Launch the dpkgreconfigure exim4 config command and choose the internet site. I think you can check and find file config etcexim4nf. Given how critical email is to your business or organisation there is no question that you want to thoroughly test your configuration before deploying to production. First copy and execute the command after changing the to and from email addresses. Exim generally comes with default debian installation. Exim is the mta mail transfer agent installed by default on new debian installations. How to install the sendonly mail server exim on ubuntu. It is a mail transfer agent mta used on unixlike operating systems which is responsible for receiving, routing, and delivering email messages. I use control freeze to hold messages for inspection when i am testing rules.
Debian details of package exim4daemonlight in bullseye. Howto setup basic smtp auth in exim4 debian administration. Official cddvd images of the stable release to install debian on a machine without an internet connection, its possible to use cd images 650 mb each or dvd images 4. Install exim4 starttls using a free letsencrypt certificate. If you are using the stable branch, it is suggested to use the debian volatile packages along with the security packages so that your system is using. On this web page, the debian exim maintainers would like to deliver information important for users and developers. Id like to know how to setup my exim4 on debian so that it can use gmail as the smarthost, rather than my isp. It is freely available under the terms of the gnu general public licence.
If the mirrors do not work for you, you can download the tarballs from the origin. Jul 25, 2008 this is a small howto that explains how to build custom exim4 packages on debian. Setting up your system to use email today, email is an important part of many peoples life. To repeat the debconfdriven configuration process in a standard setup, invoke dpkgreconfigure exim4 config. Also the database creation scripts in the dbmail package have small bug on the default date value scripts set it to 0 and will fail just go. Aptget remove exim4 base actually removed the other two too. This is a small howto that explains how to build custom exim4 packages on debian.
The standard smarthost example that comes with exim4 in debian doesnt have these. Youll gain the ability to send mail from localhost through either a traditional sendmail style interface, or via port 25 locally. A lot of information about debians exim 4 packaging can be found in this document. How to install the sendonly mail server exim on ubuntu 12. This manual page describes the files that are in use by the debian exim4 packages and which are not part of an exim installation done from source. This file must be readable for the debian exim user and should not be readable for others. Exim4 is the default mta for debian gnulinux, testing and unstable. Scroll down a little bit and click on the cd image debian testing amd64xfcecd1.
For netinst images of the testing release, both daily builds and known working snapshots, see the debian installer page. These instructions are written assuming you are using a debian based linux distribution but should also work well on other linux distributions granted you use the applicable package manager commands for that specific distribution. There is a great deal of flexibility in the way mail can be routed, and there are extensive. As exim4 and sendmail is also a suid binary, escalating from user debianexim to root is feasible. The packages contain a lot of debianspecific man pages. Thanks to the debian packaging system this is easily done by typing one of the following commands. For netinst images of the testing release, both daily builds and known working snapshots, see the debianinstaller page. There is a php script that sends email messages to arbitrary addresses using the mail function, but it does not work the messages dont get delivered i have been searching the internet for quite a while and found out that there already is a smtp server installed by default on debian the exim4 package. Add gmail as smarthost in debian exim4 stack overflow. If you are running exim as daemon as it is in the default setup of the debian packages you should not invoke update exim4.
As there are many options as to how to set it up, and as having it set up correctly is important for some debian utilities, we will try to cover the basics in this section. Exim4 local root privilege escalation from debianexim. How to setup a mailserver with exim4 and dbmail on a. Debian has official exim 4 packages, and exim 4 is debians default mta.
The execution of this command should pass with flying colors, if succesful the output will look similar to this. Home setting up a mail server using exim4, clamav, dovecot, spamassassin and many more on debian lenny page 2 scan your webserver for malware with ispprotect now. How to setup a mailserver with exim4 and dbmail on a debian 7. I used smallchanges dpkg command and found three packages, exim4 base, exim4 config, and exim4 daemonlight. The basic idea is to change the etcexim4nf file and then run the template generation over it. The configuration scheme that is used by the debian exim 4 packages by default is quite different from what you might expect. I have been searching the internet for quite a while and found out that there already is a smtp server installed by default on debian the exim4 package. Assuming youre using an up to date version of debian with exim4, the process is even easier. Further information on the binary and os distributions can be found in the exim wiki.
