1 ######################################################################
2 # Runtime configuration file for Exim #
3 ######################################################################
6 # This is a default configuration file which will operate correctly in
7 # uncomplicated installations. Please see the manual for a complete list
8 # of all the runtime configuration options that can be included in a
9 # configuration file. There are many more than are mentioned here. The
10 # manual is in the file doc/spec.txt in the Exim distribution as a plain
11 # ASCII file. Other formats (PostScript, Texinfo, HTML, PDF) are available
12 # from the Exim ftp sites. The manual is also online at the Exim web sites.
15 # This file is divided into several parts, all but the first of which are
16 # headed by a line starting with the word "begin". Only those parts that
17 # are required need to be present. Blank lines, and lines starting with #
21 ########### IMPORTANT ########## IMPORTANT ########### IMPORTANT ###########
23 # Whenever you change Exim's configuration file, you *must* remember to #
24 # HUP the Exim daemon, because it will not pick up the new configuration #
25 # until you do. However, any other Exim processes that are started, for #
26 # example, a process started by an MUA in order to send a message, will #
27 # see the new configuration as soon as it is in place. #
29 # You do not need to HUP the daemon for changes in auxiliary files that #
30 # are referenced from this file. They are read every time they are used. #
32 # It is usually a good idea to test a new configuration for syntactic #
33 # correctness before installing it (for example, by running the command #
34 # "exim -C /config/file.new -bV"). #
36 ########### IMPORTANT ########## IMPORTANT ########### IMPORTANT ###########
40 ######################################################################
41 # MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS #
42 ######################################################################
44 # Specify your host's canonical name here. This should normally be the fully
45 # qualified "official" name of your host. If this option is not set, the
46 # uname() function is called to obtain the name. In many cases this does
47 # the right thing and you need not set anything explicitly.
52 # The next three settings create two lists of domains and one list of hosts.
53 # These lists are referred to later in this configuration using the syntax
54 # +local_domains, +relay_to_domains, and +relay_from_hosts, respectively. They
55 # are all colon-separated lists:
57 domainlist local_domains = @
58 domainlist relay_to_domains =
59 hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1
61 # Most straightforward access control requirements can be obtained by
62 # appropriate settings of the above options. In more complicated situations,
63 # you may need to modify the Access Control Lists (ACLs) which appear later in
66 # The first setting specifies your local domains, for example:
68 # domainlist local_domains = my.first.domain : my.second.domain
70 # You can use "@" to mean "the name of the local host", as in the default
71 # setting above. This is the name that is specified by primary_hostname,
72 # as specified above (or defaulted). If you do not want to do any local
73 # deliveries, remove the "@" from the setting above. If you want to accept mail
74 # addressed to your host's literal IP address, for example, mail addressed to
75 # "user@[192.168.23.44]", you can add "@[]" as an item in the local domains
76 # list. You also need to uncomment "allow_domain_literals" below. This is not
77 # recommended for today's Internet.
79 # The second setting specifies domains for which your host is an incoming relay.
80 # If you are not doing any relaying, you should leave the list empty. However,
81 # if your host is an MX backup or gateway of some kind for some domains, you
82 # must set relay_to_domains to match those domains. For example:
84 # domainlist relay_to_domains = *.myco.com : my.friend.org
86 # This will allow any host to relay through your host to those domains.
87 # See the section of the manual entitled "Control of relaying" for more
90 # The third setting specifies hosts that can use your host as an outgoing relay
91 # to any other host on the Internet. Such a setting commonly refers to a
92 # complete local network as well as the localhost. For example:
94 # hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : 192.168.0.0/16
96 # The "/16" is a bit mask (CIDR notation), not a number of hosts. Note that you
97 # have to include 127.0.0.1 if you want to allow processes on your host to send
98 # SMTP mail by using the loopback address. A number of MUAs use this method of
101 # All three of these lists may contain many different kinds of item, including
102 # wildcarded names, regular expressions, and file lookups. See the reference
103 # manual for details. The lists above are used in the access control lists for
104 # checking incoming messages. The names of these ACLs are defined here:
106 acl_smtp_rcpt = acl_check_rcpt
107 acl_smtp_data = acl_check_data
109 # You should not change those settings until you understand how ACLs work.
