Pkg exim4 users - Jul 2007 - Re : main option bounce_message_file doesn''t work with Exim4 in Debian

Hi Marc,

I haven''t tried exim -bP (I don''t know really Exim''s
command line options). I''m
going to try this evening.

What is sure is that I have no error at all in all Exim log files, and no
mention of accessing my customized file : the option is simply ignored.

I don''t understand your last question (sorry for my poor English) :
"Does an
straced exim show the file being accessed?"

One remark I''ve just thought about: my bounce message is generated
after
fetchmail retrieves my emails from my external accounts, and the reason of the
bounce message is the detection of spam... Is it possible that for this
particular case the "bounce mechanism" differs somehow and
consequently the
option is not the correct one ?

Cheers,
Bruno


On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 10:59:22PM +0200, Bruno CAPELETO
wrote:
> It shows up in /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated :
>
> ...
>
> .ifndef MAIN_FREEZE_TELL
> MAIN_FREEZE_TELL = postmaster
> .endif
> freeze_tell = MAIN_FREEZE_TELL
>
> bounce_message_file = /etc/exim4/bouncemessage
>
> .ifndef SPOOLDIR
> SPOOLDIR = /var/spool/exim4
> .endif
> spool_directory = SPOOLDIR
Looks like a place where it should work. Does it also show up in exim
-bP output? Does your exim complain in the logs about the file
contents? Does an straced exim show the file being accessed?

Greetings
Marc

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 12:21:04PM +0200, Bruno CAPELETO
wrote:
> I haven''t tried exim -bP (I don''t know really
Exim''s command line options). I''m
> going to try this evening.
exim -bP just prints all configuration options that were read - just
making sure that your configuration really reaches exim.
> I don''t understand your last question (sorry for my poor English)
: "Does an
> straced exim show the file being accessed?"
strace(1) is a tool which will print all system calls a process makes
to a console or a file. I would be interested to learn whether your
exim opens your bounce file.
> One remark I''ve just thought about: my bounce message is generated
after
> fetchmail retrieves my emails from my external accounts, and the reason of
the
> bounce message is the detection of spam... Is it possible that for this
> particular case the "bounce mechanism" differs somehow and
consequently the
> option is not the correct one ?
Depends. Are you sure that it is really your exim generating the
bounce, or is it fetchmail or some other program? Can you show log
entries for the delivery of such a bounce?

Anyway, it is a bad bad idea to bounce spam after accepting it. Better
silently discard it, or you''ll generate spam backscatter.

Greetings
Marc


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