1 # $Cambridge: exim/src/src/configure.default,v 1.3 2005/05/10 14:48:07 ph10 Exp $
3 ######################################################################
4 # Runtime configuration file for Exim #
5 ######################################################################
8 # This is a default configuration file which will operate correctly in
9 # uncomplicated installations. Please see the manual for a complete list
10 # of all the runtime configuration options that can be included in a
11 # configuration file. There are many more than are mentioned here. The
12 # manual is in the file doc/spec.txt in the Exim distribution as a plain
13 # ASCII file. Other formats (PostScript, Texinfo, HTML, PDF) are available
14 # from the Exim ftp sites. The manual is also online at the Exim web sites.
17 # This file is divided into several parts, all but the first of which are
18 # headed by a line starting with the word "begin". Only those parts that
19 # are required need to be present. Blank lines, and lines starting with #
23 ########### IMPORTANT ########## IMPORTANT ########### IMPORTANT ###########
25 # Whenever you change Exim's configuration file, you *must* remember to #
26 # HUP the Exim daemon, because it will not pick up the new configuration #
27 # until you do. However, any other Exim processes that are started, for #
28 # example, a process started by an MUA in order to send a message, will #
29 # see the new configuration as soon as it is in place. #
31 # You do not need to HUP the daemon for changes in auxiliary files that #
32 # are referenced from this file. They are read every time they are used. #
34 # It is usually a good idea to test a new configuration for syntactic #
35 # correctness before installing it (for example, by running the command #
36 # "exim -C /config/file.new -bV"). #
38 ########### IMPORTANT ########## IMPORTANT ########### IMPORTANT ###########
42 ######################################################################
43 # MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS #
44 ######################################################################
46 # Specify your host's canonical name here. This should normally be the fully
47 # qualified "official" name of your host. If this option is not set, the
48 # uname() function is called to obtain the name. In many cases this does
49 # the right thing and you need not set anything explicitly.
54 # The next three settings create two lists of domains and one list of hosts.
55 # These lists are referred to later in this configuration using the syntax
56 # +local_domains, +relay_to_domains, and +relay_from_hosts, respectively. They
57 # are all colon-separated lists:
59 domainlist local_domains = @
60 domainlist relay_to_domains =
61 hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1
63 # Most straightforward access control requirements can be obtained by
64 # appropriate settings of the above options. In more complicated situations, you
65 # may need to modify the Access Control List (ACL) which appears later in this
68 # The first setting specifies your local domains, for example:
70 # domainlist local_domains = my.first.domain : my.second.domain
72 # You can use "@" to mean "the name of the local host", as in the default
73 # setting above. This is the name that is specified by primary_hostname,
74 # as specified above (or defaulted). If you do not want to do any local
75 # deliveries, remove the "@" from the setting above. If you want to accept mail
76 # addressed to your host's literal IP address, for example, mail addressed to
77 # "user@[192.168.23.44]", you can add "@[]" as an item in the local domains
78 # list. You also need to uncomment "allow_domain_literals" below. This is not
79 # recommended for today's Internet.
81 # The second setting specifies domains for which your host is an incoming relay.
82 # If you are not doing any relaying, you should leave the list empty. However,
83 # if your host is an MX backup or gateway of some kind for some domains, you
84 # must set relay_to_domains to match those domains. For example:
86 # domainlist relay_to_domains = *.myco.com : my.friend.org
88 # This will allow any host to relay through your host to those domains.
89 # See the section of the manual entitled "Control of relaying" for more
92 # The third setting specifies hosts that can use your host as an outgoing relay
93 # to any other host on the Internet. Such a setting commonly refers to a
94 # complete local network as well as the localhost. For example:
96 # hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : 192.168.0.0/16
98 # The "/16" is a bit mask (CIDR notation), not a number of hosts. Note that you
99 # have to include 127.0.0.1 if you want to allow processes on your host to send
100 # SMTP mail by using the loopback address. A number of MUAs use this method of
103 # All three of these lists may contain many different kinds of item, including
104 # wildcarded names, regular expressions, and file lookups. See the reference
105 # manual for details. The lists above are used in the access control lists for
106 # checking incoming messages. The names of these ACLs are defined here:
108 acl_smtp_rcpt = acl_check_rcpt
109 acl_smtp_data = acl_check_data
111 # You should not change those settings until you understand how ACLs work.
