Concepts

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$header_
$value  [2]  [3]
*@
+caseful
+defer_unknown
+exclude_unknown
+include_unknown  [2]
/dev/null
8-bit characters  [2]  [3]
8BITMIME
@ in a domain list
@ in a host list
@[] in a domain list
@[] in a host list
@mx_any
@mx_primary
@mx_secondary

A
abandoning mail  [2]
accept router
ACL: condition processing
ACL: conditions, definition of
ACL: description
ACL: format
ACL: indirect
ACL: modifier processing
ACL: modifiers, definition of
ACL: nested
ACL: options for specifying
ACL: relay control
ACL: setting up for SMTP commands
ACL: specifying
ACL: unset
ACL: verbs, definition of
ACL: verifying header syntax
ACL: verifying HELO/EHLO
ACL: verifying host reverse lookup
ACL: verifying recipient
ACL: verifying sender  [2]
adding drivers
additional groups  [2]
address list: case forcing
address list: empty item
address list: in a rewriting pattern
address list: patterns
address rewriting
address: constructed
address: copying routing  [2]
address: duplicated
address: qualification
address: rewriting  [2]
address: sender
address: source-routed
address: testing  [2]
address: verification
admin user  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]  [7]  [8]
admin user, definition of
alias file: backslash in
alias file: broken
alias file: building  [2]
alias file: exception to default
alias file: in a redirect router
alias file: one-time expansion
alias file: ownership
alias file: per-domain default
alias for host
alternate configuration file
``and'' expansion condition
angle brackets, excess
appendfile transport
appending to a file
architecture type
asterisk after IP address
Athena
AUTH: ACL for
AUTH: advertising
AUTH: advertising when encrypted
AUTH: argument
AUTH: configuration  [2]
AUTH: how it works
AUTH: in plaintext authenticator
AUTH: logging
AUTH: on bounce message
AUTH: on MAIL command  [2]  [3]
AUTH: testing
AUTH: with PAM
authentication:  [2]  [3]
authentication: ACL checking
authentication: advertising
authentication: bounce message
authentication: client
authentication: generic options
authentication: id
authentication: logging
authentication: sender  [2]  [3]
authentication: server
authentication: testing
authenticator name
auto_thaw
autoreply transport  [2]

B
background delivery
backlog of connections
backslash in alias file
bang paths:
bang paths: rewriting
banner for SMTP
base36
base62  [2]  [3]  [4]
batch_id
batch_max
batched local delivery
batched SMTP input  [2]
batched SMTP output  [2]
Bcc: header  [2]
Berkeley DB:
Berkeley DB: file format
BIN_DIRECTORY
bind IP address  [2]
black hole
black list (DNS)  [2]  [3]
body of message: definition of
body of message: expansion variable  [2]
body of message: line count
body of message: size
body of message: transporting
body of message: visible size
bounce message:
bounce message: copy to other address
bounce message: customizing  [2]
bounce message: definition of
bounce message: discarding
bounce message: failure to deliver
bounce message: generating
bounce message: including original
bounce message: sender authentication
bounce message: size limit
broken alias or forward files
bug reports
build directory
building DBM files
building Exim

C
C header files
caching lookup data
callout timeout
callout verification
carriage return  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]
case forcing in address lists
case forcing in strings  [2]
case of local parts  [2]  [3]  [4]
cc compiler
Cc: header
cdb  [2]  [3]
certificate:
certificate: verifying  [2]
character code
checking access
checking disc space  [2]
CIDR notation  [2]
cipher, logging  [2]
command line options
common option syntax
compiler name
configuration file: alternate
configuration file: common option syntax
configuration file: editing
configuration file: errors
configuration file: format
configuration file: including other files
configuration file: macros
configuration file: ownership
configuration options
configuration: default
configuration: main
configuration: pre-building
configuration: retry
configuration: run time  [2]
CONFIGURE_FILE  [2]  [3]
connection backlog
constructed address
control of incoming mail
copy of bounce message
copy of message (unseen option)
Courier
CR  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]
cram_md5 authenticator
creating directories
current directory
customizing: ACL condition
customizing: ACL failure message
customizing: batching condition
customizing: bounce message  [2]
customizing: failure message
customizing: input scan using C function
customizing: pre-condition
customizing: Received: header
customizing: SMTP banner
customizing: warning message  [2]
cycling logs  [2]
Cygwin
Cyrus  [2]  [3]  [4]