112 # If you are running a version of Exim that was compiled with the content-
113 # scanning extension, you can cause incoming messages to be automatically
114 # scanned for viruses. You have to modify the configuration in two places to
115 # set this up. The first of them is here, where you define the interface to
116 # your scanner. This example is typical for ClamAV; see the manual for details
117 # of what to set for other virus scanners. The second modification is in the
118 # acl_check_data access control list (see below).
120 # av_scanner = clamd:/tmp/clamd
123 # For spam scanning, there is a similar option that defines the interface to
124 # SpamAssassin. You do not need to set this if you are using the default, which
125 # is shown in this commented example. As for virus scanning, you must also
126 # modify the acl_check_data access control list to enable spam scanning.
128 # spamd_address = 127.0.0.1 783
131 # If Exim is compiled with support for TLS, you may want to enable the
132 # following options so that Exim allows clients to make encrypted
133 # connections. In the authenticators section below, there are template
134 # configurations for plaintext username/password authentication. This kind
135 # of authentication is only safe when used within a TLS connection, so the
136 # authenticators will only work if the following TLS settings are turned on
139 # Allow any client to use TLS.
141 # tls_advertise_hosts = *
143 # Specify the location of the Exim server's TLS certificate and private key.
144 # The private key must not be encrypted (password protected). You can put
145 # the certificate and private key in the same file, in which case you only
146 # need the first setting, or in separate files, in which case you need both
149 # tls_certificate = /etc/ssl/exim.crt
150 # tls_privatekey = /etc/ssl/exim.pem
152 # In order to support roaming users who wish to send email from anywhere,
153 # you may want to make Exim listen on other ports as well as port 25, in
154 # case these users need to send email from a network that blocks port 25.
155 # The standard port for this purpose is port 587, the "message submission"
156 # port. See RFC 4409 for details. Microsoft MUAs cannot be configured to
157 # talk the message submission protocol correctly, so if you need to support
158 # them you should also allow TLS-on-connect on the traditional but
159 # non-standard port 465.
161 # daemon_smtp_ports = 25 : 465 : 587
162 # tls_on_connect_ports = 465
165 # Specify the domain you want to be added to all unqualified addresses
166 # here. An unqualified address is one that does not contain an "@" character
167 # followed by a domain. For example, "caesar@rome.example" is a fully qualified
168 # address, but the string "caesar" (i.e. just a login name) is an unqualified
169 # email address. Unqualified addresses are accepted only from local callers by
170 # default. See the recipient_unqualified_hosts option if you want to permit
171 # unqualified addresses from remote sources. If this option is not set, the
172 # primary_hostname value is used for qualification.
177 # If you want unqualified recipient addresses to be qualified with a different
178 # domain to unqualified sender addresses, specify the recipient domain here.
179 # If this option is not set, the qualify_domain value is used.
181 # qualify_recipient =
184 # The following line must be uncommented if you want Exim to recognize
185 # addresses of the form "user@[10.11.12.13]" that is, with a "domain literal"
186 # (an IP address) instead of a named domain. The RFCs still require this form,
187 # but it makes little sense to permit mail to be sent to specific hosts by
188 # their IP address in the modern Internet. This ancient format has been used
189 # by those seeking to abuse hosts by using them for unwanted relaying. If you
190 # really do want to support domain literals, uncomment the following line, and
191 # see also the "domain_literal" router below.
193 # allow_domain_literals
196 # No deliveries will ever be run under the uids of users specified by
197 # never_users (a colon-separated list). An attempt to do so causes a panic
198 # error to be logged, and the delivery to be deferred. This is a paranoic
199 # safety catch. There is an even stronger safety catch in the form of the
200 # FIXED_NEVER_USERS setting in the configuration for building Exim. The list of
201 # users that it specifies is built into the binary, and cannot be changed. The
202 # option below just adds additional users to the list. The default for
203 # FIXED_NEVER_USERS is "root", but just to be absolutely sure, the default here
206 # Note that the default setting means you cannot deliver mail addressed to root
207 # as if it were a normal user. This isn't usually a problem, as most sites have
208 # an alias for root that redirects such mail to a human administrator.