114 # If you are running a version of Exim that was compiled with the content-
115 # scanning extension, you can cause incoming messages to be automatically
116 # scanned for viruses. You have to modify the configuration in two places to
117 # set this up. The first of them is here, where you define the interface to
118 # your scanner. This example is typical for ClamAV; see the manual for details
119 # of what to set for other virus scanners. The second modification is in the
120 # acl_check_data access control list (see below).
122 # av_scanner = clamd:/tmp/clamd
125 # For spam scanning, there is a similar option that defines the interface to
126 # SpamAssassin. You do not need to set this if you are using the default, which
127 # is shown in this commented example. As for virus scanning, you must also
128 # modify the acl_check_data access control list to enable spam scanning.
130 # spamd_address = 127.0.0.1 783
133 # Specify the domain you want to be added to all unqualified addresses
134 # here. An unqualified address is one that does not contain an "@" character
135 # followed by a domain. For example, "caesar@rome.example" is a fully qualified
136 # address, but the string "caesar" (i.e. just a login name) is an unqualified
137 # email address. Unqualified addresses are accepted only from local callers by
138 # default. See the recipient_unqualified_hosts option if you want to permit
139 # unqualified addresses from remote sources. If this option is not set, the
140 # primary_hostname value is used for qualification.
145 # If you want unqualified recipient addresses to be qualified with a different
146 # domain to unqualified sender addresses, specify the recipient domain here.
147 # If this option is not set, the qualify_domain value is used.
149 # qualify_recipient =
152 # The following line must be uncommented if you want Exim to recognize
153 # addresses of the form "user@[10.11.12.13]" that is, with a "domain literal"
154 # (an IP address) instead of a named domain. The RFCs still require this form,
155 # but it makes little sense to permit mail to be sent to specific hosts by
156 # their IP address in the modern Internet. This ancient format has been used
157 # by those seeking to abuse hosts by using them for unwanted relaying. If you
158 # really do want to support domain literals, uncomment the following line, and
159 # see also the "domain_literal" router below.
161 # allow_domain_literals
164 # No deliveries will ever be run under the uids of these users (a colon-
165 # separated list). An attempt to do so causes a panic error to be logged, and
166 # the delivery to be deferred. This is a paranoic safety catch. There is an
167 # even stronger safety catch in the form of the FIXED_NEVER_USERS setting
168 # in the configuration for building Exim. The list of users that it specifies
169 # is built into the binary, and cannot be changed. The option below just adds
170 # additional users to the list. The default for FIXED_NEVER_USERS is "root",
171 # but just to be absolutely sure, the default here is also "root".
173 # Note that the default setting means you cannot deliver mail addressed to root
174 # as if it were a normal user. This isn't usually a problem, as most sites have
175 # an alias for root that redirects such mail to a human administrator.
180 # The setting below causes Exim to do a reverse DNS lookup on all incoming
181 # IP calls, in order to get the true host name. If you feel this is too
182 # expensive, you can specify the networks for which a lookup is done, or
183 # remove the setting entirely.
188 # The settings below, which are actually the same as the defaults in the
189 # code, cause Exim to make RFC 1413 (ident) callbacks for all incoming SMTP
190 # calls. You can limit the hosts to which these calls are made, and/or change
191 # the timeout that is used. If you set the timeout to zero, all RFC 1413 calls
192 # are disabled. RFC 1413 calls are cheap and can provide useful information
193 # for tracing problem messages, but some hosts and firewalls have problems
194 # with them. This can result in a timeout instead of an immediate refused
195 # connection, leading to delays on starting up an SMTP session.
198 rfc1413_query_timeout = 30s
201 # By default, Exim expects all envelope addresses to be fully qualified, that
202 # is, they must contain both a local part and a domain. If you want to accept
203 # unqualified addresses (just a local part) from certain hosts, you can specify
204 # these hosts by setting one or both of
206 # sender_unqualified_hosts =
207 # recipient_unqualified_hosts =
209 # to control sender and recipient addresses, respectively. When this is done,
210 # unqualified addresses are qualified using the settings of qualify_domain
211 # and/or qualify_recipient (see above).
214 # If you want Exim to support the "percent hack" for certain domains,
215 # uncomment the following line and provide a list of domains. The "percent
216 # hack" is the feature by which mail addressed to x%y@z (where z is one of
217 # the domains listed) is locally rerouted to x@y and sent on. If z is not one
218 # of the "percent hack" domains, x%y is treated as an ordinary local part. This
219 # hack is rarely needed nowadays; you should not enable it unless you are sure
220 # that you really need it.
