Exim Internet Mailer

$bheader_

String expansions [Expansion variables], Format of spool files

$body_linecount

$body_zerocount

String expansions [Expansion variables], Customizing bounce and warning messages [Customizing bounce messages]

$bounce_recipient

$bounce_return_size_limit

String expansions [Expansion variables], Customizing bounce and warning messages [Customizing bounce messages]

$caller_gid

String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables]

$caller_uid

String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$compile_date

$compile_number

String expansions [Expansion variables], Content scanning at ACL time [The demime condition]

$demime_errorlevel

$demime_reason

String expansions [Expansion variables], Content scanning at ACL time [The demime condition]

$dnslist_domain

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Variables set from DNS lists]

$dnslist_text

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Variables set from DNS lists]

$dnslist_value

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Variables set from DNS lists]

$domain

String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], The manualroute router [Manualroute examples], Environment for running local transports [Expansion variables derived from the address], Address batching in local transports, The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], Address rewriting [When does rewriting happen?], Address rewriting [Rewriting rules], Address rewriting [Rewriting replacements], Address rewriting [The SMTP-time rewriting flag], Access control lists [Data for message ACLs], Access control lists [ACL conditions], System-wide message filtering, System-wide message filtering [Per-address filtering], SMTP processing [The ETRN command]

$domain_data

String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for routers, Access control lists [ACL conditions]

$exim_gid

$exim_path

$exim_uid

String expansions [Expansion variables], Content scanning at ACL time [The demime condition]

$found_extension

$header_

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Router preconditions], String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for routers, Generic options for routers, Generic options for transports

$home

$host

String expansions [Expansion variables], The manualroute router, The manualroute router [How the options are used], The manualroute router [Manualroute examples], Generic options for transports, The smtp transport [Use of the $host variable], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], SMTP authentication [Authentication by an Exim client], The cram_md5 authenticator [Using cram_md5 as a client], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Configuring an Exim client to use TLS], SMTP processing [Outgoing batched SMTP]

$host_address

String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for routers, Generic options for routers [], Generic options for transports, The smtp transport [Use of the $host variable], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], SMTP authentication [Authentication by an Exim client], The cram_md5 authenticator [Using cram_md5 as a client], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Configuring an Exim client to use TLS]

$host_data

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [ACL conditions]

$host_lookup_deferred

String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables]

$host_lookup_failed

String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$inode

String expansions [Expansion variables], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

$interface_address

$interface_port

$ldap_dn

$load_average

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Router preconditions], String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Generic options for routers, Generic options for routers, The redirect router [Items in a non-filter redirection list], Environment for running local transports [Expansion variables derived from the address], Address batching in local transports, The appendfile transport [The file and directory options], The pipe transport, Address rewriting [When does rewriting happen?], Address rewriting [Rewriting rules], Address rewriting [Rewriting replacements], Address rewriting [The SMTP-time rewriting flag], Access control lists [Data for message ACLs], Access control lists [Use of the control modifier], System-wide message filtering, System-wide message filtering [Per-address filtering], Some common configuration settings [Variable Envelope Return Paths (VERP)]

$local_part

$local_part_data

String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for routers, Access control lists [ACL conditions]

$local_part_prefix

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Router preconditions], String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for routers

$local_part_suffix

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Router preconditions], The default configuration file [Router configuration], String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables], Some common configuration settings [Multiple user mailboxes]

$local_scan_data

String expansions [Expansion variables], Adding a local scan function to Exim [API for local_scan()]

$local_user_gid

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Router preconditions], String expansions [Expansion variables]

$local_user_uid

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Router preconditions], String expansions [Expansion variables]

$localhost_number

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$log_inodes

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$log_space

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$mailstore_basename

String expansions [Expansion variables], Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning for viruses]

$malware_name

$message_age

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$message_body

$message_body_end

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$message_body_size

$message_exim_id

$message_linecount

String expansions [Expansion variables], The appendfile transport [Using tags to record message sizes], Access control lists [Data for message ACLs]

$message_size

$original_domain

String expansions [Expansion variables], Environment for running local transports [Expansion variables derived from the address]

$original_local_part

String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for routers

$originaltor_uid

$originator_gid

$parent_domain

String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for routers

$parent_local_part

$pid

String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for transports, Address batching in local transports, The pipe transport, The pipe transport [How the command is run], The pipe transport [Private options for pipe]

$pipe_addresses

$primary_hostname

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$qualify_domain

The Exim command line [Command line options], String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts], Message processing [The From: header line], Message processing [The Sender: header line]

$qualify_recipient

String expansions [Expansion variables], The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

$rcpt_count

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Data for message ACLs]

$rcpt_defer_count

$rcpt_fail_count

$received_count

$received_for

The Exim command line [Command line options], String expansions [Expansion variables], SMTP authentication [Authentication on an Exim server]

$received_protocol

$received_time

$recipient_data

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Address verification]

$recipient_verify_failure

$recipients

String expansions [Expansion variables], System-wide message filtering [Additional variable for system filters]

$recipients_count

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Data for message ACLs]

$regex_match_string

$reply_address

String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for transports

$return_path

$return_size_limit

$rheader_

String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion variables]

$runrc

$self_hostname

String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for routers []

$sender_address

String expansions [Expansion variables], The autoreply transport, Address rewriting [When does rewriting happen?], SMTP authentication [The AUTH parameter on MAIL commands], Access control lists [Data for message ACLs]

$sender_address_data

String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for routers, Access control lists [ACL conditions]

$sender_address_domain

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [ACL conditions]

$sender_address_local_part

$sender_data

String expansions [Expansion variables], Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]

$sender_fullhost

$sender_helo_name

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Data for message ACLs], Adding a local scan function to Exim [Available Exim functions]

$sender_host_address

$sender_host_authenticated

String expansions [Expansion variables], SMTP authentication [Authentication on an Exim server]

$sender_host_name

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$sender_host_port

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$sender_ident

$sender_rcvhost

String expansions [Expansion variables], Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]

$sender_verify_failure

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Address verification]

$smtp_active_hostname

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$smtp_command

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Data for message ACLs], Access control lists [Data for non-message ACLs]

$smtp_command_argument

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [Data for non-message ACLs]

$spool_directory

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$spool_inodes

$spool_space

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$thisaddress

$tls_certificate_verified

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], SMTP authentication [Authentication on an Exim server], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Configuring an Exim server to use TLS]

$tls_cipher

$tls_peerdn

String expansions [Expansion variables], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [OpenSSL vs GnuTLS], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Requesting and verifying client certificates]

$tod_bsdinbox

$tod_epoch

$tod_full

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$tod_log

$tod_logfile

String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

$tod_zone

$tod_zulu

String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion variables], The manualroute router [Format of the list of hosts]

$value

$version_number

String expansions [Expansion variables], Customizing bounce and warning messages [Customizing warning messages]

$warn_message_delay

$warn_message_recipients

String expansions [Expansion variables], Customizing bounce and warning messages [Customizing warning messages]

*@ with single-key lookup

File and database lookups [Default values in single-key lookups], Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]

+caseful

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Case of letters in address lists], String expansions [Expansion conditions]

+defer_unknown

Access control lists [Using DNS lists]

+exclude_unknown

Access control lists [Using DNS lists]

+ignore_unknown

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Behaviour when an IP address or name cannot be found]

+include_unknown

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Behaviour when an IP address or name cannot be found], Access control lists [Using DNS lists]

-C option

-D option

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Security considerations [Privileged users]

-M option

-R option

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

-bF option

String expansions [Testing string expansions], Security considerations [Root privilege]

-be option

-bf option

Access control lists [ACL modifiers], Security considerations [Root privilege]

-bh option

-bi option

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

-bp option

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

-bt option

Generic options for routers

-bv option

Generic options for routers [], Security considerations [Root privilege]

-f option

Security considerations [Privileged users]

for address testing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
for filter testing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
overriding From line: The Exim command line [Command line options]

-os option

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

-q option

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Security considerations [Privileged users]

-t option

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

.ifdef

The Exim run time configuration file [Conditional skips in the configuration file]

.include in configuration file

The Exim run time configuration file [File inclusions in the configuration file]

.include_if_exists in configuration file

The Exim run time configuration file [File inclusions in the configuration file]

/dev/null

The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]

/etc/aliases

Building and installing Exim [Installing Exim binaries and scripts]

/etc/mail/mailer.conf

Building and installing Exim [Replacing another MTA with Exim]

/etc/passwd

File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], Generic options for routers

multiple reading of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

/etc/userdbshadow.dat

File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

8-bit characters

The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

8BITMIME

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

@ in a domain list

The default configuration file [Main configuration settings], Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]

@ in a host list

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by IP address]

@@ with single-key lookup

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]

@[] in a domain list

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]

@[] in a host list

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by IP address]

@mx_any

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]

@mx_primary

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]

@mx_secondary

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]

_exim_monitor/EDITME_

Building and installing Exim [Pre-building configuration], The Exim monitor

A

AUTH

ACL for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used]
advertising: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
advertising when encrypted: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
configuration: The Exim run time configuration file [Configuration file format], The default configuration file [Authenticators configuration]
description of: SMTP authentication
in plaintext authenticator: The plaintext authenticator [Using plaintext in a server]
logging: Log files [Logging message reception]
on MAIL command: String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], SMTP authentication [The AUTH parameter on MAIL commands], SMTP authentication [Authentication by an Exim client]
on bounce message: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
testing a server: SMTP authentication [Testing server authentication]
with PAM: String expansions [Expansion conditions]

Athena

The Exim command line [Command line options], The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]

abandoning mail

accept

ACL verb: Access control lists [ACL verbs]

accept router

The accept router

access control lists (ACLs)

at start of non-SMTP message: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
case of local part in: Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]
certificate verification: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
conditions; list of: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
conditions; processing: Access control lists [Condition and modifier processing]
customized test: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
data for message ACL: Access control lists [Data for message ACLs]
data for non-message ACL: Access control lists [Data for non-message ACLs]
default configuration: The default configuration file [ACL configuration]
description: Access control lists
finding which to use: Access control lists [Finding an ACL to use]
for non-SMTP messages: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
format of: Access control lists [Format of an ACL]
indirect: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
introduction: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Policy control]
modifiers; list of: Access control lists [ACL modifiers]
modifiers; processing: Access control lists [Condition and modifier processing]
nested: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
on SMTP connection: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
options for specifying: Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used]
relay control: Access control lists [Using an ACL to control relaying]
return codes: Access control lists [ACL return codes]
rewriting addresses in: Address rewriting [When does rewriting happen?]
scanning for spam: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
scanning for viruses: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
setting up for SMTP commands: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
testing a DNS list: Access control lists [ACL conditions], Access control lists [Using DNS lists]
testing a TLS certificate: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
testing a local part: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
testing a recipient: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
testing a recipient domain: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
testing a sender: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
testing a sender domain: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
testing by regex matching: Access control lists [ACL conditions], Access control lists [ACL conditions]
testing for authentication: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
testing for encryption: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
testing the client host: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
testing; customized: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
unset options: Access control lists [Unset ACL options]
variables: Access control lists [ACL variables]
verbs; definition of: Access control lists [Format of an ACL]
verifying HELO/EHLO: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
verifying header syntax: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
verifying host reverse lookup: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
verifying recipient: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
verifying sender: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
verifying sender in the header: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
virus scanning: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

acl

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

acl_not_smtp_mime

Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning MIME parts]

acl_smtp_mime

Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning MIME parts]