It may also be supplied on some gnu cds or with other software distributions. Exim configuration on debian and ubuntu has been greatly simplified for most types of configuration because of dpkgreconfigure exim4 config. Debian user forums view topic how to remove exim4 fixed. First, configure your exim4 system as normal, however ensure that you specify one large configuration file rather than multiple smaller configuration files dpkgreconfigure exim4config. Just apting the metapackage exim4 will pull in the other packages per dependency. To repeat the debconfdriven configuration process in a standard setup, invoke dpkgreconfigure exim4config. In this article we will walk you through the steps on how to setup a mailserver with exim4 and dbmail on a debian 7 wheezy linux vps what is exim4. To actually setup the users and passwords create etcexim4passwd. As great in many ways as debian ubuntus split configuration files for exim4 may be, it makes it difficult sometimes to know where to put configuration option.
Im trying to configure it to use our office365 as a relay, but i have no idea what to do. Please ask debian specific questions there, and only write to the upstream eximusers mailing list if you are sure that your question is not debian specific. My local isp requires authenticated smtp and here is how i got exim4 to work for me on ubuntu lts 8. In style it is similar to smail 3, but its facilities are more general.
Explicitly warn about adding the default spamassassin report in a header, which closes. This package contains the exim4 daemon with only basic features enabled. Ive had exim4 configured to use smtpauth with encryption setup and running on this box for a long time, but now it does. For the testing of the newly configured smtp relay both swaks and sendmail will be used. There is a great deal of flexibility in the way mail can be routed. Setting up a mail server using exim4, clamav, dovecot. If the mirrors do not work for you, you can download. If you need more advanced features like ldap, sqlite, postgresql and mysql data lookups, sasl and spa smtp authentication, embedded perl interpreter, and exiscanacl for integration of virusscanners and spamassassin, you can replace exim4. Enable imap access by installing courierimap or a similar mta. If you need to use acl and other features you may need to install exim4 daemonheavy. Exim is a message transfer agent mta developed at the university of cambridge for use on unix systems connected to the internet. Debian exim4 smtpauth stopped working stack overflow.
Testing a new exim configuration file before deployment. Unlike the be test option, you cannot arrange for exim to use the readline function, because it is running as exim4 and there are security issues. For smtp receiving or queue running, exim forks, and the new processes would use the new configuration file, while the original main exim daemon would still use the old configuration file. I needed to build a custom exim email server that would be built with domainkeys andor dkim. To avoid this situation, exim4 the default debian mta can be adjusted to use smarthost in this case a gmail account, but any other smtp server can be used. Start by executing the dpkgreconfigure exim4 config command and select the following options values marked between are to be replaced with your own data accordingly. Ive had exim4 configured to use smtpauth with encryption setup and running on this box for a long time, but now it doesnt work. I needed to build a custom exim email server that would be built with domainkeys andor dkim support for signing outgoing messages. I used smallchanges dpkg command and found three packages, exim4base, exim4config, and exim4daemonlight. Nov 12, 20 sudo aptget y install exim4 to configure exim for your environment, execute. Jul 23, 2018 this guide will help you install and configure the lightweight exim mta mail transfer agent on your debian 6 squeeze linode.
Sendonly mail server with exim on debian 6 squeeze updated monday, july 23. Aptget remove exim4base actually removed the other two too. Youll get an exim daemon with minimal feature set no external lookups. To install the backported version, consult the debian documentation about integrating backports. This is what the logs show when i send a test message some parts have been changed to generic terms for. Here we are on a debian linux, such as ubuntu and we want to run a mail server. Install and configure exim 4 smtp relay via smarthost on. When this option is used by a caller other than root, and the list is different from the compiledin. If i find it accurate enough i change it to a deny rule. It appears to need tls to be setup, and of course a gmail userid and password. I have a strange problem that recently popped on my debian squeeze server. Aug 22, 2014 crafting an exim opensource smtp mail server configuration or even making minor changes is no subtle feat.
This page contains pointers to documentation available for the debian exim4 packages. Before your pi can send emails it needs a message transfer agent mta. View if you have the mail programs exim4 and mutt, and ssl installed. If you ever need to modify any of your settings, simply rerun the configuration wizard. If you want to download debian testing dvd image, you only need to download the first dvd image, for example debian testing amd64dvd1.