222 # percent_hack_domains =
224 # As well as setting this option you will also need to remove the test
225 # for local parts containing % in the ACL definition below.
228 # When Exim can neither deliver a message nor return it to sender, it "freezes"
229 # the delivery error message (aka "bounce message"). There are also other
230 # circumstances in which messages get frozen. They will stay on the queue for
231 # ever unless one of the following options is set.
233 # This option unfreezes frozen bounce messages after two days, tries
234 # once more to deliver them, and ignores any delivery failures.
236 ignore_bounce_errors_after = 2d
238 # This option cancels (removes) frozen messages that are older than a week.
240 timeout_frozen_after = 7d
244 ######################################################################
245 # ACL CONFIGURATION #
246 # Specifies access control lists for incoming SMTP mail #
247 ######################################################################
251 # This access control list is used for every RCPT command in an incoming
252 # SMTP message. The tests are run in order until the address is either
253 # accepted or denied.
257 # Accept if the source is local SMTP (i.e. not over TCP/IP). We do this by
258 # testing for an empty sending host field.
262 #############################################################################
263 # The following section of the ACL is concerned with local parts that contain
264 # @ or % or ! or / or | or dots in unusual places.
266 # The characters other than dots are rarely found in genuine local parts, but
267 # are often tried by people looking to circumvent relaying restrictions.
268 # Therefore, although they are valid in local parts, these rules lock them
269 # out, as a precaution.
271 # Empty components (two dots in a row) are not valid in RFC 2822, but Exim
272 # allows them because they have been encountered. (Consider local parts
273 # constructed as "firstinitial.secondinitial.familyname" when applied to
274 # someone like me, who has no second initial.) However, a local part starting
275 # with a dot or containing /../ can cause trouble if it is used as part of a
276 # file name (e.g. for a mailing list). This is also true for local parts that
277 # contain slashes. A pipe symbol can also be troublesome if the local part is
278 # incorporated unthinkingly into a shell command line.
280 # Two different rules are used. The first one is stricter, and is applied to
281 # messages that are addressed to one of the local domains handled by this
282 # host. It blocks local parts that begin with a dot or contain @ % ! / or |.
283 # If you have local accounts that include these characters, you will have to
286 deny message = Restricted characters in address
287 domains = +local_domains
288 local_parts = ^[.] : ^.*[@%!/|]
290 # The second rule applies to all other domains, and is less strict. This
291 # allows your own users to send outgoing messages to sites that use slashes
292 # and vertical bars in their local parts. It blocks local parts that begin
293 # with a dot, slash, or vertical bar, but allows these characters within the
294 # local part. However, the sequence /../ is barred. The use of @ % and ! is
295 # blocked, as before. The motivation here is to prevent your users (or
296 # your users' viruses) from mounting certain kinds of attack on remote sites.
298 deny message = Restricted characters in address
299 domains = !+local_domains
300 local_parts = ^[./|] : ^.*[@%!] : ^.*/\\.\\./
301 #############################################################################
303 # Accept mail to postmaster in any local domain, regardless of the source,
304 # and without verifying the sender.
306 accept local_parts = postmaster
307 domains = +local_domains
309 # Deny unless the sender address can be verified.
311 require verify = sender
313 #############################################################################
314 # There are no checks on DNS "black" lists because the domains that contain
315 # these lists are changing all the time. However, here are two examples of
316 # how you could get Exim to perform a DNS black list lookup at this point.
317 # The first one denies, while the second just warns.
319 # deny message = rejected because $sender_host_address is in a black list at $dnslist_domain\n$dnslist_text
320 # dnslists = black.list.example
322 # warn message = X-Warning: $sender_host_address is in a black list at $dnslist_domain
323 # log_message = found in $dnslist_domain
324 # dnslists = black.list.example
325 #############################################################################
327 #############################################################################
328 # This check is commented out because it is recognized that not every
329 # sysadmin will want to do it. If you enable it, the check performs
330 # Client SMTP Authorization (csa) checks on the sending host. These checks
331 # do DNS lookups for SRV records. The CSA proposal is currently (May 2005)
332 # an Internet draft. You can, of course, add additional conditions to this
333 # ACL statement to restrict the CSA checks to certain hosts only.
335 # require verify = csa
336 #############################################################################
338 # Accept if the address is in a local domain, but only if the recipient can
339 # be verified. Otherwise deny. The "endpass" line is the border between
340 # passing on to the next ACL statement (if tests above it fail) or denying
341 # access (if tests below it fail).
