Issues with Exim after [mailconfigupdate]

NerdZone · Post by **NerdZone** » 18 Mar 2008, 15:32

Just went into Exim Config Editor (cPanel 11.18.3-R21703). I noticed it did an update that couldn't continue because of custom ACL's. So I did what it told me to do (attached file) and now no e-mails are coming through. Any help\insight would be appreciated.

Since the exim.conf file is too large I uploaded it here:http://advanitech.com/currentexim.conf

Thanks.

Post by **Sarah** » 18 Mar 2008, 18:18

What errors are you getting in the exim log?

tail -f /var/log/exim_mainlog

NerdZone · Post by **NerdZone** » 18 Mar 2008, 19:41

Hey Sarah!
Well, this one stands out (repeatedly):

2008-03-18 14:33:22 failed to open /etc/exim_deny when checking "/etc/exim_deny": No such file or directory

I checked, and it's not there. Is there another location (from your MailScanner Service Package) where those files exist?

NerdZone · Post by **NerdZone** » 18 Mar 2008, 19:48

Wait a sec. I know I need to take that out. (Legacy Exim Dictionary Attack) It must have put itself back in when I pulled from backups.

I will try again and post if exim_mainlog tells me something else.

Thanks!

NerdZone · Post by **NerdZone** » 18 Mar 2008, 19:55

OK.

Now the log is showing me this:

2008-03-18 14:54:05 cwd=/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/15244/1JbhsY-00076j-34 3 args: /usr/sbin/exim -Mc 1JbhsY-00076j-34
2008-03-18 14:54:05 1JbhsY-00076j-34 Spool file 1JbhsY-00076j-34-D not found

NerdZone · Post by **NerdZone** » 18 Mar 2008, 23:11

OK in my exim.conf,

I disabled MailScanner

I un-remarked the following:

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#SPOOL = /var/spool/exim
#spool_directory = SPOOL

AND remarked the following:

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spool_directory = /var/spool/exim_incoming
queue_only = true

Essentially bypassing MailScanner and Exim seems to work OK now. BUT that means I can't use MailScanner which I've been using for years without problems.

What changed? What is wrong?

Post by **Sarah** » 19 Mar 2008, 11:00

We've seen this missing spool file error occasionally. Running the following script (with MailScanner enabled) usually fixes it:

/usr/mscpanel/msswitch.pl inout

Be sure to enable Mailscanner first and un-do those exim configuration edits you made regarding the spool directory.

NerdZone · Post by **NerdZone** » 19 Mar 2008, 16:39

You, young lady, are AWESOME. (OK and Chirpy too.) Worked like a champ.

Thank you, Sarah!