Adding Mail with Exim - Configure Exim

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The configuration file determines Exim's behavior.

Edit Exim's configuration file.

# cd /usr/local/exim # vi conf/exim.conf

Set the primary hostname and the allowed relays:

primary_hostname = server.example.com domainlist local_domains = @ : example.com domainlist relay_to_domains =  hostlist   relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1

If desired, DNS blacklisting can be configured under the acl_check_rcpt section:

deny message  = rejected because $sender_host_address is listed at sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org      dnslists = sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

Edit the local_delivery section:

local_delivery:   driver = appendfile   file = /var/mail/$local_part   delivery_date_add   envelope_to_add   return_path_add   group = exim   mode = 0660

The alias file is a list of mail account aliases which can be used to redirect incoming mail to another account. Mail addressed to system accounts are typically redirected to the root user, then the root user's account is redirected to root's unprivileged user account.

# vi conf/aliases

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