343 accept domains = +local_domains
347 # Accept if the address is in a domain for which we are relaying, but again,
348 # only if the recipient can be verified.
350 accept domains = +relay_to_domains
354 # If control reaches this point, the domain is neither in +local_domains
355 # nor in +relay_to_domains.
357 # Accept if the message comes from one of the hosts for which we are an
358 # outgoing relay. Recipient verification is omitted here, because in many
359 # cases the clients are dumb MUAs that don't cope well with SMTP error
360 # responses. If you are actually relaying out from MTAs, you should probably
361 # add recipient verification here.
363 accept hosts = +relay_from_hosts
365 # Accept if the message arrived over an authenticated connection, from
366 # any host. Again, these messages are usually from MUAs, so recipient
367 # verification is omitted.
369 accept authenticated = *
371 # Reaching the end of the ACL causes a "deny", but we might as well give
372 # an explicit message.
374 deny message = relay not permitted
377 # This ACL is used after the contents of a message have been received. This
378 # is the ACL in which you can test a message's headers or body, and in
379 # particular, this is where you can invoke external virus or spam scanners.
380 # Some suggested ways of configuring these tests are shown below, commented
381 # out. Without any tests, this ACL accepts all messages. If you want to use
382 # such tests, you must ensure that Exim is compiled with the content-scanning
383 # extension (WITH_CONTENT_SCAN=yes in Local/Makefile).
387 # Deny if the message contains a virus. Before enabling this check, you
388 # must install a virus scanner and set the av_scanner option above.
391 # message = This message contains a virus ($malware_name).
393 # Add headers to a message if it is judged to be spam. Before enabling this,
394 # you must install SpamAssassin. You may also need to set the spamd_address
398 # message = X-Spam_score: $spam_score\n\
399 # X-Spam_score_int: $spam_score_int\n\
400 # X-Spam_bar: $spam_bar\n\
401 # X-Spam_report: $spam_report
403 # Accept the message.
409 ######################################################################
410 # ROUTERS CONFIGURATION #
411 # Specifies how addresses are handled #
412 ######################################################################
413 # THE ORDER IN WHICH THE ROUTERS ARE DEFINED IS IMPORTANT! #
414 # An address is passed to each router in turn until it is accepted. #
415 ######################################################################
419 # This router routes to remote hosts over SMTP by explicit IP address,
420 # when an email address is given in "domain literal" form, for example,
421 # <user@[192.168.35.64]>. The RFCs require this facility. However, it is
422 # little-known these days, and has been exploited by evil people seeking
423 # to abuse SMTP relays. Consequently it is commented out in the default
424 # configuration. If you uncomment this router, you also need to uncomment
425 # allow_domain_literals above, so that Exim can recognize the syntax of
426 # domain literal addresses.
430 # domains = ! +local_domains
431 # transport = remote_smtp
434 # This router routes addresses that are not in local domains by doing a DNS
435 # lookup on the domain name. Any domain that resolves to 0.0.0.0 or to a
436 # loopback interface address (127.0.0.0/8) is treated as if it had no DNS
437 # entry. Note that 0.0.0.0 is the same as 0.0.0.0/32, which is commonly treated
438 # as the local host inside the network stack. It is not 0.0.0.0/0, the default
439 # route. If the DNS lookup fails, no further routers are tried because of
440 # the no_more setting, and consequently the address is unrouteable.
444 domains = ! +local_domains
445 transport = remote_smtp
446 ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8
450 # The remaining routers handle addresses in the local domain(s).
453 # This router handles aliasing using a linearly searched alias file with the
454 # name SYSTEM_ALIASES_FILE. When this configuration is installed automatically,
455 # the name gets inserted into this file from whatever is set in Exim's
456 # build-time configuration. The default path is the traditional /etc/aliases.
457 # If you install this configuration by hand, you need to specify the correct
458 # path in the "data" setting below.
460 ##### NB You must ensure that the alias file exists. It used to be the case
461 ##### NB that every Unix had that file, because it was the Sendmail default.
462 ##### NB These days, there are systems that don't have it. Your aliases
463 ##### NB file should at least contain an alias for "postmaster".
465 # If any of your aliases expand to pipes or files, you will need to set
466 # up a user and a group for these deliveries to run under. You can do
467 # this by uncommenting the "user" option below (changing the user name
468 # as appropriate) and adding a "group" option if necessary. Alternatively, you
469 # can specify "user" on the transports that are used. Note that the transports
470 # listed below are the same as are used for .forward files; you might want
471 # to set up different ones for pipe and file deliveries from aliases.
