"Richard" == Richard Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Richard> Hi, I ran eximconfig and created a new Richard> /etc/exim/exim.conf file. With this things are working, Richard> in that mail is not handled twice by exim, and there is Richard> no long delay before I get my email. A few weeks ago I Richard> did a dist-upgade to testing, and now think that I should Richard> have run eximconfig then.
Nyah. You should not have to run eximconfig but as many times as you need to until it works. dist-upgrade should not require a re-run. Richard> I'm still a bit puzzled: when I look at my email in Mutt Richard> I have a "F" next to each message, which I believe means Richard> that it was sent by me. That is a very trivial Richard> inconvenience, but I'm curious as to why it happens. For Richard> a typical message the exim log says: Richard> 18AJG4-0003VB-00 => |/usr/bin/procmail -t Richard> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <ric@otte> D=userforward This is because you are running procmail via your .forward file. The simple solution is: don't. Your exim.conf should, by default, include a procmail delivery mechanism that detects and uses a .procmailrc file per user. Richard> I also notice a very large number of lines like the Richard> following in the exim log file: Richard> 2002-11-08 16:08:02 17MrQy-0001U2-00 Message is frozen Richard> 2002-11-08 16:08:02 17MrSX-0001fd-00 Message is frozen Richard> 2002-11-08 16:08:02 17NaPJ-0007oV-00 Message is frozen Richard> 2002-11-08 16:08:02 End queue run: pid=12870 Richard> It looks to me as if there are a lot more 'Message is Richard> frozen' logs than before. But I believe the mail is Richard> being delivered (or at least some of it is being Richard> delivered), and I'm wondering why I'm getting those Richard> messages. Is there an easy way to check to see if any Richard> messages are frozen and never thawed or delivered? Frozen messsages are usually the result of undeliverable mail that cannot be returned to sender. It usually indicates a misconfiguration, because it means exim really could not send it anyplace at all. You can monitor things with eximon, which is an X application. Or you can use commands like 'exim -bp' to list them, and things like 'exim -Mrm <id>' to remove them and so on. The command switches are not, IMHO, very intuitive. You will have to read the manual. Cheers! Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]