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Can I remove Exim4?
Yes, you can remove it. Note that will also remove exim4-daemon-light or exim4-daemon-light if you still have them, that’s ok.
What is Exim4?
Exim4 is a Message Transfer Agent (MTA) developed at the University of Cambridge for use on Unix systems connected to the internet. Exim4 can be installed in place of sendmail or Postfix, although the configuration of Exim4 is quite different to that of sendmail.
Is exim4 necessary?
I would say keep it. It allows various system messages to be delivered (eg: cron errors, etc). It certainly isn’t hurting. The default config of exim4 is secure, and doesn’t allow external relay access or anything.
Where is exim4 config file?
/var/lib/exim4
The master configuration file is stored in /var/lib/exim4/config. autogenerated . At any time, you should not manually edit the master configuration file, /var/lib/exim4/config. autogenerated , because it is updated automatically every time you run update-exim4.
How do I edit Exim conf?
To edit the /etc/exim.conf file, perform the following steps:
- Open the /etc/exim.conf file with a text editor and locate the following lines: 1 2 3 4 5 6.
- Below each driver = smtp line, add the following line: connection_max_messages = 1. The file will resemble the following example:
Is sendmail still used?
A look at MailRadar.com shows that Sendmail is still the No. 1 MTA (mail transfer agent) in use today, followeded by Postfix, while Qmail is a distant third.
Does Postfix need sendmail?
4 Answers. Sendmail is a different (and much older) program from Postfix. However for every mail server to succeed in the Unix environment, a sendmail binary (with some of the expected command line options) must be provided.
Where is exim4 configuration file?
The master configuration file is stored in /var/lib/exim4/config. autogenerated .
How do I clear Exim queue?
Exim Remove All messages From the Mail Queue
- To print a list of the messages in the queue, enter: # exim -bp.
- To remove a message from the queue, enter: # exim -Mrm {message-id}
- To remove all messages from the queue, enter: # exim -bp | awk ‘/^ *[0-9]+[mhd]/{print “exim -Mrm ” $3}’ | bash.
Is there a way to remove exim4 completely?
Done The following packages will be REMOVED: at* exim4* exim4-base* exim4-config* exim4-daemon-light* mailx* mutt* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 9396kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Do you need to install exim4 in Debian?
The wonderful thing about Debian is that those programs will comes as needed. If I install a program that uses perl, it will be installed. I can’t think of many users that would want exim4, telinet, nfs-common, openssh, procmail, ftp, etc unless you have a home network.
Can you use postfix on an Exim server?
After successfully using Postfix on my Ubuntu machines, I decided to try Exim on a new server, based on some people commenting it’s easier to set up and use. Well I ran into issues with my Rails app right away, and, considering how easy Postfix had been to use, I decided to remove Exim and install Postfix instead.