213 # The setting below causes Exim to do a reverse DNS lookup on all incoming
214 # IP calls, in order to get the true host name. If you feel this is too
215 # expensive, you can specify the networks for which a lookup is done, or
216 # remove the setting entirely.
221 # The settings below, which are actually the same as the defaults in the
222 # code, cause Exim to make RFC 1413 (ident) callbacks for all incoming SMTP
223 # calls. You can limit the hosts to which these calls are made, and/or change
224 # the timeout that is used. If you set the timeout to zero, all RFC 1413 calls
225 # are disabled. RFC 1413 calls are cheap and can provide useful information
226 # for tracing problem messages, but some hosts and firewalls have problems
227 # with them. This can result in a timeout instead of an immediate refused
228 # connection, leading to delays on starting up SMTP sessions. (The default was
229 # reduced from 30s to 5s for release 4.61.)
232 rfc1413_query_timeout = 5s
235 # By default, Exim expects all envelope addresses to be fully qualified, that
236 # is, they must contain both a local part and a domain. If you want to accept
237 # unqualified addresses (just a local part) from certain hosts, you can specify
238 # these hosts by setting one or both of
240 # sender_unqualified_hosts =
241 # recipient_unqualified_hosts =
243 # to control sender and recipient addresses, respectively. When this is done,
244 # unqualified addresses are qualified using the settings of qualify_domain
245 # and/or qualify_recipient (see above).
248 # If you want Exim to support the "percent hack" for certain domains,
249 # uncomment the following line and provide a list of domains. The "percent
250 # hack" is the feature by which mail addressed to x%y@z (where z is one of
251 # the domains listed) is locally rerouted to x@y and sent on. If z is not one
252 # of the "percent hack" domains, x%y is treated as an ordinary local part. This
253 # hack is rarely needed nowadays; you should not enable it unless you are sure
254 # that you really need it.
256 # percent_hack_domains =
258 # As well as setting this option you will also need to remove the test
259 # for local parts containing % in the ACL definition below.
262 # When Exim can neither deliver a message nor return it to sender, it "freezes"
263 # the delivery error message (aka "bounce message"). There are also other
264 # circumstances in which messages get frozen. They will stay on the queue for
265 # ever unless one of the following options is set.
267 # This option unfreezes frozen bounce messages after two days, tries
268 # once more to deliver them, and ignores any delivery failures.
270 ignore_bounce_errors_after = 2d
272 # This option cancels (removes) frozen messages that are older than a week.
274 timeout_frozen_after = 7d
277 # By default, messages that are waiting on Exim's queue are all held in a
278 # single directory called "input" which it itself within Exim's spool
279 # directory. (The default spool directory is specified when Exim is built, and
280 # is often /var/spool/exim/.) Exim works best when its queue is kept short, but
281 # there are circumstances where this is not always possible. If you uncomment
282 # the setting below, messages on the queue are held in 62 subdirectories of
283 # "input" instead of all in the same directory. The subdirectories are called
284 # 0, 1, ... A, B, ... a, b, ... z. This has two benefits: (1) If your file
285 # system degrades with many files in one directory, this is less likely to
286 # happen; (2) Exim can process the queue one subdirectory at a time instead of
287 # all at once, which can give better performance with large queues.
289 # split_spool_directory = true
292 # If you're in a part of the world where ASCII is not sufficient for most
293 # text, then you're probably familiar with RFC2047 message header extensions.
294 # By default, Exim adheres to the specification, including a limit of 76
295 # characters to a line, with encoded words fitting within a line.
296 # If you wish to use decoded headers in message filters in such a way
297 # that successful decoding of malformed messages matters, you may wish to
298 # configure Exim to be more lenient.
300 # check_rfc2047_length = false
302 # In particular, the Exim maintainers have had multiple reports of problems
303 # from Russian administrators of issues until they disable this check,
304 # because of some popular, yet buggy, mail composition software.
307 # If you wish to be strictly RFC compliant, or if you know you'll be
308 # exchanging email with systems that are not 8-bit clean, then you may
309 # wish to disable advertising 8BITMIME. Uncomment this option to do so.