D
daemon  [2]  [3]
daemon, process id  [2]
Darwin
DATA: ACL for
database: lookup
database: maintenance
Date: header
DBM: building dbm files
DBM: libraries  [2]
DBM: lookup  [2]
debugging
default configuration
defaults for lookups
deferred delivery, forcing
delay_after_cutoff
delay_warning_condition
delayed delivery, logging
Delivery-date: header  [2]  [3]
delivery: by external agent
delivery: cancelling all
delivery: cancelling by address
delivery: deferral
delivery: failure  [2]
delivery: failure, logging
delivery: failure, long-term
delivery: fake
delivery: first
delivery: forcing
delivery: forcing deferral
delivery: forcing failure  [2]
delivery: from given sender
delivery: in detail
delivery: maximum number of
delivery: permanent failure
delivery: problems with
delivery: procmail
delivery: retry mechanism
delivery: sorting remote
delivery: temporary failure
delivery: to given domain
delivery: to single file
delivery: failure report see bounce message
delivery_date_remove
dialup see intermittently connected hosts
directories, multiple
directory creation  [2]  [3]  [4]
disc space, checking  [2]
discarded messages
discarding bounce message
DNS list: in ACL
DNS list: logging defer
DNS reverse lookup
DNS: as a lookup type  [2]
DNS: reverse lookup  [2]
dnsdb
dnslookup router
domain list patterns
domain literal  [2]
domain: ACL checking
domain: definition of
domain: delivery to
domain: extraction
domain: in redirection, preserving
domain: virtual
domainless addresses
dot handling  [2]
dots in local parts
driver configuration format
drivers, definition of
dsearch lookup
duplicate addresses

E
EACCES
editing configuration files
EHLO  [2]  [3]  [4]
EHLO, underscores in
EHLO, verifying  [2]  [3]
encrypted comparison
encryption: checking in an ACL
encryption: including support for
encryption: on SMTP connection  [2]
ENOTDIR
envelope sender  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]  [7]  [8]  [9]  [10]  [11]  [12]
envelope sender, rewriting
envelope, definition of
Envelope-to: header  [2]  [3]  [4]
envelope_to_remove
environment for local transports
environment for pipe transport  [2]
error messages:
error messages: copying
error reporting  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]
errors: in configuration file
errors: in outgoing SMTP
errors: skipping bad syntax
errors_to
ETRN: ACL for
ETRN: argument
ETRN: command to be run
ETRN: logging
ETRN: processing
ETRN: serializing
ETRN: value of $domain
exec failure
exicyclog  [2]
exigrep
Exim arguments, logging
exim monitor
exim_dbmbuild
exim_dumpdb
exim_fixdb
EXIM_GROUP
exim_lock
exim_monitor/EDITME  [2]
exim_tidydb
EXIM_USER
eximon
eximstats
eximstats options
exinext
exiqsumm
expansion: character translation
expansion: combining conditions
expansion: conditions  [2]
expansion: escape sequences
expansion: file lookup
expansion: headers
expansion: including literal text
expansion: inserting an entire file
expansion: non-expandable substrings
expansion: numeric comparison
expansion: of lists
expansion: of strings
expansion: operators  [2]
expansion: query lookup
expansion: running a command
expansion: string comparison
expansion: substitution
expansion: testing  [2]
expansion: variables  [2]
EXPN: ACL for
EXPN: argument
EXPN: processing
EXPN: router skipping
EXPN: with verify_only
external local delivery
external transports
EXTRALIBS