adding drivers

Adding new drivers or lookup types

additional groups

Generic options for routers, Generic options for transports

address

constructed: Message processing [Constructed addresses]
copying routing: The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup], The manualroute router [Private options for manualroute]
expansion item: String expansions [Expansion operators]
qualification: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Message processing [Unqualified addresses]
rewriting: see "rewriting"
sender: The Exim command line [Command line options]
source-routed: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
testing: The Exim command line [Command line options], Generic options for routers
verification: The Exim command line [Command line options]
without domain: Introduction [Limitations]

address duplicate

discarding: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Duplicate addresses], The redirect router [Duplicate addresses]

address list

@@ lookup type: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
case forcing: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Case of letters in address lists]
empty item: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
in a rewriting pattern: Address rewriting [Rewriting patterns]
in expansion condition: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
local part starting with !: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
lookup for complete address: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
patterns: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
regular expression in: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
split local part and domain: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]

address qualification

suppressing: The Exim command line [Command line options]

address redirection

broken files: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
disabling rewriting: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
domain; preserving: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
errors: The redirect router [Errors in redirection lists]
included external list: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]
local part without domain: The redirect router [Redirecting to a local mailbox]
non-filter list items: The redirect router [Items in a non-filter redirection list]
one-time expansion: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
redirect router: The redirect router
repeated for each delivery attempt: The redirect router [Repeated redirection expansion]
to black hole: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]
to file: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]
to local mailbox: The redirect router [Redirecting to a local mailbox]
to pipe: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]
while verifying: The redirect router [Forward files and address verification], Access control lists [Redirection while verifying]

admin user

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], The Exim monitor [Running the monitor], Security considerations [Privileged users]

definition of: The Exim command line [Trusted and admin users]

alias file

backslash in: The redirect router [Redirecting to a local mailbox]
broken: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
building: The Exim command line [Setting options by program name], The Exim command line [Command line options]
exception to default: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]
in a redirect router: The redirect router
one-time expansion: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
ownership: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
per-domain default: File and database lookups [Default values in single-key lookups]

alias for host

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by host name]

alternate configuration file

String expansions [Combining expansion conditions]

and expansion condition

angle brackets

excess: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

appendfile transport

The appendfile transport

appending to a file

The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending]

asterisk

after IP address: SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP], Log files [Logging deliveries]
in address list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
in domain list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
in host list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Special host list patterns], Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by host name]
in lookup type: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
in search type: File and database lookups [Partial matching in single-key lookups]

authenticated

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

authentication

SMTP authentication

ACL checking: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
CRAM-MD5 mechanism: The cram_md5 authenticator
LOGIN mechanism: The plaintext authenticator [The LOGIN authentication mechanism]
Microsoft Secure Password: The spa authenticator
NTLM: The spa authenticator
PLAIN mechanism: The plaintext authenticator [The PLAIN authentication mechanism]
advertising: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
bounce message: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
failure: String expansions [Expansion variables]
generic options: SMTP authentication [Generic options for authenticators]
id: String expansions [Expansion variables]
logging: Log files [Logging message reception]
on an Exim client: SMTP authentication [Authentication by an Exim client]
on an Exim server: SMTP authentication [Authentication on an Exim server]
optional in client: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
required by client: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
sender: String expansions [Expansion variables]
sender; authenticated: SMTP authentication [The AUTH parameter on MAIL commands]
testing a server: SMTP authentication [Testing server authentication]

authentication id

specifying for local message: The Exim command line [Command line options]

authentication name

specifying for local message: The Exim command line [Command line options]

authentication sender

specifying for local message: The Exim command line [Command line options]

authenticators

cram_md5: The cram_md5 authenticator
cyrus_sasl: The cyrus_sasl authenticator
plaintext: The plaintext authenticator
spa: The spa authenticator

autoreply transport

The autoreply transport

for system filter: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

av_scanner

Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning for viruses]

B

BATV

verifying: Access control lists [Bounce address tag validation]

BIN_DIRECTORY

Building and installing Exim [Installing Exim binaries and scripts]

BSD

DBM library for: Building and installing Exim [DBM libraries]

Bcc: header line

The Exim command line [Command line options], Message processing [The Bcc: header line]

Berkeley DB library

file format: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

Bounce Address Tag Validation

see "BATV"

background delivery

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

backlog of connections

backslash in alias file

The redirect router [Redirecting to a local mailbox]

bang paths

not handled by Exim: Introduction [Limitations]
rewriting: Address rewriting [Rewriting examples]

banner for SMTP

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

base36

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Message identification]

base62

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Message identification], String expansions [Expansion operators], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

base62d

Address batching in local transports

base64 encoding

conversion from hex: String expansions [Expansion operators]
creating authentication test data: SMTP authentication [Testing server authentication]
functions for local_scan() use: Adding a local scan function to Exim [Available Exim functions]
in encrypted password: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
in header lines: String expansions [Expansion items]
in plaintext authenticator: The plaintext authenticator [Using plaintext in a server]
in string expansion: String expansions [Expansion operators]

batch_id

batch_max

Address batching in local transports

batched SMTP input

The Exim command line [Command line options], SMTP processing [Incoming batched SMTP]

batched SMTP output

SMTP processing [Outgoing batched SMTP]

batched SMTP output example

The manualroute router [Manualroute examples]

batched local delivery

Address batching in local transports

bcc recipients

verifying none: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

binary zero

in RFC 2047 decoding: Adding a local scan function to Exim [Available Exim functions]
in authentication data: SMTP authentication [Testing server authentication]
in header line: String expansions [Expansion items]
in lookup key: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types], File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types], File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types], File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types], Exim utilities [Making DBM files (exim_dbmbuild)]
in message body: String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables]
in plaintext authenticator: The plaintext authenticator [Using plaintext in a server], The plaintext authenticator [The PLAIN authentication mechanism]

bind IP address

The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

black hole

The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]

black list (DNS)

String expansions [Expansion variables], Access control lists [ACL conditions], Access control lists [Using DNS lists], Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]

body of message

binary zero count: String expansions [Expansion variables]
definition of: Introduction [Terminology]
expansion variable: String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables]
line count: String expansions [Expansion variables]
size: String expansions [Expansion variables]
transporting: Generic options for transports
visible size: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

books about Exim

The Exim run time configuration file [Boolean options]

boolean configuration values

bounce message

Reply-to: in: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
copy to other address: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
customizing: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Customizing bounce and warning messages [Customizing bounce messages]
definition of: Introduction [Terminology]
discarding: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
failure to deliver: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Failures to deliver bounce messages]
generating: The Exim command line [Command line options]
including body: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
including original: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
recipient of: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Permanent delivery failure]
redirection details; suppressing: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
sender authentication: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
size limit: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
when generated: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Permanent delivery failure]

broken alias or forward files

The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

bug reports

Introduction [Bug reports]

build directory

Building and installing Exim [The building process]

build-time options

overriding: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]

building DBM files

Exim utilities [Making DBM files (exim_dbmbuild)]

building Exim

Building and installing Exim

OS-specific C header files: Building and installing Exim [OS-specific header files]
architecture type: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]
multiple OS/architectures: Building and installing Exim [Multiple machine architectures and operating systems]
operating system type: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]
overriding default settings: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]
pre-building configuration: Building and installing Exim [Pre-building configuration]

building Eximon

overriding default options: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for the monitor]

building alias file

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by IP address], String expansions [Expansion operators]

C

CIDR notation

CONFIGURE_FILE

Building and installing Exim [Installing Exim binaries and scripts], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim run time configuration file

CONFIGURE_GROUP

CONFIGURE_OWNER

The cram_md5 authenticator

CR character

see "carriage return"

CRAM-MD5 authentication mechanism

CRL

see "certificate revocation list"

CSA

in dnsdb lookup: File and database lookups [Pseudo dnsdb record types]
verifying: Access control lists [Client SMTP authorization (CSA)]

CSA verification

Access control lists [ACL conditions]

Cc: header line

File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

Client SMTP Authorization

see "CSA"

Courier

Cygwin

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Message identification]

Cyrus

Incorporated code, String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions], The pipe transport [Private options for pipe], The pipe transport [Using an external local delivery agent], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

SASL library: The cyrus_sasl authenticator

caching

callout: Access control lists [Callout caching]
callout timeouts: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
lookup data: File and database lookups [Lookup caching]
named lists: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Named list caching]

caching callout

suppressing: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]

callout

additional parameters for: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]
caching: Access control lists [Callout caching]
caching timeouts: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
full postmaster check: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]
postmaster; checking: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]
random check: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]
sender for recipient check: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]
sender when verifying header: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]
verification: Access control lists [Callout verification]

callout cache

suppressing: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]

callout connection timeout

specifying: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]

callout defer

action on: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]

callout overall timeout

specifying: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]

callout timeout

specifying: Access control lists [Additional parameters for callouts]

carriage return

The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The pipe transport [Private options for pipe], Message processing [Line endings], SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP], SMTP processing [Incoming SMTP messages over TCP/IP]

case forcing in address lists

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Case of letters in address lists]

case forcing in strings

String expansions [Expansion operators], String expansions [Expansion operators]

case of local parts

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Duplicate addresses], Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Case of letters in address lists], Generic options for routers, Access control lists [Use of the control modifier], Message processing [Case of local parts]

case sensitivity

in (n)wildlsearch lookup: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
in lsearch lookup: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

cdb

acknowledgement: Incorporated code
description of: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
including support for: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]

certificate

references to discussion: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Certificates and all that]
revocation list: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Revoked certificates]
revocation list for client: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
revocation list for server: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
self-signed: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Self-signed certificates]
verification of client: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Requesting and verifying client certificates], Access control lists [ACL conditions]
verification of server: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

certificate for client

location of: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

certificate for server

location of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

change log

Exim utilities [Checking access policy (exim_checkaccess)]

checking access

checking disk space

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

cipher

logging: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Configuring an Exim server to use TLS], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Configuring an Exim client to use TLS]
requiring specific: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

class resources (BSD)

The Exim run time configuration file [Common option syntax]

client

non-queueing: Using Exim as a non-queueing client

command line

addresses with -t: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
options: The Exim command line

common option syntax

concurrent deliveries

Environment for running local transports [Concurrent deliveries]

condition

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

configuration file

alternate: The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim run time configuration file [Using a different configuration file]
common option syntax: The Exim run time configuration file [Common option syntax]
conditional skips: The Exim run time configuration file [Conditional skips in the configuration file]
default walk through: The default configuration file
editing: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]
errors in: The Exim run time configuration file
format of: The Exim run time configuration file [Configuration file format]
general description: The Exim run time configuration file
including other files: The Exim run time configuration file [File inclusions in the configuration file]
leading white space in: The Exim run time configuration file [Configuration file format]
macros: The Exim run time configuration file [Macros in the configuration file]
main section: Main configuration
ownership: The Exim run time configuration file
retry section: Retry configuration
trailing white space in: The Exim run time configuration file [Configuration file format]

configuration for building Exim

Building and installing Exim [Pre-building configuration]

configuration options

extracting: The Exim command line [Command line options]

connection backlog

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

constructed address

Message processing [Constructed addresses]

content scanning

MIME checking: Content scanning at ACL time [The demime condition]
MIME parts: Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning MIME parts]
at ACL time: Content scanning at ACL time
for spam: Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning with SpamAssassin]
for viruses: Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning for viruses]
per user: Generic options for transports
specifying at build time: Building and installing Exim [Pre-building configuration]
the malware condition: Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning for viruses]
with regular expressions: Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning with regular expressions]

contributed material

Introduction [Contributed material]

control

ACL modifier: Access control lists [ACL modifiers], Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]

control of incoming mail

Access control lists

copy of bounce message

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

copy of message (unseen option)

