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Q0072:  ... deliver to normal aliases, and aliases that are pipes or files, but it objects to aliases that involve :include: items, complaining that it can't change...
Q0419:  I have some obsolete domains which people have been warned not to use any more. How can I arrange...
Q5023:  ... of resources? I've been told this is an ancient way of authentication. Is it obsolete?
Q0502:  What I really need is the ability to obtain the result of a pipe command so that I can filter externally and redirect...
Q5026:  Is exim able to use RFC 2645, On-demand Mail Relay ( ODMR)?
Q0711:  ... incoming external email to the list - and if a match is found file the offending message into a special location? Also is it possible to make Exim only...
Q0615:  When a message in the queue got to 12h old, Exim wrote retry timeout exceeded and removed all messages in the queue...
Q5026:  Is exim able to use RFC 2645, On-demand Mail Relay (ODMR)?
Q5022:  Is there an easy way of removing all queued messages at once in a safe way?
Q0055:  What does the error Failed to open wait-remote_smtp database: Invalid argument mean?
Q0058:  What does the error failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: File exists mean?
Q0071:  What does the error failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim//db/retry: Illegal argument mean?
Q0115:  What does Can't open ../scripts/newer: No such file or directory mean? I got it while trying...
Q0731:  Is there any defence I can use against spam sent through an open proxy?
Q9604:  I get the too many open files error especially when a lot of messages land for Majordomo at the...
Q9605:  ... I try to test the Mail program, I get the following error: Failed to open configuration file /etc/exim.conf.
Q0106:  Exim doesn't seem to be recognizing my operating system type correctly, and so is failing to build.
Q1004:  ... might be helpful to put the hints database on a RAM disk during regular operation. Did anybody try that yet?
Q0114:  ... built Exim and run make install, but it still doesn't seem to be fully operational.
Q0060:  ... to expand /data/lists/lists/${lc for require_files: ${lc is not a known operator for this setting:
Q5019:  I need an option that is the opposite of -bpa, that is, a listing of those addresses generated from a top-level...
Q0047:  ... message Mailer daemons: exim abandoned: unknown, malformed, or incomplete option -bz sendmail. What does this mean?
Q0421:  I can't get a regular expression to work in a local_parts option on one of my routers.
Q0606:  ... using tmail to do local deliveries, but when I turned on the use_crlf option on the pipe transport (tmail prefers \r\n terminations) message bodies...
Q1402:  I have a dial-up machine, and I use the queue_smtp_domains option so that remote mail only goes out when I do a queue run. However, any email I send with...
Q5007:  When I send a message using the -t command line option, Exim sends only to the addresses within the message, not to those on...
Q5014:  ... the amount of space on the spool for incoming SMTP messages that use the SIZE option. Can I suppress this?
Q5019:  I need an option that is the opposite of -bpa, that is, a listing of those addresses generated...
Q0607:  ... I activate ``return receipt'' for example in Netscape Mailbox sending options, then I get an error message from Exim... something like not supported....
Q0720:  I set accept hosts=192.168.122.96/32 in order to accept mail for relaying from my local LAN, but it doesn't work. What's...
Q0622:  Can I write an ordinary file when I run a perl script as a transport filter for the remote_smtp and address_pipe...
Q9811:  ... the envelope contents, but to suppress any error notifications to the original sender.
Q9806:  How do I get exim not to add a Sender: header to locally originated mail?
Q9101:  How can I install Exim on Mac OS X?
Q0428:  ... of the owner- entries in my alias file to change the sender address in outgoing messages to a mailing list.
Q0802:  ... have Exim configured to remove the hostname portion of the domain on outgoing mail, and yet the hostname is present when the mail gets delivered.
Q0901:  I would like add some custom headers to selected outgoing mail based on a specific domain and the subject line.
Q0902:  ... it possible to have Exim add a header to only certain local parts of outgoing mail?
Q5033:  How can I send a copy of all outgoing messages to another mailbox?
Q0059:  When my Outlook Express 6.0 client sends a STARTTLS command to begin a TLS session, Exim...
Q0721:  I have POP-before-SMTP set up on my Exim server, but some clients use Outlook Express, which sends queued messages before checking the mailbox, so it...
Q0621:  ... -f- and mail gets delivered, but there was a bounce to the sender, sending him the output of procmail. How can I prevent this?
Q0701:  How do I block unwanted messages from outside my host?
Q0803:  I want to rewrite local addresses in mail that goes to the outside world, but not for messages that remain within the local intranet.
Q9802:  How do I configure Exim so that it sends mail to the outside world only from a restricted list of our local users?
Q0428:  ... converted from Sendmail, and I notice that Exim doesn't make use of the owner- entries in my alias file to change the sender address in outgoing messages...

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