F
fail: in system filter
fail: log line, reducing
failing delivery, forcing
failover see fallback
failure of exec
fallback  [2]
fallover see fallback
fifo (named pipe)
file: appending
file: checking existing format
file: inserting into expansion
file: locking  [2]  [3]
file: lookup  [2]
file: MBX format
file: too many open
file: transport
filter: system filter  [2]
filter: testing
filter: transport filter  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]
filtering all mail
first delivery
fixed point format
forcing delivery
foreground delivery
format: configuration file
format: fixed point
format: group name
format: integer
format: list
format: message
format: octal integer
format: spool files
format: string
format: time interval
format: user name
forward file: broken
forward file: one-time expansion
forward file: ownership
forward file: testing
freeze message
freeze: in system filter
freezing messages  [2]
``From''  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]  [7]  [8]  [9]  [10]  [11]
From: header  [2]  [3]
frozen messages:  [2]  [3]
frozen messages: display
frozen messages: forcing delivery  [2]  [3]
frozen messages: logging skipping
frozen messages: moving
frozen messages: spool data
frozen messages: thawing  [2]  [3]
frozen messages: timing out

G
gcc
generic options:
generic options: router
generic options: transport
gid: caller
gid: Exim's own
gid: in spool file
gid: local delivery
gid: of originating user
gid: queryprogram
gid: system filter  [2]
giving up on messages
group name format
groups, additional  [2]

H
hash function: numeric
hash function: textual
header files
header lines: adding  [2]  [3]
header lines: listing
header lines: removing  [2]  [3]
header lines: transporting
header lines: verifying sender in
header lines: verifying syntax
header, definition of
HELO  [2]  [3]  [4]
HELO, underscores in
HELO, verifying  [2]  [3]
HOME
home directory
HOST
host list patterns
host: ACL checking
host: alias
host: error
host: locally unique number
host: lookup failures
host: maximum number to try
host: name  [2]
host: randomized list  [2]
host: serialising connections
host: verifying reverse lookup
hosts_treat_as_local  [2]
HP-UX
hub

I
id of message
ident see RFC 1413
ignoring faulty addresses
included address list
inclusions in configuration file
incoming SMTP over TCP/IP
incorporated code
inetd  [2]  [3]
initgroups option
installing Exim
integer format  [2]
interface: address
interface: logging
interface: network
intermittently connected hosts
IP address:
IP address: binding  [2]
IP address: discarding
IP address: masking  [2]
IP address: translating
IP source routing
ipliteral router
iplookup router
IPv6: addresses in lists
IPv6: DNS lookup
IPv6: including support for