Generic options for routers []

cram_md5 authenticator

The cram_md5 authenticator

creating directories

The appendfile transport

crypt()

crypt16()

crypteq expansion condition

Generic options for routers [], Environment for running local transports [Current and home directories]

current directory for local transport

customizing

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
Received: header: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
SMTP banner: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
batching condition: Address batching in local transports
bounce message: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Customizing bounce and warning messages [Customizing bounce messages]
cannot route message: Generic options for routers
failure message: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]
input scan using C function: Adding a local scan function to Exim
precondition: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Router preconditions]
warning message: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Customizing bounce and warning messages [Customizing warning messages]

cycling logs

Log files [Logging to local files that are periodically cycled], Exim utilities [Cycling log files (exicyclog)]

cyrus_sasl authenticator

The cyrus_sasl authenticator

D

DATA

ACL for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
ACLs for: Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used], Access control lists [The DATA ACLs]

DBM

building dbm files: Exim utilities [Making DBM files (exim_dbmbuild)]
lookup type: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

DBM libraries

configuration for building: Building and installing Exim [DBM libraries], Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]
discussion of: Building and installing Exim [DBM libraries]

DNS

IPv6 lookup for AAAA records: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
as a lookup type: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about dnsdb]
pre-check of name syntax: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
qualifying single-component names: The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup]
resolver options: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup], The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup]
reverse lookup: String expansions [Expansion variables], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Format of spool files [Format of the -H file]
try again response; overriding: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

DNS list

IPv6 usage: Access control lists [DNS lists and IPv6]
data returned from: Access control lists [Data returned by DNS lists]
in ACL: Access control lists [ACL conditions], Access control lists [Using DNS lists]
keyed by domain name: Access control lists [DNS lists keyed on domain names]
keyed by explicit IP address: Access control lists [Specifying the IP address for a DNS list lookup]
logging defer: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
matching specific returned data: Access control lists [Additional matching conditions for DNS lists]
multiple keys for: Access control lists [Multiple explicit keys for a DNS list]
variables set from: Access control lists [Variables set from DNS lists]

DNS resolver

debugging output: The Exim command line [Command line options]

Darwin

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Message identification]

Date: header line

Message processing [The Date: header line]

Debian

information sources: Introduction [Exim documentation]
mailing list for: Introduction [Mailing lists]

Delivery-date: header line

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Generic options for transports, Message processing [The Delivery-date: header line]

daemon

The Exim command line [Command line options], SMTP processing [Incoming SMTP messages over TCP/IP]

TCP_NODELAY on sockets: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
listening IP addresses: Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces
pid file path: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
process id (pid): The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options]
starting: Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces

daemon startup

retrying: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

database lookups

File and database lookups

debugging

-N option: The Exim command line [Command line options]
-bh option: The Exim command line [Command line options]
-d option: The Exim command line [Command line options]
from embedded Perl: Embedded Perl [Calling Exim functions from Perl]
list of selectors: The Exim command line [Command line options]
suppressing delivery: The Exim command line [Command line options]

decode

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

def expansion condition

System-wide message filtering [Defer, freeze, and fail commands for system filters]

default

ACLs: The default configuration file [ACL configuration]
configuration file walk through: The default configuration file
in single-key lookups: File and database lookups [Default values in single-key lookups]
retry rule: The default configuration file [Default retry rule]
routers: The default configuration file [Router configuration]
transports: The default configuration file [Transport configuration]

defer

ACL verb: Access control lists [ACL verbs]
fake: Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]

defer in system filter

deferred delivery

forcing: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]

delay

ACL modifier: Access control lists [ACL modifiers]

delay warning

specifying: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

delay_after_cutoff

Retry configuration [Long-term failures]

delay_warning_condition

Message processing [The Delivery-date: header line]

delayed delivery

logging: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]

delivery

abandoning further attempts: The Exim command line [Command line options]
by external agent: The pipe transport [Using an external local delivery agent]
cancelling all: The Exim command line [Command line options]
cancelling by address: The Exim command line [Command line options]
deferral: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Delivery in detail]
delaying certain domains: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
discarded; logging: Log files [Discarded deliveries]
failure report: see "bounce message"
failure; logging: Log files [Delivery failures]
fake; logging: Log files [Fake deliveries]
first: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
forcing attempt: The Exim command line [Command line options]
forcing deferral: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]
forcing failure: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists], The Exim monitor [The queue menu]
forcing in queue run: The Exim command line [Command line options]
from given sender: The Exim command line [Command line options]
in detail: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Delivery in detail]
in the background: The Exim command line [Command line options]
in the foreground: The Exim command line [Command line options]
log line format: Generic options for routers
manually started – not forced: The Exim command line [Command line options]
maximum number of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
parallelism for remote: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
permanent failure: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Permanent delivery failure]
problems with: Building and installing Exim [Testing]
procmail: The pipe transport [Using an external local delivery agent]
retry in remote transports: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Delivery in detail]
retry mechanism: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Retry mechanism]
sorting remote: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
suppressing immediate: The Exim command line [Command line options]
temporary failure: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Temporary delivery failure]
to file; forbidding: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
to given domain: The Exim command line [Command line options]
to pipe; forbidding: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
to single file: The appendfile transport [Operational details for delivery to a new file]
unprivileged: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

delivery failure

long-term: Retry configuration [Long-term failures]

delivery_date_remove

demime

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

deny

ACL verb: Access control lists [ACL verbs]

design philosophy

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Overall philosophy]

dialup

see "intermittently connected hosts"

directories

multiple: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

directory creation

The appendfile transport, The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending], The appendfile transport [Operational details for delivery to a new file]

discard

ACL verb: Access control lists [ACL verbs]

discarded messages

Log files [Discarded deliveries]

discarding bounce message

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

disk space

checking: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

distribution

ftp site: Introduction [Where to find the Exim distribution]
public key: Introduction [Where to find the Exim distribution]
signing details: Introduction [Where to find the Exim distribution]

dlfunc

File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

dmbnz lookup type

dnsdb lookup

File and database lookups [More about dnsdb]

dnslists

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

dnslookup router

The dnslookup router

doc/ChangeLog

doc/NewStuff

doc/spec.txt

documentation

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

available formats: Introduction [Where to find the Exim distribution]

domain

ACL checking: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
UTF-8 characters in: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
definition of: Introduction [Terminology]
delaying delivery: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
delivery to: The Exim command line [Command line options]
extraction: String expansions [Expansion operators]
for qualifying addresses: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
in redirection; preserving: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
manually routing: The manualroute router
partial; widening: The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup]
specifying non-immediate delivery: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
virtual: Some common configuration settings [Virtual domains]

domain list

asterisk in: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
in expansion condition: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
matching MX pointers to local host: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
matching by lookup: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
matching ends with: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
matching literal domain name: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
matching local IP interfaces: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
matching primary host name: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
matching regular expression: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
patterns for: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]

domain literal

default router: The default configuration file [Router configuration]
recognizing format: The default configuration file [Main configuration settings]
routing: The ipliteral router

domainless addresses

Introduction [Limitations]

domains

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

dot

in local part: Message processing [Dots in local parts]
trailing on domain: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

dot in incoming

non-SMTP message: The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options]

drivers

adding new: Adding new drivers or lookup types
configuration format: The Exim run time configuration file [Format of driver configurations]
definition of: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Processing an address for delivery]
instance definition: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Processing an address for delivery]

drop

ACL verb: Access control lists [ACL verbs]

dsearch lookup type

File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

duplicate addresses

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Duplicate addresses], The Exim command line [Command line options], The redirect router [Duplicate addresses]

E

EACCES

The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

EHLO

SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP], Log files [Logging message reception]

ACL for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used]
accepting junk data: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
avoiding use of: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
forcing reverse lookup: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
invalid data: SMTP processing [Incoming SMTP messages over TCP/IP]
underscores in: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
verifying: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

EHLO argument

setting: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

EHLO verifying

mandatory: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
optional: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

ENOTDIR

The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

ESMTP

avoiding use of: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

ETRN

ACL for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used]
command to be run: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
logging: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
processing: SMTP processing [The ETRN command]
serializing: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
value of $domain: String expansions [Expansion variables]

EXIM_GROUP

EXIM_USER

Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]

EXPN

ACL for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used]
processing: SMTP processing [The VRFY and EXPN commands]
router skipping: Generic options for routers
with verify_only: Generic options for routers []

EXPN error text

display of: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]

EXTRALIBS

Envelope-to: header line

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Generic options for transports, Address batching in local transports, Message processing [The Envelope-to: header line]

Exim arguments

logging: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]

Exim binary

path name: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

Exim group

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

Exim monitor

acknowledgement: Incorporated code
description: The Exim monitor
window size: The Exim monitor [Main action buttons]

Exim user

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

empty item in hosts list

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Special host list patterns]

encrypted

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

encrypted strings

comparing: String expansions [Expansion conditions]

encryption

checking in an ACL: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
including support for: Building and installing Exim [Including TLS/SSL encryption support]
on SMTP connection: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL

endpass

ACL modifier: Access control lists [ACL modifiers]

envelope

definition of: Introduction [Terminology]

envelope sender

The Exim command line [Trusted and admin users], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Generic options for routers, Generic options for transports, The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The pipe transport [Private options for pipe], System-wide message filtering [Setting an errors address in a system filter], Message processing [The UUCP From line], Some common configuration settings [Variable Envelope Return Paths (VERP)]

rewriting at transport time: Address rewriting [When does rewriting happen?]

envelope_to_remove

Message processing [The Envelope-to: header line]

environment for local transports

Environment for running local transports

environment for pipe transport

The pipe transport [Environment variables], The pipe transport [Private options for pipe]

eq expansion condition

eqi expansion condition

Some common configuration settings [Using Exim to handle mailing lists]

error

ignored: Log files [Other log entries]
in configuration file: The Exim run time configuration file
in outgoing SMTP: SMTP processing [Errors in outgoing SMTP]
reporting: The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options]
skipping bad syntax: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

errors_to

escape characters in quoted strings

The Exim run time configuration file [String values]

escape, expansion item

eval expansion item

exec failure

Log files [Logging to local files that are periodically cycled], Exim utilities [Cycling log files (exicyclog)]

exicyclog

exigrep

Exim utilities [Extracting specific information from the log (exigrep)]

exim_checkaccess

Exim utilities [Checking access policy (exim_checkaccess)]

exim_dbmbuild

Exim utilities [Making DBM files (exim_dbmbuild)]

exim_dumpdb

Exim utilities [exim_dumpdb]

exim_fixdb

Exim utilities [exim_fixdb]

exim_lock

Exim utilities [Mailbox maintenance (exim_lock)]

exim_tidydb

Exim utilities [exim_tidydb]

eximon

The Exim monitor

eximstats

Exim utilities [Mail statistics (eximstats)]

exinext

Exim utilities [Finding individual retry times (exinext)]

exipick

Exim utilities [Selecting messages by various criteria (exipick)]

exiqgrep

Exim utilities [Selective queue listing (exiqgrep)]

exiqsumm

Exim utilities [Summarising the queue (exiqsumm)]

exiscan

see "content scanning"

exists, expansion condition

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Exim utilities [Finding out what Exim processes are doing (exiwhat)]

