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never_users list error in mail log.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
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When having trouble with email I got the following error in the exim_paniclog on a cpanel server:
User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
The issue appears to be with some of the libraries the following commands should fix it:
Download libdb2.so.3 from renowned site then create a symbolic link:
ln -s libdb2.so.3 libdb.so.3
/scripts/eximup [...]

Exim Shell Commands

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
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Print a count of the messages in the queue:
root@localhost# exim -bpc
Print a listing of the messages in the queue (time queued, size, message-id, sender, recipient):
root@localhost# exim -bp
Print a summary of messages in the queue (count, volume, oldest, newest, domain, and totals):
root@localhost# exim -bp | exiqsumm
Print what Exim is doing right now:
root@localhost# exiwhat
Test how exim will [...]

Change Exim Interface IP Address

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
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We can change exim incoming and outgoing exim mail server IPs.
Inside both incoming and outgoing exim mail server you will need to add an interface :
so just edit
pico /etc/exim_outgoing.conf
and
pico /etc/exim.conf
find
remote_smtp:
driver = smtp
and add interface = new IP address
example as shown below:
________________________
remote_smtp:
driver = smtp
interface = 22.22.22.22
_________________________
If there is an exim update when you upgrade your [...]

To install domainkeys for a specific domain.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
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To install domainkeys for a specific domain,
1. First check that you are running the latest version ( RELEASE or CURRENT )of cPanel 11
2. Run the script

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/domain_keys_installer ‘username’
Where username is the corresponding cpanel username.
If you get an error similar to “Domain keys are not installed on this machine.” you either are not running the latest release [...]

Eximstats

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
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eximstats : - generates statistics from Exim mainlog or syslog files.
eximstats [Output] [Options] mainlog1
eximstats -merge [Options] report.1.txt report.2.txt … > weekly_report.txt
Output:
-txt
Output the results in plain text to STDOUT.
-txt=filename
Output the results in plain text. Filename ‘-’ for STDOUT is accepted.
-html
Output the results in HTML to STDOUT.
-html=filename
Output the results in HTML. Filename ‘-’ for STDOUT is accepted.
Eg: [...]

Exim Log Flags

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
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The flags are:
<= message arrival
=> normal message delivery
-> additional address in same delivery
*> delivery suppressed by -N
** delivery failed; address bounced
== delivery deferred; temporary problem