[Pkg-exim4-users] Exim configuration values not accepted

Haines Brown
Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:39:42 -0000

I''ve got exim working, spamd running, and clamAV installed. Messages
received by exim are marked with a spam score, but no action is taken
on them even when the score is very high, and there''s no virus
evaluation.

My impression is that to get exim to use spamd and clamav, I need to
make two changes to /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template

When I put av_scanner = clamd:/tmp/clamd (although I have no such
file) into exim4.conf.template

# /etc/init.d/exim4 restart
Stopping MTA for restart:2007-06-22 22:38:43 Exim configuration error
  in line 115 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
  main option "av_scanner" unknown
Invalid new configfile /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp
not installing /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp to
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated

When I put spamd_address = 127.0.0.1 783 into it I get:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/exim4 restart
Stopping MTA for restart:2007-06-22 22:46:20 Exim configuration error
  in line 115 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
  main option "spamd_address" unknown
Invalid new configfile /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp
not installing /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp to
/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated

I''m having a very hard time reconciling documentation with itself and
with my Debian etch. For example, I want to filter at SMTP time, but
the exim document does not seem to mention that, but speaks of
filtering at ACL run.

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       Haines Brown