exiwhat

expansion

IP address masking: String expansions [Expansion operators]
LDAP authentication test: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
MD5 hash: String expansions [Expansion operators]
PAM authentication test: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
RFC 2047: String expansions [Expansion operators]
RFC 2822 address handling: String expansions [Expansion operators]
Radius authentication: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
SHA-1 hashing: String expansions [Expansion operators]
UTF-8 conversion: String expansions [Expansion operators]
and of conditions: String expansions [Combining expansion conditions]
arithmetic expression: String expansions [Expansion operators]
base64 encoding: String expansions [Expansion operators]
calling Perl from: String expansions [Expansion items]
case forcing: String expansions [Expansion operators], String expansions [Expansion operators]
character translation: String expansions [Expansion items]
checking for empty variable: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
checking header line existence: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
combining conditions: String expansions [Combining expansion conditions]
conditional: String expansions [Expansion items]
conditions: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
conversion to base 62: String expansions [Expansion operators], String expansions [Expansion operators]
definition of: The Exim run time configuration file [Expanded strings]
domain extraction: String expansions [Expansion operators]
encrypted comparison: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
escape sequences: String expansions [Character escape sequences in expanded strings]
escaping non-printing characters: String expansions [Expansion operators]
expression evaluation: String expansions [Expansion operators]
extracting substrings by key: String expansions [Expansion items]
extracting substrings by number: String expansions [Expansion items]
file existence test: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
first delivery test: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
forced failure: String expansions [Forced expansion failure]
header insertion: String expansions [Expansion items]
hex to base64: String expansions [Expansion operators]
hmac hashing: String expansions [Expansion items]
including literal text: String expansions [Literal text in expanded strings]
inserting an entire file: String expansions [Expansion items]
inserting from a socket: String expansions [Expansion items]
local part extraction: String expansions [Expansion operators]
lookup in: String expansions [Expansion items]
negating a condition: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
non-expandable substrings: String expansions [Literal text in expanded strings]
numeric comparison: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
numeric hash: String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion operators]
of lists: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Expansion of lists]
of strings: String expansions
operators: String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion operators]
or of conditions: String expansions [Combining expansion conditions]
pwcheck authentication test: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
queue runner test: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
quoting: String expansions [Expansion operators]
re-expansion of substring: String expansions [Expansion operators]
regular expression comparison: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
running a command: String expansions [Expansion items]
saslauthd authentication test: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
statting a file: String expansions [Expansion operators], The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
string comparison: String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions]
string length: String expansions [Expansion operators]
string substitution: String expansions [Expansion items]
string truncation: String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion operators]
substring expansion: String expansions [Expansion operators]
substring extraction: String expansions [Expansion items]
testing: The Exim command line [Command line options], String expansions [Testing string expansions]
textual hash: String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion operators]
variables: String expansions [Expansion items]

expansion variables

list of: String expansions [Expansion variables]

external local delivery

The pipe transport [Using an external local delivery agent]

external transports

Introduction [Limitations]

extract

substrings by key: String expansions [Expansion items]
substrings by number: String expansions [Expansion items]

F

FAQ

Introduction [FTP and web sites], Introduction [Where to find the Exim distribution]

FTP site

Introduction [FTP and web sites], Introduction [Where to find the Exim distribution]

FreeBSD

MTA indirection: Building and installing Exim [Replacing another MTA with Exim]

From line

The Exim command line [Trusted and admin users], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Operational details for delivery to a new file], The pipe transport [Private options for pipe], Message processing [The UUCP From line]

From: header line

The Exim command line [Trusted and admin users], Message processing [The From: header line]

disabling checking of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

fail

in system filter: System-wide message filtering [Defer, freeze, and fail commands for system filters]
log line; reducing: System-wide message filtering [Defer, freeze, and fail commands for system filters]

failing delivery

forcing: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]
from filter: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

failover

see "fallback"

failure of exec

Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]

fake defer

fake rejection

Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]

fallback

hosts specified on router: Generic options for routers
hosts specified on transport: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
randomized hosts: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

fallover

see "fallback"

fifo (named pipe)

The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

file

MBX format: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
appending: The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending]
existence test: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
extracting characteristics: String expansions [Expansion operators]
how a message is held: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Handling an incoming message]
in redirection list: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]
inserting into expansion: String expansions [Expansion items]
journal: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Life of a message]
locking: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending], The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending]
lookups: File and database lookups, String expansions [Expansion items]
mailbox; checking existing format: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
requiring for router: Generic options for routers
too many open: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
transport for system filter: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

filter

Sieve: see "Sieve filter"
enabling use of: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
header lines; adding/removing: System-wide message filtering [Adding and removing headers in a system filter]
introduction: How Exim receives and delivers mail [User filters]
locking out certain features: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
specifying in redirection data: The redirect router [Interpreting redirection data]
system filter: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], System-wide message filtering
testing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
transport filter: String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for transports, The pipe transport [How the command is run], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP]
user for processing: Generic options for routers []

filtering all mail

System-wide message filtering

first delivery

first_delivery expansion condition

The Exim run time configuration file [Fixed point number values]

fixed point configuration values

forcing delivery

foreground delivery

System-wide message filtering [Defer, freeze, and fail commands for system filters]

format

boolean: The Exim run time configuration file [Boolean options]
configuration file: The Exim run time configuration file [Configuration file format]
fixed point: The Exim run time configuration file [Fixed point number values]
group name: The Exim run time configuration file [User and group names]
integer: The Exim run time configuration file [Integer values]
list item in configuration: The Exim run time configuration file [List construction]
message: The Exim command line [Command line options]
octal integer: The Exim run time configuration file [Octal integer values]
of message id: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Message identification]
spool files: Format of spool files
string: The Exim run time configuration file [String values]
time interval: The Exim run time configuration file [Time interval values]
user name: The Exim run time configuration file [User and group names]

forward file

broken: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
one-time expansion: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
ownership: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
testing: The Exim command line [Command line options]

freeze in system filter

freezing messages

The Exim command line [Command line options], System-wide message filtering [Defer, freeze, and fail commands for system filters]

allowing in filter: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
sending a message when freezing: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

from_utf8

Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL

frozen messages

display: The Exim monitor [The queue display]
forcing delivery: The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options]
forcing in ACL: Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]
in queue listing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
logging skipping: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
manual thaw; testing in filter: System-wide message filtering [Contents of a system filter]
moving: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
spool data: Format of spool files [Format of the -H file]
thawing: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Life of a message], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim monitor [The queue menu]
timing out: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

G

GnuTLS

building Exim with: Building and installing Exim [Including TLS/SSL encryption support]

gdbm DBM library

ge expansion condition

gecos field

parsing: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

gei expansion condition

The Exim run time configuration file [Format of driver configurations]

generic options

router: Generic options for routers
transport: Generic options for transports

gid (group id)

Exim’s own: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
caller: String expansions [Expansion variables]
in queryprogram router: The queryprogram router
in spool file: Format of spool files [Format of the -H file]
local delivery: Generic options for routers
of originating user: String expansions [Expansion variables]
system filter: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], System-wide message filtering [Specifying a system filter]

giving up on messages

group

name format: The Exim run time configuration file [User and group names]
trusted: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

groups

additional: Generic options for routers, Generic options for transports

gt expansion condition

gti expansion condition

SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP], Log files [Logging message reception]

H

HELO

ACL for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used]
accepting junk data: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
forcing reverse lookup: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
forcing use of: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
invalid data: SMTP processing [Incoming SMTP messages over TCP/IP]
underscores in: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
verifying: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

HELO argument

setting: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

HELO verifying

mandatory: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
optional: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

HOME

The pipe transport [Environment variables]

HOST

The pipe transport [Environment variables]

HP-UX

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

hash function

numeric: String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion operators]
textual: String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion operators]

header lines

added; visibility of: Access control lists [Adding header lines in ACLs]
adding: Generic options for routers
adding in an ACL: Access control lists [Adding header lines in ACLs]
adding in transport: Generic options for transports
adding; in router or transport: Message processing [Adding and removing header lines in routers and transports]
adding; in system filter: System-wide message filtering [Adding and removing headers in a system filter]
character sets: String expansions [Expansion items]
decoding: String expansions [Expansion items]
in expansion strings: String expansions [Expansion items]
listing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
maximum size of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
position of added lines: Access control lists [Adding header lines in ACLs]
removing: Generic options for routers, Generic options for transports
removing; in router or transport: Message processing [Adding and removing header lines in routers and transports]
removing; in system filter: System-wide message filtering [Adding and removing headers in a system filter]
rewriting: The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup]
rewriting at transport time: Address rewriting [When does rewriting happen?]
transporting: Generic options for transports
verifying syntax: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
verifying the sender in: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

header section

definition of: Introduction [Terminology]
maximum size of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

hex2b64

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Temporary delivery failure]

hints database

DBM files used for: Building and installing Exim [DBM libraries]
ETRN serialization: SMTP processing [The ETRN command]
access by remote transport: Generic options for transports
callout cache: Access control lists [Callout caching]
data expiry: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Retry configuration [Timeout of retry data]
maintenance: Exim utilities [Hints database maintenance]
not overridden by -Mc: The Exim command line [Command line options]
overriding retry hints: The Exim command line [Command line options]
remembering routing: The Exim command line [Command line options], The smtp transport [Multiple messages on a single connection]
retry keys: Generic options for routers, Generic options for transports, SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP]
serializing deliveries to a host: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
use for retrying: Retry configuration [Retry parameters]

hmac

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]

home directory

for local transport: Generic options for routers [], Environment for running local transports [Current and home directories]
for router: Generic options for routers

host

ACL checking: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
alias for: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by host name]
error: SMTP processing [Errors in outgoing SMTP]
for RFC 1413 calls: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
limiting SMTP connections from: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
list of; randomized: The manualroute router [Private options for manualroute], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
locally unique number for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
lookup failures: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by host name], Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Behaviour when an IP address or name cannot be found], Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns for single-key lookups by host name]
maximum number to try: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [How the limits for the number of hosts to try are used]
name in SMTP responses: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
name of local: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
not logging connections from: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
rejecting connections from: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
reserved: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
serializing connections: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
treated as local: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
unqualified addresses from: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
verifying reverse lookup: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

host list

empty string in: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Special host list patterns]
lookup of IP address: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns for single-key lookups by host address]
masked IP address: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns for single-key lookups by host address]
matching IP addresses: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by IP address]
matching host name: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by host name], Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns for single-key lookups by host name]
mixing names and addresses in: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Mixing wildcarded host names and addresses in host lists]
patterns in: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host lists]
regular expression in: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by host name]

host name

matched in domain list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]

host name lookup

failure of: String expansions [Expansion variables]
forcing: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

hosts

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

hosts_treat_as_local

I

IP address

binding: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
discarding: Generic options for routers
for listening: Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces
masking: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns for single-key lookups by host address], String expansions [Expansion operators]
testing string format: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
translating: Generic options for routers []

IP source routing

Security considerations [IPv4 source routing]

IPv6

DNS black lists: Access control lists [DNS lists and IPv6]
DNS lookup for AAAA records: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
address scopes: Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces [IPv6 address scopes]
addresses in lists: The Exim run time configuration file [List construction]
disabling: Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces [Disabling IPv6], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
including support for: Building and installing Exim [Including support for IPv6]

IRIX

DBM library for: Building and installing Exim [DBM libraries]