J
journal file

K
keepalive: on incoming connection
keepalive: on outgoing connection

L
LDAP:  [2]  [3]
LDAP: authentication
LDAP: data formats
LDAP: query format
LDAP: use for authentication
LDAP: with TLS
length of login name
LF  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]
limit: bounce message size
limit: incoming SMTP connections
limit: message size
limit: message size per transport
limit: number of hosts tried
limit: number of MX tried
limit: number of recipients
limit: rate of message arrival
limit: retry interval
limit: user name length
limitations of Exim
linear search
linefeed  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]
link, symbolic  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]
list: address list
list: construction
list: domain list
list: expansion of
list: file name in
list: host list
list: local part list
list: named
list: negation
list: separator, changing
listing: message body
listing: message headers
listing: message log
listing: the queue
lmtp transport
LMTP: over a pipe
LMTP: over TCP/IP  [2]
load average  [2]  [3]
local delivery
local delivery, definition of
local host: domains treated as
local host: MX pointing to  [2]
local host: sending to  [2]
local message reception
local part: ACL checking
local part: case of
local part: definition of
local part: dots in
local part: prefix
local part: starting with !  [2]
local part: suffix
local scan function
local scan function timeout
local SMTP input
local transports: environment
local transports: uid and gid  [2]  [3]  [4]
local user
Local/eximon.conf  [2]  [3]
Local/Makefile  [2]
localhost_number
lock files  [2]
locking files  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]
locking mailboxes
log cycling
log extraction
log line from fail command
log: connection rejections
log: cycling
log: delayed delivery
log: destination
log: distinguished name  [2]
log: dnslist defer
log: dropped connection
log: ETRN commands
log: Exim arguments
log: frozen skipped
log: full parentage
log: incoming interface
log: incoming port
log: message  [2]
log: message size on delivery
log: message, disabling
log: queue run
log: recipients
log: retry defer
log: rewriting
log: selection option
log: sender on delivery
log: sender reception
log: size rejection
log: smtp confirmation
log: SMTP connections
log: SMTP protocol error
log: SMTP syntax error
log: subject
log: tail
log: TLS cipher  [2]  [3]
log: TLS peer DN
log: to file
log: to syslog
log: types
log: unknown SMTP command
lookup, in expanded string
lookup:
lookup: *
lookup: *@
lookup: caching
lookup: cdb
lookup: dbm
lookup: dbm, terminating zero
lookup: dbmnz
lookup: default values
lookup: DNS
lookup: dnsdb
lookup: dsearch
lookup: inclusion in binary
lookup: LDAP  [2]
lookup: lsearch
lookup: MySQL  [2]
lookup: NIS
lookup: NIS+  [2]
lookup: Oracle  [2]
lookup: partial matching
lookup: PostgreSQL
lookup: quoting
lookup: single key
lookup: temporary error
lookup: whoson
lookup: wildcard
loop: caused by fail
loop: in lookups
loop: local host  [2]
loop: prevention
loop: routing  [2]
loop: while file testing
lower casing  [2]

M
macro setting
macros in configuration file
mail hub
mail loop prevention
MAIL: rewriting argument of
mailbox: maintenance
mailbox: MMDF format
mailbox: multiple  [2]
mailbox: size warning
mailbox: symbolic link  [2]
maildir format
mailing lists:
mailing lists: closed
mailing lists: one-time expansion
mailing lists: re-expansion
mailq
mailstore format
main configuration
main log
maintaining Exim's database
make
manualroute router
masked IP address  [2]
maximum see limit
MD5 hash  [2]
message size  [2]
message size limit
Message-id: header
message: adding recipients
message: age of
message: body in expansion  [2]
message: body line count
message: body size
message: body, visible size
message: changing sender
message: controlling incoming
message: discarded
message: error
message: forced failure
message: format
message: freezing
message: header, definition of
message: id  [2]
message: listing body of
message: log  [2]
message: log listing
message: log, disabling
message: processing
message: queueing  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]
message: reception
message: size
message: transporting body only
message: transporting headers only
message_id_header_text
mixed-case login names
MMDF format mailbox
monitor  [2]
monitor window size
more option  [2]
msglog directory
multiple mailboxes  [2]
multiple SMTP deliveries  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]  [7]  [8]
multiple spool directories
MX record: maximum tried
MX record: pointing to IP address
MX record: pointing to local host  [2]
MySQL  [2]

N
name of sender
named lists
named pipe (fifo)
negation
network interface
new drivers, adding
newaliases
NFS:  [2]
NFS: lock file  [2]  [3]
NIS  [2]
NIS+  [2]  [3]
non-immediate delivery
number of deliveries
numeric comparison

O
one-time aliasing/forwarding expansion
open files, too many
OpenSSL
operating system type
options: appendfile
options: command line
options: command line, terminating
options: configuration
options: dnslookup
options: generic
options: generic router
options: generic transport
options: iplookup
options: manualroute
options: pipe
options: queryprogram
options: redirect
options: router
options: smtp
options: transport
``or'' expansion condition
Oracle  [2]
os.h
outgoing LMTP over TCP/IP
outgoing SMTP over TCP/IP
overriding build-time options
ownership: alias file
ownership: configuration file
ownership: forward file