311 # accept_8bitmime = false
314 ######################################################################
315 # ACL CONFIGURATION #
316 # Specifies access control lists for incoming SMTP mail #
317 ######################################################################
321 # This access control list is used for every RCPT command in an incoming
322 # SMTP message. The tests are run in order until the address is either
323 # accepted or denied.
327 # Accept if the source is local SMTP (i.e. not over TCP/IP). We do this by
328 # testing for an empty sending host field.
331 control = dkim_disable_verify
333 #############################################################################
334 # The following section of the ACL is concerned with local parts that contain
335 # @ or % or ! or / or | or dots in unusual places.
337 # The characters other than dots are rarely found in genuine local parts, but
338 # are often tried by people looking to circumvent relaying restrictions.
339 # Therefore, although they are valid in local parts, these rules lock them
340 # out, as a precaution.
342 # Empty components (two dots in a row) are not valid in RFC 2822, but Exim
343 # allows them because they have been encountered. (Consider local parts
344 # constructed as "firstinitial.secondinitial.familyname" when applied to
345 # someone like me, who has no second initial.) However, a local part starting
346 # with a dot or containing /../ can cause trouble if it is used as part of a
347 # file name (e.g. for a mailing list). This is also true for local parts that
348 # contain slashes. A pipe symbol can also be troublesome if the local part is
349 # incorporated unthinkingly into a shell command line.
351 # Two different rules are used. The first one is stricter, and is applied to
352 # messages that are addressed to one of the local domains handled by this
353 # host. The line "domains = +local_domains" restricts it to domains that are
354 # defined by the "domainlist local_domains" setting above. The rule blocks
355 # local parts that begin with a dot or contain @ % ! / or |. If you have
356 # local accounts that include these characters, you will have to modify this
359 deny message = Restricted characters in address
360 domains = +local_domains
361 local_parts = ^[.] : ^.*[@%!/|]
363 # The second rule applies to all other domains, and is less strict. The line
364 # "domains = !+local_domains" restricts it to domains that are NOT defined by
365 # the "domainlist local_domains" setting above. The exclamation mark is a
366 # negating operator. This rule allows your own users to send outgoing
367 # messages to sites that use slashes and vertical bars in their local parts.
368 # It blocks local parts that begin with a dot, slash, or vertical bar, but
369 # allows these characters within the local part. However, the sequence /../
370 # is barred. The use of @ % and ! is blocked, as before. The motivation here
371 # is to prevent your users (or your users' viruses) from mounting certain
372 # kinds of attack on remote sites.
374 deny message = Restricted characters in address
375 domains = !+local_domains
376 local_parts = ^[./|] : ^.*[@%!] : ^.*/\\.\\./
377 #############################################################################
379 # Accept mail to postmaster in any local domain, regardless of the source,
380 # and without verifying the sender.
382 accept local_parts = postmaster
383 domains = +local_domains
385 # Deny unless the sender address can be verified.
387 require verify = sender
389 # Accept if the message comes from one of the hosts for which we are an
390 # outgoing relay. It is assumed that such hosts are most likely to be MUAs,
391 # so we set control=submission to make Exim treat the message as a
392 # submission. It will fix up various errors in the message, for example, the
393 # lack of a Date: header line. If you are actually relaying out out from
394 # MTAs, you may want to disable this. If you are handling both relaying from
395 # MTAs and submissions from MUAs you should probably split them into two
396 # lists, and handle them differently.
398 # Recipient verification is omitted here, because in many cases the clients
399 # are dumb MUAs that don't cope well with SMTP error responses. If you are
400 # actually relaying out from MTAs, you should probably add recipient
403 # Note that, by putting this test before any DNS black list checks, you will
404 # always accept from these hosts, even if they end up on a black list. The
405 # assumption is that they are your friends, and if they get onto a black
406 # list, it is a mistake.
408 accept hosts = +relay_from_hosts
410 control = dkim_disable_verify
412 # Accept if the message arrived over an authenticated connection, from
413 # any host. Again, these messages are usually from MUAs, so recipient
414 # verification is omitted, and submission mode is set. And again, we do this
415 # check before any black list tests.
417 accept authenticated = *
419 control = dkim_disable_verify
421 # Insist that any other recipient address that we accept is either in one of
422 # our local domains, or is in a domain for which we explicitly allow
423 # relaying. Any other domain is rejected as being unacceptable for relaying.