InterBase lookup type

File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and InterBase]

iconv() support

Building and installing Exim [Support for iconv()]

id of message

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Message identification]

ident

see "RFC 1413"

if, expansion item

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Life of a message]

ignore_bounce_errors_after

ignoring faulty addresses

The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

included address list

The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]

inclusions in configuration file

The Exim run time configuration file [File inclusions in the configuration file]

incoming SMTP over TCP/IP

SMTP processing [Incoming SMTP messages over TCP/IP]

incorporated code

The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], SMTP processing [Incoming SMTP messages over TCP/IP]

inetd

initgroups option

Environment for running local transports [Uids and gids]

installing Exim

Building and installing Exim [Installing Exim binaries and scripts]

info documentation: Building and installing Exim [Installing info documentation]
install script options: Building and installing Exim [Installing Exim binaries and scripts]
testing the script: Building and installing Exim [Installing Exim binaries and scripts]
what is not installed: Building and installing Exim [Installing Exim binaries and scripts]

integer configuration values

The Exim run time configuration file [Integer values]

integer format

The Exim run time configuration file [Octal integer values]

interface

listening: Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces
logging: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
network: Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces

interface address

specifying for local message: The Exim command line [Command line options]

intermittently connected hosts

Some common configuration settings [Intermittently connected hosts]

ipliteral router

The ipliteral router

iplookup router

The iplookup router

iplsearch lookup type

File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

isip expansion condition

isip4 expansion condition

isip6 expansion condition

File and database lookups [More about LDAP]

J

journal file: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Life of a message]

K

keepalive

on incoming connection: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
on outgoing connection: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

L

LDAP

authentication: File and database lookups [LDAP authentication and control information]
connections: File and database lookups [LDAP connections]
default servers: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
including support for: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]
lookup type: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types]
query format: File and database lookups [Format of LDAP queries]
quoting: File and database lookups [LDAP quoting]
returned data formats: File and database lookups [Format of data returned by LDAP]
use for authentication: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
with TLS: File and database lookups [Format of LDAP queries]

LDAP lookup

LDAP protocol version

forcing: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

LF character

see "linefeed"

LHLO argument

setting: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

LMTP

ignoring quota errors: The lmtp transport, The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
over TCP/IP: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP]
over a pipe: The lmtp transport
over a socket: The lmtp transport
processing details: SMTP processing

LOGIN authentication mechanism

The plaintext authenticator [The LOGIN authentication mechanism]

Linux

DBM library for: Building and installing Exim [DBM libraries]

Local/Makefile

Building and installing Exim [Pre-building configuration], Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]

Local/eximon.conf

Building and installing Exim [Pre-building configuration], Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for the monitor], The Exim monitor

lc expansion item

ldapauth expansion condition

le expansion condition

lei expansion condition

Introduction [Limitations]

length

expansion item: String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion operators]
of login name: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

limit

SMTP connections from one host: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
SMTP syntax and protocol errors: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
bounce message size: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
hosts; maximum number tried: The smtp transport [How the limits for the number of hosts to try are used]
incoming SMTP connections: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
message size: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
message size per transport: Generic options for transports
messages per SMTP connection: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
non-mail SMTP commands: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
number of MX tried: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
number of hosts tried: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
number of recipients: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
on retry interval: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
open files for lookups: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
rate of message arrival: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
retry interval: Retry configuration [Retry parameters]
size of message header section: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
size of one header line: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
unknown SMTP commands: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
user name length: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

limitations of Exim

limiting client sending rates

Access control lists [Rate limiting senders]

line endings

Message processing [Line endings]

linear search

File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

linefeed

list

address list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
caching of named: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Named list caching]
domain list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
empty item in: The Exim run time configuration file [Empty items in lists]
file name in: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [File names in lists]
host list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host lists]
local part list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Local part lists]
named: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Named lists]
named compared with macro: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Named lists compared with macros]
negation: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Negated items in lists]
syntax of in configuration: The Exim run time configuration file [List construction]

list separator

changing: The Exim run time configuration file [List construction]

listing

message body: The Exim command line [Command line options]
message headers: The Exim command line [Command line options]
message log: The Exim command line [Command line options]
messages on the queue: The Exim command line [Command line options]

lists of domains; hosts; etc.

Domain, host, address, and local part lists

lmtp transport

The lmtp transport

load average

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

local SMTP input

local delivery

definition of: Introduction [Terminology]
using an external agent: The pipe transport [Using an external local delivery agent]

local host

MX pointing to: Generic options for routers, The dnslookup router
domains treated as: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
name of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
sending to: Generic options for routers [], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

local message reception

local part

ACL checking: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
case of: Message processing [Case of local parts]
checking in router: Generic options for routers
definition of: Introduction [Terminology]
dots in: Message processing [Dots in local parts]
in retry keys: Generic options for routers
list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Local part lists]
prefix: Generic options for transports, Some common configuration settings [Multiple user mailboxes]
starting with !: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists], Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
suffix: Generic options for transports, Some common configuration settings [Multiple user mailboxes]

local part list

in expansion condition: String expansions [Expansion conditions]

local transports

environment for: Environment for running local transports
uid and gid: Generic options for routers, Generic options for routers, Generic options for routers [], Environment for running local transports [Uids and gids]

local user

checking in router: Generic options for routers

local_part expansion item

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Message identification]

local_parts

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

local_scan() function

API description: Adding a local scan function to Exim [API for local_scan()]
address rewriting; timing of: Address rewriting [When does rewriting happen?]
available Exim functions: Adding a local scan function to Exim [Available Exim functions]
available Exim variables: Adding a local scan function to Exim [Available Exim variables]
building Exim to use: Adding a local scan function to Exim [Building Exim to use a local scan function]
configuration options: Adding a local scan function to Exim [Configuration options for local_scan()]
description of: Adding a local scan function to Exim
memory handling: Adding a local scan function to Exim [More about Exim’s memory handling]
timeout: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
when all recipients discarded: Access control lists [ACL return codes]

localhost_number

lock files

Building and installing Exim [Testing], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

locking files

The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending], The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending]

locking mailboxes

Exim utilities [Mailbox maintenance (exim_lock)]

log

DNS failure in list: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
ETRN commands: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
Exim arguments: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
SMTP connections: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
SMTP protocol error: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
SMTP syntax error: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
SMTP transaction; incomplete: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
TLS cipher: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Configuring an Exim server to use TLS], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Configuring an Exim client to use TLS], Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
TLS peer DN: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
certificate verification: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
connection rejections: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
cycling local files: Log files [Logging to local files that are periodically cycled], Exim utilities [Cycling log files (exicyclog)]
datestamped files: Log files [Datestamped log files]
delayed delivery: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
delivery duration: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
delivery line: Generic options for routers, Log files [Logging deliveries]
destination: Log files [Where the logs are written]
distinguished name: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Requesting and verifying client certificates], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Configuring an Exim client to use TLS]
dnslist defer: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
dropped connection: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
extracts; grepping for: Exim utilities [Extracting specific information from the log (exigrep)]
fail command log line: System-wide message filtering [Defer, freeze, and fail commands for system filters]
file for each message: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Life of a message]
file path for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
frozen messages; skipped: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
full parentage: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
general description: Log files
header lines for rejection: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
host lookup failure: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
ident timeout: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
incoming interface: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
incoming remote port: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
local files; writing to: Log files [Logging to local files that are periodically cycled]
message log; description of: Log files [Message log]
message log; disabling: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
message size on delivery: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
outgoing remote port: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
process log: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
queue run: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
queue time: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
reception line: Log files [Logging message reception]
recipients: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
retry defer: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
return path: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
rewriting: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
selectors: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
sender on delivery: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
sender reception: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
sender verify failure: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
size rejection: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
smtp confirmation: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
subject: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
summary of fields: Log files [Summary of Fields in Log Lines]
syslog; writing to: Log files [Logging to syslog]
tail of; in monitor: The Exim monitor [The log display]
timezone for entries: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
to file: Log files [Where the logs are written]
to syslog: Log files [Where the logs are written]
types of: Log files
unknown SMTP command: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
writing from embedded Perl: Embedded Perl [Calling Exim functions from Perl]

log_message

ACL modifier: Access control lists [ACL modifiers]

logging in ACL

immediate: Access control lists [ACL modifiers]

logwrite

ACL modifier: Access control lists [ACL modifiers]

lookup

* added to type: File and database lookups [Default values in single-key lookups]
*@ added to type: File and database lookups [Default values in single-key lookups]
DNS: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types]
InterBase: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and InterBase]
LDAP: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about LDAP]
MySQL: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and InterBase]
NIS: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
NIS+: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about NIS+]
Oracle: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and InterBase]
PostgreSQL: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and InterBase]
SQLite: File and database lookups [More about SQLite]
caching: File and database lookups [Lookup caching]
cdb: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
dbm: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
dbm – terminating zero: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
dbmnz: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
default values: File and database lookups [Default values in single-key lookups]
description of: File and database lookups
dnsdb: File and database lookups [More about dnsdb]
dsearch: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
in domain list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
in expanded string: String expansions [Expansion items]
inclusion in binary: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]
iplsearch: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
lsearch: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
lsearch – colons in keys: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
maximum open files: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
nwildlsearch: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
partial matching: File and database lookups [Partial matching in single-key lookups]
partial matching – changing prefix: File and database lookups [Partial matching in single-key lookups]
passwd: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types]
query-style types: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types]
quoting: File and database lookups [Quoting lookup data]
single-key types: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]
sqlite: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types]
temporary error in: File and database lookups [Temporary errors in lookups]
types of: File and database lookups [Lookup types]
whoson: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types]
wildcard: File and database lookups [Default values in single-key lookups], File and database lookups [Partial matching in single-key lookups]
wildlsearch: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

loop

caused by fail: System-wide message filtering [Defer, freeze, and fail commands for system filters]
in lookups: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
prevention: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
while file testing: The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending]
while routing: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Delivery in detail]

loop while routing

avoidance of: The redirect router [Redirecting to a local mailbox]

lower casing

String expansions [Expansion operators], Exim utilities [Making DBM files (exim_dbmbuild)]

lsearch lookup type

File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

lt expansion condition

lti expansion condition

String expansions [Expansion operators], String expansions [Expansion conditions]

M

MAIL

ACL for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used]
SIZE option: SMTP processing [Incoming SMTP messages over TCP/IP]
rewriting argument of: Address rewriting [The SMTP-time rewriting flag]

MBX format

specifying: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

MD5 hash

MIME content scanning

Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning MIME parts], Content scanning at ACL time [The demime condition]

ACL for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
returned variables: Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning MIME parts]

MIME parts

ACL for: Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used]

MMDF format mailbox

The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

MX record

checking for secondary: The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup]
in dnsdb lookup: File and database lookups [More about dnsdb], File and database lookups [Pseudo dnsdb record types]
maximum tried: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
pointing to IP address: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
pointing to local host: Generic options for routers, The dnslookup router
required to exist: The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup]

Message-ID: header line

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Message processing [The Message-ID: header line]

