 months ago before switching to Dovecot, which worked out fine. I was over-due for updating spamd and clamav but this time I decided to update the whole shootin' match. Scripts and RPMs were run in this order:
custom apache (all)
zend
squirrelmail
spamd
clamav
Email stopped working and at first I thought the firewall or SpamAssassin was in the way. Now it looks like something fundamental to Exim I can't figure out. With or without iptables running it's as if ports are not available or already in use or something. I'm also worried that transient mail isn't being queued (I don't know where to look).
Mail updates and customizing exim.conf have been routine until now. What's different is that this is the first full mail system update since converting to Dovecot.
If I use barebones exim.conf (exim4.conf) mail appears to send (sent copies are in IMAP folders) but the message isn't delivered in or outside of the server.
If I change exim.conf to add clamd and spamassassin entries, mail won't send. Squirrelmail or any other client displays SMTP error 451. Eliminate both spamd and clamd and no more error 451 and the message is sent (somewhere).
The 1st clamd line in exim.conf looks like:
av_scanner = clamd:127.0.0.1 3310
The 2nd clamd section look like this:
# ACL that is used after the DATA command
check_message:
# Virus Check
deny message = This message contains a virus or other malware ($malware_name)
# demime = *
malware = *
warn message = X-Antivirus-Scanner: Scanned with Exiscan. You should still use an antivirus.
accept
And the spamd section of exim.conf will either be commented out or enabled.
I even tried reverting back to a known-good exim.conf from a year ago but no help.
Help or suggestions is greatly appreciated. I'm running Fedora Core 2. I'm also running out of time. Thanks.
custom apache (all)
zend
squirrelmail
spamd
clamav
Email stopped working and at first I thought the firewall or SpamAssassin was in the way. Now it looks like something fundamental to Exim I can't figure out. With or without iptables running it's as if ports are not available or already in use or something. I'm also worried that transient mail isn't being queued (I don't know where to look).
Mail updates and customizing exim.conf have been routine until now. What's different is that this is the first full mail system update since converting to Dovecot.
If I use barebones exim.conf (exim4.conf) mail appears to send (sent copies are in IMAP folders) but the message isn't delivered in or outside of the server.
If I change exim.conf to add clamd and spamassassin entries, mail won't send. Squirrelmail or any other client displays SMTP error 451. Eliminate both spamd and clamd and no more error 451 and the message is sent (somewhere).
The 1st clamd line in exim.conf looks like:
av_scanner = clamd:127.0.0.1 3310
The 2nd clamd section look like this:
# ACL that is used after the DATA command
check_message:
# Virus Check
deny message = This message contains a virus or other malware ($malware_name)
# demime = *
malware = *
warn message = X-Antivirus-Scanner: Scanned with Exiscan. You should still use an antivirus.
accept
And the spamd section of exim.conf will either be commented out or enabled.
I even tried reverting back to a known-good exim.conf from a year ago but no help.
Help or suggestions is greatly appreciated. I'm running Fedora Core 2. I'm also running out of time. Thanks.
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