425 require message = relay not permitted
426 domains = +local_domains : +relay_to_domains
428 # We also require all accepted addresses to be verifiable. This check will
429 # do local part verification for local domains, but only check the domain
430 # for remote domains. The only way to check local parts for the remote
431 # relay domains is to use a callout (add /callout), but please read the
432 # documentation about callouts before doing this.
434 require verify = recipient
436 #############################################################################
437 # There are no default checks on DNS black lists because the domains that
438 # contain these lists are changing all the time. However, here are two
439 # examples of how you can get Exim to perform a DNS black list lookup at this
440 # point. The first one denies, whereas the second just warns.
442 # deny message = rejected because $sender_host_address is in a black list at $dnslist_domain\n$dnslist_text
443 # dnslists = black.list.example
445 # warn dnslists = black.list.example
446 # add_header = X-Warning: $sender_host_address is in a black list at $dnslist_domain
447 # log_message = found in $dnslist_domain
448 #############################################################################
450 #############################################################################
451 # This check is commented out because it is recognized that not every
452 # sysadmin will want to do it. If you enable it, the check performs
453 # Client SMTP Authorization (csa) checks on the sending host. These checks
454 # do DNS lookups for SRV records. The CSA proposal is currently (May 2005)
455 # an Internet draft. You can, of course, add additional conditions to this
456 # ACL statement to restrict the CSA checks to certain hosts only.
458 # require verify = csa
459 #############################################################################
461 # At this point, the address has passed all the checks that have been
462 # configured, so we accept it unconditionally.
467 # This ACL is used after the contents of a message have been received. This
468 # is the ACL in which you can test a message's headers or body, and in
469 # particular, this is where you can invoke external virus or spam scanners.
470 # Some suggested ways of configuring these tests are shown below, commented
471 # out. Without any tests, this ACL accepts all messages. If you want to use
472 # such tests, you must ensure that Exim is compiled with the content-scanning
473 # extension (WITH_CONTENT_SCAN=yes in Local/Makefile).
477 # Deny if the message contains a virus. Before enabling this check, you
478 # must install a virus scanner and set the av_scanner option above.
481 # message = This message contains a virus ($malware_name).
483 # Add headers to a message if it is judged to be spam. Before enabling this,
484 # you must install SpamAssassin. You may also need to set the spamd_address
488 # add_header = X-Spam_score: $spam_score\n\
489 # X-Spam_score_int: $spam_score_int\n\
490 # X-Spam_bar: $spam_bar\n\
491 # X-Spam_report: $spam_report
493 # Accept the message.
499 ######################################################################
500 # ROUTERS CONFIGURATION #
501 # Specifies how addresses are handled #
502 ######################################################################
503 # THE ORDER IN WHICH THE ROUTERS ARE DEFINED IS IMPORTANT! #
504 # An address is passed to each router in turn until it is accepted. #
505 ######################################################################
509 # This router routes to remote hosts over SMTP by explicit IP address,
510 # when an email address is given in "domain literal" form, for example,
511 # <user@[192.168.35.64]>. The RFCs require this facility. However, it is
512 # little-known these days, and has been exploited by evil people seeking
513 # to abuse SMTP relays. Consequently it is commented out in the default
514 # configuration. If you uncomment this router, you also need to uncomment
515 # allow_domain_literals above, so that Exim can recognize the syntax of
516 # domain literal addresses.
520 # domains = ! +local_domains
521 # transport = remote_smtp
524 # This router routes addresses that are not in local domains by doing a DNS
525 # lookup on the domain name. The exclamation mark that appears in "domains = !
526 # +local_domains" is a negating operator, that is, it can be read as "not". The
527 # recipient's domain must not be one of those defined by "domainlist
528 # local_domains" above for this router to be used.
530 # If the router is used, any domain that resolves to 0.0.0.0 or to a loopback
531 # interface address (127.0.0.0/8) is treated as if it had no DNS entry. Note
532 # that 0.0.0.0 is the same as 0.0.0.0/32, which is commonly treated as the
533 # local host inside the network stack. It is not 0.0.0.0/0, the default route.