Microsoft Secure Password Authentication

Incorporated code, The spa authenticator

MySQL

lookup type: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and InterBase]
server list: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

macro

compared with named list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Named lists compared with macros]
description of: The Exim run time configuration file [Macros in the configuration file]
setting on command line: The Exim command line [Command line options]

mail hub example

The manualroute router [Manualroute examples]

mail loop prevention

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

mailbox

MMDF format: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
maintenance: Exim utilities [Mailbox maintenance (exim_lock)]
multiple: Generic options for routers, Some common configuration settings [Multiple user mailboxes]
size warning: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
specifying size of: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
symbolic link: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending]
time of last read: Retry configuration [Retry rules for specific errors]

mailbox locking

blocking and non-blocking: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

maildir format

The appendfile transport [Operational details for delivery to a new file]

description of: The appendfile transport [Maildir delivery]
maildirfolder file: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
maildirsize file: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Using a maildirsize file]
quota; directories included in: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
specifying: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
time of last read: Retry configuration [Retry rules for specific errors]

maildir++

The appendfile transport [Maildir delivery]

maildirfolder, creating

The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

mailing lists

Some common configuration settings [Using Exim to handle mailing lists]

closed: Some common configuration settings [Closed mailing lists]
for Exim users: Introduction [Mailing lists]
one-time expansion: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
re-expansion of: Some common configuration settings [Re-expansion of mailing lists]
syntax errors in: Some common configuration settings [Syntax errors in mailing lists]

mailq

The Exim command line [Setting options by program name]

mailstore format

The appendfile transport [Operational details for delivery to a new file]

description of: The appendfile transport [Mailstore delivery]
specifying: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

main configuration

Main configuration

main log

Exim utilities [Hints database maintenance]

maintaining Exim’s hints database

malware

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

manualroute router

The manualroute router

mask, expansion item

masked IP address

match, expansion condition

match_address expansion condition

match_domain expansion condition

match_ip expansion condition

match_local_part expansion condition

maximum

see "limit"

md5 expansion item

Message processing [The Message-ID: header line]

message

ACL modifier: Access control lists [ACL modifiers], Access control lists [Adding header lines in ACLs]
abandoning delivery attempts: The Exim command line [Command line options]
adding recipients: The Exim command line [Command line options]
age of: String expansions [Expansion variables]
changing sender: The Exim command line [Command line options]
controlling incoming: Access control lists
copying every: Some common configuration settings [Taking copies of mail]
discarded: Log files [Discarded deliveries]
error: SMTP processing [Errors in outgoing SMTP]
forced failure: System-wide message filtering [Defer, freeze, and fail commands for system filters]
format: The Exim command line [Command line options]
freezing: System-wide message filtering [Defer, freeze, and fail commands for system filters]
frozen: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Life of a message]
general processing: Message processing
life of: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Life of a message]
listing body of: The Exim command line [Command line options]
listing header lines: The Exim command line [Command line options]
listing message log: The Exim command line [Command line options]
log file for: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Life of a message], Log files [Message log]
manually discarding: The Exim command line [Command line options]
manually freezing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
queueing by SMTP connection count: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
queueing by file existence: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
queueing by load: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
queueing by message count: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
queueing certain domains: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
queueing remote deliveries: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
queueing unconditionally: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
reception: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Receiving mail]
size: String expansions [Expansion variables]
size in queue listing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
size issue for transport filter: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
size limit: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
submission: Access control lists [Use of the control modifier], Message processing [Submission mode for non-local messages], Message processing [The From: header line], Message processing [The Message-ID: header line], Message processing [The Sender: header line]
submission, ports for: The default configuration file [Main configuration settings]
thawing frozen: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Life of a message], The Exim command line [Command line options]
transporting body only: Generic options for transports
transporting headers only: Generic options for transports

message body

binary zero count: String expansions [Expansion variables]
in expansion: String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables]
line count: String expansions [Expansion variables]
size: String expansions [Expansion variables]
visible size: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

message header

definition of: Introduction [Terminology]

message ids

details of format: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Message identification]
with multiple hosts: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

message log

disabling: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

message logs

preserving: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

message sender

constructed by Exim: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Receiving mail]

message_id_header_text

mime_regex

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

mixed-case login names

Message processing [Case of local parts]

monitor

see "Exim monitor"

more option

Generic options for routers [], The manualroute router [Private options for manualroute]

msglog directory

Log files [Message log]

mua_wrapper

Using Exim as a non-queueing client

multiline responses

suppressing: Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]

multiple SMTP deliveries

The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], Some common configuration settings [Exim on the intermittently connected client host]

multiple SMTP deliveries with TLS

Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Multiple messages on the same encrypted TCP/IP connection]

multiple mailboxes

Generic options for routers, Some common configuration settings [Multiple user mailboxes]

multiple spool directories

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

N

NFS

Generic options for routers

checking for file existence: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
lock file: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending]

NIS

looking up users; retrying: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

NIS lookup type

File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

including support for: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]

NIS+ lookup type

File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about NIS+]

including support for: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]

NTLM authentication

The spa authenticator

NUL

see "binary zero"

Nagle algorithm

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

name

of local host: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
of sender: The Exim command line [Command line options]

name server

for enclosing domain: File and database lookups [Pseudo dnsdb record types]

named lists

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Named lists]

named pipe (fifo)

The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

ndbm DBM library

Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces

negation

in expansion condition: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
in lists: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Negated items in lists]

network interface

new drivers

adding: Adding new drivers or lookup types

newaliases

The Exim command line [Setting options by program name]

no_xxx

see "entry for xxx"

non-SMTP messages

ACLs for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

non-immediate delivery

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

non-smtp message

ACLs for: Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used], Access control lists [The non-SMTP ACLs]

number of deliveries

numeric comparison

numerical variables ($1 $2 etc)

in manualroute router: The manualroute router [Format of the list of hosts]

numerical variables ($1 $2 etc)

File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

in From line handling: Message processing [The UUCP From line]
in cram_md5 authenticator: The cram_md5 authenticator [Using cram_md5 as a server]
in errors_copy: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
in gecos_name: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
in if expansion: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
in lookup expansion: String expansions [Expansion items]
in plaintext authenticator: The plaintext authenticator [Using plaintext in a server]
in rewriting rules: Address rewriting [Rewriting patterns]
in spa authenticator: The spa authenticator [Using spa as a server]

nwildlsearch lookup type

O

OpenSSL

Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL

building Exim with: Building and installing Exim [Including TLS/SSL encryption support]

Oracle

lookup type: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and InterBase]
server list: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

one-time aliasing/forwarding expansion

The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

open files

too many: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

options

appendfile transport: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
autoreply transport: The autoreply transport [Private options for autoreply]
command line: The Exim command line
command line; terminating: The Exim command line [Command line options]
configuration – extracting: The Exim command line [Command line options]
cram_md5 authenticator (client): The cram_md5 authenticator [Using cram_md5 as a client]
cram_md5 authenticator (server): The cram_md5 authenticator [Using cram_md5 as a server]
dnslookup router: The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup]
generic – definition of: The Exim run time configuration file [Format of driver configurations]
generic; for authenticators: SMTP authentication [Generic options for authenticators]
generic; for routers: Generic options for routers
generic; for transports: Generic options for transports
iplookup router: The iplookup router
lmtp transport: The lmtp transport
manualroute router: The manualroute router [Private options for manualroute]
pipe transport: The pipe transport [Private options for pipe]
plaintext authenticator (client): The plaintext authenticator [Using plaintext in a client]
plaintext authenticator (server): The plaintext authenticator [Using plaintext in a server]
queryprogram router: The queryprogram router
redirect router: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
router – extracting: The Exim command line [Command line options]
smtp transport: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
spa authenticator (client): The spa authenticator [Using spa as a client]
spa authenticator (server): The spa authenticator [Using spa as a server]
transport – extracting: The Exim command line [Command line options]

or expansion condition

String expansions [Combining expansion conditions]

os.h

Building and installing Exim [OS-specific header files]

outgoing LMTP over TCP/IP

SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP]

outgoing SMTP over TCP/IP

SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP]

ownership

alias file: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
configuration file: The Exim run time configuration file
forward file: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

P

PAM authentication

Incorporated code, Regular expressions

PCRE

PIPELINING

avoiding the use of: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
expected errors: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

PIPELINING advertising

suppressing: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

PLAIN authentication mechanism

The plaintext authenticator [The PLAIN authentication mechanism]

Perl

calling from Exim: Embedded Perl
including support for: Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]
standard output and error: Embedded Perl [Use of standard output and error by Perl]
starting the interpreter: The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options]
use in expanded string: String expansions [Expansion items]
use of warn: Embedded Perl [Use of standard output and error by Perl]

PostgreSQL lookup type

File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types], File and database lookups [More about MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and InterBase]

server list: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

packet radio

Generic options for routers []

pam expansion condition

panic log

File and database lookups [Partial matching in single-key lookups]

partial matching

passwd file

see "/etc/passwd"

passwd lookup type

File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types]

pcretest

Regular expressions [Testing regular expressions]

percent hack

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Using an ACL to control relaying]

periodic queue running

Embedded Perl [Setting up so Perl can be used]

perl_at_start

perl_startup

Embedded Perl [Setting up so Perl can be used]

pid (process id)

of current process: String expansions [Expansion variables]
of daemon: The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options]
re-use of: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Message identification]

pid file

path for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

pipe

duplicated: The redirect router [Duplicate addresses]
in redirection list: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists]
named (fifo): The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

pipe transport

The pipe transport

environment for command: The pipe transport [Environment variables], The pipe transport [Private options for pipe]
failure of exec: The pipe transport [Private options for pipe]
for system filter: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
logging output: The pipe transport [Private options for pipe]
path for command: The pipe transport [How the command is run]
permitted commands: The pipe transport [Private options for pipe]
returned data: The pipe transport [Returned status and data]
temporary failure: The pipe transport [Private options for pipe]
uid for: Environment for running local transports [Uids and gids]
with multiple addresses: Address batching in local transports

plaintext authenticator

The plaintext authenticator

policy control

access control lists: Access control lists
address verification: Access control lists [Address verification]
by local scan function: Adding a local scan function to Exim
checking access: Exim utilities [Checking access policy (exim_checkaccess)]
overview: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Policy control]
relay control: Access control lists [Using an ACL to control relaying]
testing: The Exim command line [Command line options]

policy control rejection

returning details: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

port

465 and 587: The default configuration file [Main configuration settings]
for daemon: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
for message submission: The default configuration file [Main configuration settings]
iplookup router: The iplookup router
logging outgoint remote: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
logging remote: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
receiving TCP/IP: The Exim command line [Command line options]
sending TCP/IP: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

preconditions

checking: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Running an individual router]
definition of: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Processing an address for delivery]
order of processing: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Router preconditions]

prefix

for local part; including in envelope: Generic options for transports
for local part; used in router: Generic options for routers
for partial matching: File and database lookups [Partial matching in single-key lookups]

preserve_message_logs

Log files [Message log]

preserving domain in redirection

The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

primary host name

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]

primary_hostname

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]

printing characters

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

private options

The Exim run time configuration file [Format of driver configurations]

privilege

running without: Security considerations [Running Exim without privilege]

privileged user

Security considerations [Privileged users]

process

querying: Exim utilities [Finding out what Exim processes are doing (exiwhat)]

process id

see "pid"

process log path

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

procmail

The pipe transport [Using an external local delivery agent]

protocol

incoming – specifying for local message: The Exim command line [Command line options]

prvs

expansion item: String expansions [Expansion items]

prvscheck

expansion item: String expansions [Expansion items]

public key for signed distribution

Introduction [Where to find the Exim distribution]

pwauthd daemon

Incorporated code, String expansions [Expansion conditions]

pwcheck daemon

pwcheck expansion condition

Message processing [Unqualified addresses]

