Documentation for exim

Exim has a set of documentation released with it. A text file of the main documentation is released as part of the exim tar archive. Additionally postscript and texinfo forms of the documentation are also available in separate tar archives on the ftp sites.

There are 3 main sets of documentation for exim, all of which are also available below in html form.

The Exim Specification - Version 4.1x

The Exim Specification - Version 3.3x

The master documentation for exim containing all required detail to install, configure and use exim. Changes to the documentation (normally reflecting changes to the functionality of exim, are now shown in a green font like this segment.

The Exim Filter Specification - Version 4.1x

The Exim Filter Specification - Version 3.3x

Additional information on the exim filter language.

HOWTO Documentation

None of this documentation has yet been updated to exim version 4.

• Using the RBL
• Controlling relaying
• Using mailman 2.0 lists with exim
• Using mailman 2.1 lists with exim3 or exim4

Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ

The exim FAQ is now available, and a new version for exim 4.

Copies of Documentation

Copies of the main exim documentation in HTML format as used on this site in a compressed tar file are available from the main ftp site and mirrors (see file exim-html-*).

FAQs and other Documentation

A number of FAQs are in preparation and will be made available shortly. Please contact me if you have material to contribute.

Old Documentation

Old versions of documentation are still on-line:-

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