534 # If the DNS lookup fails, no further routers are tried because of the no_more
535 # setting, and consequently the address is unrouteable.
539 domains = ! +local_domains
540 transport = remote_smtp
541 ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8
545 # This alternative router can be used when you want to send all mail to a
546 # server which handles DNS lookups for you; an ISP will typically run such
547 # a server for their customers. If you uncomment "smarthost" then you
548 # should comment out "dnslookup" above. Setting a real hostname in route_data
549 # wouldn't hurt either.
552 # driver = manualroute
553 # domains = ! +local_domains
554 # transport = remote_smtp
555 # route_data = MAIL.HOSTNAME.FOR.CENTRAL.SERVER.EXAMPLE
556 # ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8
560 # The remaining routers handle addresses in the local domain(s), that is those
561 # domains that are defined by "domainlist local_domains" above.
564 # This router handles aliasing using a linearly searched alias file with the
565 # name SYSTEM_ALIASES_FILE. When this configuration is installed automatically,
566 # the name gets inserted into this file from whatever is set in Exim's
567 # build-time configuration. The default path is the traditional /etc/aliases.
568 # If you install this configuration by hand, you need to specify the correct
569 # path in the "data" setting below.
571 ##### NB You must ensure that the alias file exists. It used to be the case
572 ##### NB that every Unix had that file, because it was the Sendmail default.
573 ##### NB These days, there are systems that don't have it. Your aliases
574 ##### NB file should at least contain an alias for "postmaster".
576 # If any of your aliases expand to pipes or files, you will need to set
577 # up a user and a group for these deliveries to run under. You can do
578 # this by uncommenting the "user" option below (changing the user name
579 # as appropriate) and adding a "group" option if necessary. Alternatively, you
580 # can specify "user" on the transports that are used. Note that the transports
581 # listed below are the same as are used for .forward files; you might want
582 # to set up different ones for pipe and file deliveries from aliases.
588 data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{SYSTEM_ALIASES_FILE}}
590 file_transport = address_file
591 pipe_transport = address_pipe
594 # This router handles forwarding using traditional .forward files in users'
595 # home directories. If you want it also to allow mail filtering when a forward
596 # file starts with the string "# Exim filter" or "# Sieve filter", uncomment
597 # the "allow_filter" option.
599 # The no_verify setting means that this router is skipped when Exim is
600 # verifying addresses. Similarly, no_expn means that this router is skipped if
601 # Exim is processing an EXPN command.
603 # If you want this router to treat local parts with suffixes introduced by "-"
604 # or "+" characters as if the suffixes did not exist, uncomment the two local_
605 # part_suffix options. Then, for example, xxxx-foo@your.domain will be treated
606 # in the same way as xxxx@your.domain by this router. Because this router is
607 # not used for verification, if you choose to uncomment those options, then you
608 # will *need* to make the same change to the localuser router. (There are
609 # other approaches, if this is undesirable, but they add complexity).
611 # The check_ancestor option means that if the forward file generates an
612 # address that is an ancestor of the current one, the current one gets
613 # passed on instead. This covers the case where A is aliased to B and B
614 # has a .forward file pointing to A.
616 # The three transports specified at the end are those that are used when
617 # forwarding generates a direct delivery to a file, or to a pipe, or sets
618 # up an auto-reply, respectively.
623 # local_part_suffix = +* : -*
624 # local_part_suffix_optional
625 file = $home/.forward
630 file_transport = address_file
631 pipe_transport = address_pipe
632 reply_transport = address_reply
635 # This router matches local user mailboxes. If the router fails, the error
636 # message is "Unknown user".
638 # If you want this router to treat local parts with suffixes introduced by "-"
639 # or "+" characters as if the suffixes did not exist, uncomment the two local_
640 # part_suffix options. Then, for example, xxxx-foo@your.domain will be treated
641 # in the same way as xxxx@your.domain by this router.
646 # local_part_suffix = +* : -*
647 # local_part_suffix_optional
648 transport = local_delivery
649 cannot_route_message = Unknown user
653 ######################################################################
654 # TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION #
655 ######################################################################
656 # ORDER DOES NOT MATTER #
657 # Only one appropriate transport is called for each delivery. #
658 ######################################################################
660 # A transport is used only when referenced from a router that successfully
661 # handles an address.