Q

QUIT

ACL for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used], Access control lists [The QUIT ACL]

qualify_domain

qualify_recipient

Message processing [Unqualified addresses]

query-style lookup

definition of: File and database lookups [Lookup types]
list of types: File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types]

queryprogram router

The queryprogram router

queue

count of messages on: The Exim command line [Command line options]
definition of: Introduction [Terminology]
delivering specific messages: The Exim command line [Command line options]
display in monitor: The Exim monitor [The queue display]
double scanning: The Exim command line [Command line options]
forcing delivery: The Exim command line [Command line options]
grepping: Exim utilities [Selective queue listing (exiqgrep)]
initial delivery: The Exim command line [Command line options]
listing messages on: The Exim command line [Command line options]
local deliveries only: The Exim command line [Command line options]
menu in monitor: The Exim monitor [The queue menu]
routing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
summary: Exim utilities [Summarising the queue (exiqsumm)]

queue runner

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Delivery in detail], How Exim receives and delivers mail [Retry mechanism], The Exim command line [Setting options by program name], The Exim command line [Command line options]

abandoning: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
definition of: Introduction [Terminology]
description of operation: The Exim command line [Command line options]
detecting when delivering from: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
for specific recipients: The Exim command line [Command line options]
for specific senders: The Exim command line [Command line options]
logging: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
maximum number of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
processing messages in order: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
starting manually: The Exim command line [Command line options]
starting periodically: The Exim command line [Command line options]

queue_only

Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]

queue_runnint expansion condition

queueing incoming messages

quota

error testing in retry rule: Retry configuration [Retry rules for specific errors]
imposed by Exim: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
in maildir delivery: The appendfile transport [Maildir delivery], The appendfile transport [Using a maildirsize file]
maildir; directories included in: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
system: The appendfile transport
warning threshold: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

quote, expansion item

quote_local_part expansion item

The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

quoting

in lookups: File and database lookups [Quoting lookup data]
in pipe command: The pipe transport [How the command is run]
in regular expressions: String expansions [Expansion operators]
in string expansions: String expansions [Expansion operators]
lookup-specific: String expansions [Expansion operators]

R

RBL

see "DNS list"

RCPT

ACL for: The default configuration file [ACL configuration], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used]
maximum number of incoming: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
maximum number of outgoing: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
rate limiting: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
rewriting argument of: Address rewriting [The SMTP-time rewriting flag]
value of $message_size: String expansions [Expansion variables]

RFC 1413

logging timeout: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
query timeout: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

RFC 2047

Building and installing Exim [Support for iconv()], Address rewriting [Flags controlling the rewriting process], Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning MIME parts], Adding a local scan function to Exim [Available Exim functions], Message processing [Constructed addresses]

binary zero in: Adding a local scan function to Exim [Available Exim functions]
disabling length check: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
expansion operator: String expansions [Expansion operators]

Radius

Message processing [The Received: header line]

Received: header line

counting: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
customizing: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

References: header line

Message processing [The References: header line]

Resent- header lines

Message processing [Resent- header lines]

with -t: The Exim command line [Command line options]

Return-path: header line

Generic options for transports, Message processing [The Return-path: header line]

removing: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

radiu expansion condition

The manualroute router [Private options for manualroute], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

randomized host list

rate limiting

Access control lists [ACL conditions]

client sending: Access control lists [Rate limiting senders]

readfile expansion item

readsocket expansion item

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Receiving mail]

receiving mail

recipient

ACL checking: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
adding: The Exim command line [Command line options]
adding in local scan: Adding a local scan function to Exim [Available Exim variables]
error: SMTP processing [Errors in outgoing SMTP]
extracting from header lines: The Exim command line [Command line options]
maximum number: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
removing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
removing in local scan: Adding a local scan function to Exim [Available Exim variables]
verifying: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

recipients

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

redirect router

The redirect router

redirection

see "address redirection"

regex

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

regular expressions

content scanning with: Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning with regular expressions]
in address list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Address lists]
in domain list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Domain lists]
in host list: Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by host name]
in retry rules: Retry configuration [Format of retry rules]
library: Incorporated code, Regular expressions
match in expanded string: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
quoting: String expansions [Expansion operators]
testing: Regular expressions [Testing regular expressions]

reject log

disabling: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

rejection

fake: Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]

relaying

checking control of: Access control lists [Checking a relay configuration]
control by ACL: Access control lists [Using an ACL to control relaying]
testing configuration: The Exim command line [Command line options]

remote delivery

definition of: Introduction [Terminology]

removing messages

removing recipients

The redirect router [Repeated redirection expansion]

repeated redirection expansion

replacing another MTA

Building and installing Exim [Replacing another MTA with Exim]

reporting bugs

Introduction [Bug reports]

require

ACL verb: Access control lists [ACL verbs]

resolver

debugging output: The Exim command line [Command line options]

retry

after long-term failure: Retry configuration [Long-term failures]
algorithms: Retry configuration [Retry parameters]
configuration testing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
default rule: The default configuration file [Default retry rule]
description of mechanism: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Retry mechanism]
fixed intervals: Retry configuration [Retry parameters]
increasing intervals: Retry configuration [Retry parameters]
intermittently working deliveries: Retry configuration [Deliveries that work intermittently]
limit on interval: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
parameters in rules: Retry configuration [Retry parameters]
quota error testing: Retry configuration [Retry rules for specific errors]
random intervals: Retry configuration [Retry parameters]
rules: Retry configuration [Format of retry rules]
rules; sender-specific: Retry configuration [Retry rules for specified senders]
specific errors; specifying: Retry configuration [Retry rules for specific errors]
time not reached: Retry configuration, Log files [Other log entries]
timeout of data: Retry configuration [Timeout of retry data]
times: Exim utilities [Finding individual retry times (exinext)]

retry configuration

description of: Retry configuration

retry interval

maximum: Retry configuration [Retry parameters]

retry_data_expire

Retry configuration [Timeout of retry data]

retry_interval_max

Retry configuration [Retry parameters]

return code

for -bS: The Exim command line [Command line options]
for -bm: The Exim command line [Command line options]
for -bt: The Exim command line [Command line options]
for -bv: The Exim command line [Command line options]
for -oee: The Exim command line [Command line options]
for -oem: The Exim command line [Command line options]
for -oep: The Exim command line [Command line options]
for bad configuration: The Exim run time configuration file
from run expansion: String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion variables]

return path

S

SHA-1 hash

String expansions [Expansion operators], String expansions [Expansion conditions]

SIGHUP

Exim utilities [Finding out what Exim processes are doing (exiwhat)]

SIGUSR1

SIZE option on MAIL command

SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP], SMTP processing [Incoming SMTP messages over TCP/IP]

SMTP

SIZE: Generic options for transports, The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
authentication configuration: SMTP authentication
batched incoming: The Exim command line [Command line options], SMTP processing [Incoming batched SMTP]
batched outgoing: SMTP processing [Outgoing batched SMTP]
batched outgoing; example: The manualroute router [Manualroute examples]
batching over TCP/IP: SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP]
callout verification: Access control lists [Callout verification]
connection backlog: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
delaying delivery: The Exim command line [Command line options]
details policy failures: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
encrypted connection: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
encryption: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL
error codes: The redirect router [Special items in redirection lists], The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router], Access control lists [ACL modifiers]
errors in outgoing: SMTP processing [Errors in outgoing SMTP]
host name in responses: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
incoming call count: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
incoming connection count: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
incoming over TCP/IP: SMTP processing [Incoming SMTP messages over TCP/IP]
limiting non-mail commands: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
limiting syntax and protocol errors: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
limiting unknown commands: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
local incoming: SMTP processing [Incoming local SMTP]
local input: The Exim command line [Command line options]
logging confirmation: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
logging connections: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
logging incomplete transactions: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
logging protocol error: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
logging syntax errors: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
multiple deliveries: The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], Some common configuration settings [Exim on the intermittently connected client host]
non-mail commands: SMTP processing [Use of non-mail SMTP commands]
outgoing over TCP/IP: SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP]
passed connection: The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The Exim command line [Command line options], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP], Some common configuration settings [Exim on the intermittently connected client host]
processing details: SMTP processing
protocol errors: SMTP processing [Syntax and protocol errors in SMTP commands]
rate limiting: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
rewriting malformed addresses: Address rewriting [The SMTP-time rewriting flag]
smtps protocol: The default configuration file [Main configuration settings], Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces [Support for the obsolete SSMTP (or SMTPS) protocol], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Support for the legacy ssmtp (aka smtps) protocol]
ssmtp protocol: The default configuration file [Main configuration settings], Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces [Support for the obsolete SSMTP (or SMTPS) protocol], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Support for the legacy ssmtp (aka smtps) protocol]
synchronization checking: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]
syntax errors: SMTP processing [Syntax and protocol errors in SMTP commands]
syntax errors; logging: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
testing incoming: The Exim command line [Command line options]
unknown command; logging: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
unrecognized commands: SMTP processing [Unrecognized SMTP commands]
welcome banner: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

SMTP command

argument for: String expansions [Expansion variables]

SMTP connection

ACL for: Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used], Access control lists [The SMTP connect ACL]

SMTP incoming message count

limiting: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

SMTP listener

SMTP timeout

input: The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

SPA authentication

File and database lookups [SQL lookups]

SQL lookup types

SQLite lookup type

File and database lookups [More about SQLite]

SRV record

enabling use of: The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup]
in dnsdb lookup: File and database lookups [More about dnsdb]
required to exist: The dnslookup router [Private options for dnslookup]

SSL

see "TLS"

STARTTLS

ACL for: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Specifying when ACLs are used]

SUPPORT_TLS

Building and installing Exim [Including TLS/SSL encryption support]

Samba project

The Exim command line [Trusted and admin users], Message processing [The Sender: header line]

Sender: header line

disabling addition of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
retaining from local submission: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

Sendmail compatibility

-G option ignored: The Exim command line [Command line options]
-U option ignored: The Exim command line [Command line options]
-bi option: The Exim command line [Command line options]
-h option ignored: The Exim command line [Command line options]
-n option ignored: The Exim command line [Command line options]
-oA option: The Exim command line [Command line options]
-om option ignored: The Exim command line [Command line options]
-oo option ignored: The Exim command line [Command line options]
-t option: The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
8-bit characters: The Exim command line [Command line options]
From line: The Exim command line [Command line options], Message processing [The UUCP From line], Message processing [The From: header line]
calling Exim as newaliases: The Exim command line [Setting options by program name]
command line interface: Introduction [Calling interface]

Sieve filter

How Exim receives and delivers mail [User filters]

configuring appendfile: The appendfile transport [The file and directory options]
enabling in default router: The default configuration file [Router configuration]
enabling use of: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
forbidding delivery to a file: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
keep facility; disabling: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
not available for system filter: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Delivery in detail], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
relative mailbox path handling: The appendfile transport [The file and directory options]
specifying in redirection data: The redirect router [Interpreting redirection data]
syntax errors in: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
testing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
vacation directory: The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]
value of $address_file: String expansions [Expansion variables]

Solaris

DBM library for: Building and installing Exim [DBM libraries]
LDAP: File and database lookups [More about LDAP]
PAM support: String expansions [Expansion conditions]
flock() support: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
mail command: The Exim command line [Command line options]
stopping Exim on: Building and installing Exim [Stopping the Exim daemon on Solaris]

