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14 <p>Exim is a message transfer agent (<b>MTA</b>) developed at the
15 University of Cambridge for use on Unix systems connected to the
16 Internet. It is freely available under the terms of the <b>GNU
17 General Public Licence</b>. In style it is similar to <b>Smail
18 3</b>, but its facilities are more extensive, and in particular it
19 has some defences against mail bombs and unsolicited junk mail in
20 the form of options for refusing messages from particular hosts,
21 networks, or senders. It can be installed in place of sendmail,
22 although the configuration of exim is quite different to that of
25 <p>An expanded <a href="intro.html">introduction is available</a>.</p>
29 <li><strong>Introductory Exim Workshop</strong> is running at Cambridge (UK) on
30 24/25 July 2001. <a href="http://www-tus.csx.cam.ac.uk/courses/exim/">Full details</a>.</li>
32 Exim Version 3.22 is available - see the <a
33 href="mirrors.html">availability</a> pages to get hold of a
34 copy. Documentation has been updated to match.
37 The information on the <a href="maillist.html">Mailing
38 Lists</a> also now contains a search form.
41 A <b>Generic Windows Executable Content</b> filter is
42 available at <a href="ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/filter/">
43 ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/filter/</a> or <A
44 HREF="system_filter.exim">here</A>. This is an exim system
45 filter which attempts to detect executables including the
46 types responsible for the Windows/Outlook mail worms, and also
47 the recent bugs with header length checking (see this <A
48 HREF="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/article.html%3Fid%3D61">
49 BugTraq article</A>). It is not infallible, but many sites
50 may find it useful. The file contains installation
51 instructions. Version 0.13 released on 22 May.
56 <p>The <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/exim/">definitive exim book</a>,
57 written by Philip Hazel, will be published in June 2001. Orders can
58 already be placed through a number of the on-line retailers.</p>
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62 <address><a href="mailto:Postmaster@exim.org">Nigel Metheringham</a></address>
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