477 data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{SYSTEM_ALIASES_FILE}}
479 file_transport = address_file
480 pipe_transport = address_pipe
483 # This router handles forwarding using traditional .forward files in users'
484 # home directories. If you want it also to allow mail filtering when a forward
485 # file starts with the string "# Exim filter" or "# Sieve filter", uncomment
486 # the "allow_filter" option.
488 # If you want this router to treat local parts with suffixes introduced by "-"
489 # or "+" characters as if the suffixes did not exist, uncomment the two local_
490 # part_suffix options. Then, for example, xxxx-foo@your.domain will be treated
491 # in the same way as xxxx@your.domain by this router. You probably want to make
492 # the same change to the localuser router.
494 # The no_verify setting means that this router is skipped when Exim is
495 # verifying addresses. Similarly, no_expn means that this router is skipped if
496 # Exim is processing an EXPN command.
498 # The check_ancestor option means that if the forward file generates an
499 # address that is an ancestor of the current one, the current one gets
500 # passed on instead. This covers the case where A is aliased to B and B
501 # has a .forward file pointing to A.
503 # The three transports specified at the end are those that are used when
504 # forwarding generates a direct delivery to a file, or to a pipe, or sets
505 # up an auto-reply, respectively.
510 # local_part_suffix = +* : -*
511 # local_part_suffix_optional
512 file = $home/.forward
517 file_transport = address_file
518 pipe_transport = address_pipe
519 reply_transport = address_reply
522 # This router matches local user mailboxes. If the router fails, the error
523 # message is "Unknown user".
525 # If you want this router to treat local parts with suffixes introduced by "-"
526 # or "+" characters as if the suffixes did not exist, uncomment the two local_
527 # part_suffix options. Then, for example, xxxx-foo@your.domain will be treated
528 # in the same way as xxxx@your.domain by this router.
533 # local_part_suffix = +* : -*
534 # local_part_suffix_optional
535 transport = local_delivery
536 cannot_route_message = Unknown user
540 ######################################################################
541 # TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION #
542 ######################################################################
543 # ORDER DOES NOT MATTER #
544 # Only one appropriate transport is called for each delivery. #
545 ######################################################################
547 # A transport is used only when referenced from a router that successfully
548 # handles an address.
553 # This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections.
559 # This transport is used for local delivery to user mailboxes in traditional
560 # BSD mailbox format. By default it will be run under the uid and gid of the
561 # local user, and requires the sticky bit to be set on the /var/mail directory.
562 # Some systems use the alternative approach of running mail deliveries under a
563 # particular group instead of using the sticky bit. The commented options below
564 # show how this can be done.
568 file = /var/mail/$local_part
576 # This transport is used for handling pipe deliveries generated by alias or
577 # .forward files. If the pipe generates any standard output, it is returned
578 # to the sender of the message as a delivery error. Set return_fail_output
579 # instead of return_output if you want this to happen only when the pipe fails
580 # to complete normally. You can set different transports for aliases and
581 # forwards if you want to - see the references to address_pipe in the routers
589 # This transport is used for handling deliveries directly to files that are
590 # generated by aliasing or forwarding.
599 # This transport is used for handling autoreplies generated by the filtering
600 # option of the userforward router.
607 ######################################################################
608 # RETRY CONFIGURATION #
609 ######################################################################
613 # This single retry rule applies to all domains and all errors. It specifies
614 # retries every 15 minutes for 2 hours, then increasing retry intervals,
615 # starting at 1 hour and increasing each time by a factor of 1.5, up to 16
616 # hours, then retries every 6 hours until 4 days have passed since the first
619 # Address or Domain Error Retries
620 # ----------------- ----- -------
622 * * F,2h,15m; G,16h,1h,1.5; F,4d,6h
626 ######################################################################
627 # REWRITE CONFIGURATION #
628 ######################################################################
630 # There are no rewriting specifications in this default configuration file.
636 ######################################################################
637 # AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION #
638 ######################################################################
640 # There are no authenticator specifications in this default configuration file.
646 ######################################################################
647 # CONFIGURATION FOR local_scan() #
648 ######################################################################
650 # If you have built Exim to include a local_scan() function that contains
651 # tables for private options, you can define those options here. Remember to
652 # uncomment the "begin" line. It is commented by default because it provokes
653 # an error with Exim binaries that are not built with LOCAL_SCAN_HAS_OPTIONS
654 # set in the Local/Makefile.
659 # End of Exim configuration file