SpamAssassin

scanning with: Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning with SpamAssassin]

saslauthd daemon

saslauthd expansion condition

The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

scanning

see "content scanning"

search_parents

security

build-time features: Security considerations [Building a more hardened Exim]
discussion of: Security considerations

self option

Generic options for routers

in dnslookup router: The dnslookup router
in ipliteral router: The ipliteral router
in manualroute router: The manualroute router [How the list of hosts is used]
value of host name: String expansions [Expansion variables]

sender

ACL checking: Access control lists [ACL conditions], Access control lists [ACL conditions]
address: The Exim command line [Command line options], Message processing [The UUCP From line]
authenticated: String expansions [Expansion variables]
changing: The Exim command line [Command line options]
constructed by Exim: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Receiving mail]
definition of: Introduction [Terminology]
gid: String expansions [Expansion variables]
name: The Exim command line [Command line options]
setting by untrusted user: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
source of: The Exim command line [Command line options]
uid: String expansions [Expansion variables]
verifying: Access control lists [ACL conditions]
verifying in header: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

sender host address

specifying for local message: The Exim command line [Command line options]

sender host name

specifying for local message: The Exim command line [Command line options]

sender ident string

specifying for local message: The Exim command line [Command line options]

sender_domains

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

sender_retain

Message processing [Submission mode for non-local messages]

senders

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

serializing connections

The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

set

ACL modifier: Access control lists [ACL modifiers]

setuid

installing Exim with: Building and installing Exim [Installing Exim binaries and scripts]

sg expansion item

sha2 expansion item

Generic options for transports

shadow transport

simultaneous deliveries

Environment for running local transports [Concurrent deliveries]

single-key lookup

definition of: File and database lookups [Lookup types]
list of types: File and database lookups [Single-key lookup types]

size

of mailbox: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
of message: The Exim command line [Command line options], String expansions [Expansion variables], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], Log files [Logging message reception], Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
of monitor window: The Exim monitor [Main action buttons]

size limit

of bounce: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

size of message

limit: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Generic options for transports

skipping faulty addresses

The redirect router [Private options for the redirect router]

smart host

example router: The manualroute router [Manualroute examples], Some common configuration settings [Sending mail to a smart host]
queueing; suppressing: Using Exim as a non-queueing client

smtp transport

The smtp transport

smtp_etrn_command

String expansions [Expansion variables], SMTP processing [The ETRN command]

smtps protocol

The default configuration file [Main configuration settings], Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces [Support for the obsolete SSMTP (or SMTPS) protocol], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Support for the legacy ssmtp (aka smtps) protocol]

socket

use of in expansion: String expansions [Expansion items]

sorting remote deliveries

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

source routing

in IP packets: Security considerations [IPv4 source routing]
in email address: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

spa authenticator

The spa authenticator

spam

ACL condition: Access control lists [ACL conditions]

spam scanning

Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning with SpamAssassin]

returned variables: Content scanning at ACL time [Calling SpamAssassin from an Exim ACL]

spamd_address

Content scanning at ACL time [Scanning with SpamAssassin]

spool directory

checking space: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
creating: Building and installing Exim [Setting up the spool directory]
definition of: Introduction [Terminology]
file locked: Log files [Other log entries]
files: Security considerations [Spool files]
files that hold a message: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Handling an incoming message]
format of files: Format of spool files
input sub-directory: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Handling an incoming message]
path to: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
split: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

spool file is locked

Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]

spool files

editing: Format of spool files
format of: Format of spool files

sprintf()

Security considerations [Use of sprintf()]

sqlite

lock timeout: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

sqlite lookup type

File and database lookups [Query-style lookup types]

src/EDITME

Building and installing Exim [Pre-building configuration]

ssmtp protocol

stat expansion item

Exim utilities [Mail statistics (eximstats)]

statistics

statvfs function

The Exim monitor [The stripcharts]

sticky bit

Building and installing Exim [Testing], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]

str2b64 expansion item

The Exim monitor [The stripcharts]

string

case forcing: String expansions [Expansion operators], String expansions [Expansion operators]
comparison: String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions], String expansions [Expansion conditions]
expansion: see "expansion"
format of configuration values: The Exim run time configuration file [String values]
length in expansion: String expansions [Expansion operators]
quoted: The Exim run time configuration file [String values]
testing for IP address: String expansions [Expansion conditions]

string expansion

definition of: The Exim run time configuration file [Expanded strings]

string list

definition: The Exim run time configuration file [List construction]

stripchart

strlen expansion item

Access control lists [Use of the control modifier], Message processing [Submission mode for non-local messages], Message processing [The From: header line], Message processing [The Sender: header line]

subject

logging: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]

submission fixups

suppressing: Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]

submission mode

substr

substr expansion item

String expansions [Expansion items], String expansions [Expansion operators]

substring extraction

suffix

for local part; including in envelope: Generic options for transports

suffix for local part

used in router: Generic options for routers

symbolic link

to build directory: Building and installing Exim [Multiple machine architectures and operating systems]
to exim binary: Building and installing Exim [Replacing another MTA with Exim]
to mailbox: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Operational details for appending]
to source files: Building and installing Exim [The building process]

synchronization checking in SMTP

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Access control lists [Use of the control modifier]

syntax of common options

The Exim run time configuration file [Common option syntax]

syslog

Log files [Where the logs are written]

duplicate log lines; suppressing: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
facility; setting: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
process name; setting: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
timestamps: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

system aliases file

Building and installing Exim [Installing Exim binaries and scripts]

system filter

System-wide message filtering

specifying: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
testing: The Exim command line [Command line options]

system log

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

T

TCP/IP

logging incoming remote port: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
logging ougtoing remote port: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
setting listening interfaces: The Exim command line [Command line options], Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces
setting listening ports: The Exim command line [Command line options], Starting the daemon and the use of network interfaces, Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
setting outgoing port: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

TCP_NODELAY on listening sockets

TLS

D-H parameters for server: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
OpenSSL vs GnuTLS: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [OpenSSL vs GnuTLS]
advertising: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
automatic start: The Exim command line [Command line options]
avoiding for certain hosts: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
broken clients: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
client certificate revocation list: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
client certificate verification: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Requesting and verifying client certificates], Access control lists [ACL conditions]
configuring an Exim client: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Configuring an Exim client to use TLS]
configuring an Exim server: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Configuring an Exim server to use TLS]
esmtp state; remembering: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
including support for TLS: Building and installing Exim [Including TLS/SSL encryption support]
logging cipher: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
logging peer DN: Log files [Reducing or increasing what is logged]
multiple message deliveries: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Multiple messages on the same encrypted TCP/IP connection]
on SMTP connection: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL
passing connection: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
requiring for certain servers: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
requiring specific ciphers: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
requiring specific ciphers (GnuTLS): Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Requiring specific ciphers in GnuTLS]
requiring specific ciphers (OpenSSL): Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Requiring specific ciphers in OpenSSL]
revoked certificates: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Revoked certificates]
server certificate revocation list: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
server certificate verification: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]
server certificate; location of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
server private key; location of: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
use without STARTTLS: The Exim command line [Command line options]

TLS client certificate

location of: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

TLS client private key

location of: The smtp transport [Private options for smtp]

To: header line

Building and installing Exim [Overriding build-time options for Exim]

Tru64-Unix build-time settings

tcpwrappers

building Exim to support: Building and installing Exim [Use of tcpwrappers]

tdb DBM library

Introduction [Terminology]

terminology definitions

testing

addresses: The Exim command line [Command line options], Generic options for routers
filter file: The Exim command line [Command line options]
forward file: The Exim command line [Command line options]
incoming SMTP: The Exim command line [Command line options]
installation: Building and installing Exim [Testing]
regular expressions: Regular expressions [Testing regular expressions]
relay control: The Exim command line [Command line options]
retry configuration: The Exim command line [Command line options]
rewriting: The Exim command line [Command line options], Address rewriting [Testing the rewriting rules that apply on input]
string expansion: The Exim command line [Command line options], String expansions [Testing string expansions]
system filter: The Exim command line [Command line options]
variables in drivers: Generic options for routers, Generic options for transports

thawing messages

The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], The Exim monitor [The queue menu]

time interval

decoding: String expansions [Expansion operators]
formatting: String expansions [Expansion operators]
specifying in configuration: The Exim run time configuration file [Time interval values]

time_eval expansion item

time_interval expansion item

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Life of a message]

timeout

for RFC 1413 call: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
for SMTP input: The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
for local_scan() function: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
for non-SMTP input: The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
frozen messages: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
mailbox locking: The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile], The appendfile transport [Private options for appendfile]
of retry data: Retry configuration [Timeout of retry data]
of router: Generic options for routers

timeout_frozen_after

timezone

setting: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

tls_require_ciphers

GnuTLS: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Requiring specific ciphers in GnuTLS]
OpenSSL: Encrypted SMTP connections using TLS/SSL [Requiring specific ciphers in OpenSSL]

tmail

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

too many open files

top bit

see "8-bit characters"

tr expansion item

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

trailing dot on domain

training courses

Introduction [Exim training]

transport

body only: Generic options for transports
current directory for: Generic options for transports
definition of: How Exim receives and delivers mail [Processing an address for delivery]
external: Introduction [Limitations]
filter: String expansions [Expansion variables], String expansions [Expansion variables], Generic options for transports, The pipe transport [How the command is run], The smtp transport [Private options for smtp], SMTP processing [Outgoing SMTP and LMTP over TCP/IP]
generic options for: Generic options for transports
group; additional: Generic options for transports
group; specifying: Generic options for transports
header lines only: Generic options for transports
header lines; adding: Generic options for transports
header lines; removing: Generic options for transports
header lines; rewriting: Generic options for transports
home directory for: Generic options for transports
local: Generic options for routers, Generic options for routers, Generic options for routers []
local; address batching in: Address batching in local transports
local; current directory for: Environment for running local transports [Current and home directories]
local; environment for: Environment for running local transports
local; home directory for: Environment for running local transports [Current and home directories]
local; uid and gid: Environment for running local transports [Uids and gids]
message size; limiting: Generic options for transports
return path; changing: Generic options for transports
shadow: Generic options for transports

transport filter

timeout: Generic options for transports

transport user

specifying: Generic options for transports

transports

appendfile: The appendfile transport
autoreply: The autoreply transport
default: The default configuration file [Transport configuration]
lmtp: The lmtp transport
pipe: The pipe transport
smtp: The smtp transport

trusted group

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

trusted user

The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Security considerations [Privileged users]

definition of: The Exim command line [Trusted and admin users]

U

USE_DB

Building and installing Exim [DBM libraries], Exim utilities [Making DBM files (exim_dbmbuild)]

USE_GNUTLS

Building and installing Exim [Including TLS/SSL encryption support]

USE_TCP_WRAPPERS

Building and installing Exim [Use of tcpwrappers]

UTF-8

conversion from: String expansions [Expansion operators]
in domain name: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

UUCP

From line: The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Message processing [The UUCP From line]
example of router for: The manualroute router [Manualroute examples]

Unicode

uc expansion item

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

uid (user id)

Exim’s own: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]
caller: String expansions [Expansion variables]
for queryprogram: The queryprogram router
in spool file: Format of spool files [Format of the -H file]
local delivery: Generic options for routers [], Generic options for transports, The pipe transport [Private options for pipe]
of originating user: String expansions [Expansion variables]
system filter: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], System-wide message filtering [Specifying a system filter]
unknown caller: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

underscore in EHLO/HELO

unfreezing messages

The Exim command line [Command line options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], The Exim monitor [The queue menu]

unknown host name

Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns that match by host name], Domain, host, address, and local part lists [Host list patterns for single-key lookups by host name]

unprivileged delivery

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

unprivileged running

Security considerations [Running Exim without privilege]

unqualified addresses

Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options], Message processing [Unqualified addresses]

unseen option

How Exim receives and delivers mail [Running an individual router], Message processing [Adding and removing header lines in routers and transports]

untrusted user

setting sender: Main configuration [Alphabetical list of main options]

upgrading Exim

Building and installing Exim [Upgrading Exim]

upper casing