666 # This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections.
672 # This transport is used for local delivery to user mailboxes in traditional
673 # BSD mailbox format. By default it will be run under the uid and gid of the
674 # local user, and requires the sticky bit to be set on the /var/mail directory.
675 # Some systems use the alternative approach of running mail deliveries under a
676 # particular group instead of using the sticky bit. The commented options below
677 # show how this can be done.
681 file = /var/mail/$local_part
689 # This transport is used for handling pipe deliveries generated by alias or
690 # .forward files. If the pipe generates any standard output, it is returned
691 # to the sender of the message as a delivery error. Set return_fail_output
692 # instead of return_output if you want this to happen only when the pipe fails
693 # to complete normally. You can set different transports for aliases and
694 # forwards if you want to - see the references to address_pipe in the routers
702 # This transport is used for handling deliveries directly to files that are
703 # generated by aliasing or forwarding.
712 # This transport is used for handling autoreplies generated by the filtering
713 # option of the userforward router.
720 ######################################################################
721 # RETRY CONFIGURATION #
722 ######################################################################
726 # This single retry rule applies to all domains and all errors. It specifies
727 # retries every 15 minutes for 2 hours, then increasing retry intervals,
728 # starting at 1 hour and increasing each time by a factor of 1.5, up to 16
729 # hours, then retries every 6 hours until 4 days have passed since the first
732 # WARNING: If you do not have any retry rules at all (this section of the
733 # configuration is non-existent or empty), Exim will not do any retries of
734 # messages that fail to get delivered at the first attempt. The effect will
735 # be to treat temporary errors as permanent. Therefore, DO NOT remove this
736 # retry rule unless you really don't want any retries.
738 # Address or Domain Error Retries
739 # ----------------- ----- -------
741 * * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,6h
745 ######################################################################
746 # REWRITE CONFIGURATION #
747 ######################################################################
749 # There are no rewriting specifications in this default configuration file.
755 ######################################################################
756 # AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION #
757 ######################################################################
759 # The following authenticators support plaintext username/password
760 # authentication using the standard PLAIN mechanism and the traditional
761 # but non-standard LOGIN mechanism, with Exim acting as the server.
762 # PLAIN and LOGIN are enough to support most MUA software.
764 # These authenticators are not complete: you need to change the
765 # server_condition settings to specify how passwords are verified.
766 # They are set up to offer authentication to the client only if the
767 # connection is encrypted with TLS, so you also need to add support
768 # for TLS. See the global configuration options section at the start
769 # of this file for more about TLS.
771 # The default RCPT ACL checks for successful authentication, and will accept
772 # messages from authenticated users from anywhere on the Internet.
776 # PLAIN authentication has no server prompts. The client sends its
777 # credentials in one lump, containing an authorization ID (which we do not
778 # use), an authentication ID, and a password. The latter two appear as
779 # $auth2 and $auth3 in the configuration and should be checked against a
780 # valid username and password. In a real configuration you would typically
781 # use $auth2 as a lookup key, and compare $auth3 against the result of the
782 # lookup, perhaps using the crypteq{}{} condition.
786 # server_set_id = $auth2
788 # server_condition = Authentication is not yet configured
789 # server_advertise_condition = ${if def:tls_in_cipher }
791 # LOGIN authentication has traditional prompts and responses. There is no
792 # authorization ID in this mechanism, so unlike PLAIN the username and
793 # password are $auth1 and $auth2. Apart from that you can use the same
794 # server_condition setting for both authenticators.
798 # server_set_id = $auth1
799 # server_prompts = <| Username: | Password:
800 # server_condition = Authentication is not yet configured
801 # server_advertise_condition = ${if def:tls_in_cipher }
804 ######################################################################
805 # CONFIGURATION FOR local_scan() #
806 ######################################################################
808 # If you have built Exim to include a local_scan() function that contains
809 # tables for private options, you can define those options here. Remember to
810 # uncomment the "begin" line. It is commented by default because it provokes
811 # an error with Exim binaries that are not built with LOCAL_SCAN_HAS_OPTIONS
812 # set in the Local/Makefile.
817 # End of Exim configuration file