P
packet radio
PAM
panic log
partial matching
PCRE
pcretest
``percent hack''  [2]
periodic queue running
Perl: calling from Exim
Perl: embedded  [2]  [3]  [4]
Perl: use in expanded string
perl_at_start
perl_startup
pid, of current process
pid, of daemon  [2]  [3]
pipe transport  [2]  [3]  [4]
pipe: control of commands  [2]
pipe: duplicated
pipe: environment  [2]
pipe: failure of exec
pipe: in redirection list
pipe: logging output
pipe: named (fifo)
pipe: path
pipe: returned data
pipe: temporary failure
plaintext authenticator
policy control: access control lists
policy control: address verification
policy control: by local scan function
policy control: checking
policy control: checking access
policy control: overview
policy control: relay control
port: for daemon
port: iplookup router
port: logging
port: receiving TCP/IP
port: sending TCP/IP
PostgreSQL  [2]  [3]
pre-building configuration
preserve_message_logs
preserving domain in redirection
primary host name
primary_hostname
printing characters
private options
privilege, running without
privileged user
process, querying
procmail
protocol
pwcheck daemon  [2]

Q
qualify_domain
qualify_recipient
queryprogram router
queue run: logging
queue-runner  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]
queue-runners, maximum number of
queue: definition of
queue: delivering specific messages
queue: display
queue: double scanning
queue: forcing
queue: initial delivery
queue: listing
queue: routing
queue: running  [2]  [3]  [4]
queue: running, abandoning
queue: running, detecting
queue: summary
queueing incoming messages  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]
quota: imposed by Exim
quota: warning threshold
quoting: in lookups
quoting: in pipe command
quoting: in string expansions
quoting: lookup-specific
quoting: regular expressions

R
Radius
randomized host list  [2]
RBL see DNS list
RCPT: ACL for  [2]
RCPT: maximum number of incoming
RCPT: maximum number of outgoing
RCPT: rate limiting
RCPT: rewriting argument of
RCPT: value of $message_size
Received: header
receiving mail
recipient: ACL checking
recipient: adding
recipient: adding in local scan
recipient: error
recipient: extracting from header lines
recipient: maximum number
recipient: removing
recipient: removing in local scan
recipient: verifying
redirect router
redirection errors
redirection files: broken
redirection list
redirection: repeated expansion
redirection: to pipe
redirection: while verifying
regular expressions: in domain list
regular expressions: library  [2]
regular expressions: quoting
regular expressions: testing
reject log
relaying: control by ACL
relaying: testing configuration
remote delivery, definition of
removing messages
removing recipients
repeated redirection expansion
replacing another MTA
reporting bugs
retry mechanism
retry: algorithms
retry: configuration
retry: configuration testing
retry: interval, maximum
retry: rules
retry: time not reached  [2]
retry: times
retry_data_expire
retry_interval_max
return code  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]  [7]  [8]  [9]  [10]
return path, definition of
return path see also envelope sender
Return-path: header  [2]  [3]
return_path_remove
reverse DNS lookup  [2]  [3]
rewriting: addresses  [2]  [3]
rewriting: at transport time
rewriting: bang paths
rewriting: flags
rewriting: headers
rewriting: logging
rewriting: patterns
rewriting: replacements
rewriting: rules
rewriting: testing  [2]
rewriting: whole addresses
RFC 1413  [2]
rmail
root privilege
router: data attached to address
router: definition of
router: pre-conditions
router: running details
routers: accept
routers: dnslookup
routers: ipliteral
routers: iplookup
routers: manualroute
routers: queryprogram
routers: redirect
routing loop  [2]
routing timeout
routing whole queue
rsmtp
run time configuration  [2]
runq

S
search_parents
security
self option
sender: ACL checking  [2]
sender: address  [2]
sender: authenticated
sender: changing
sender: definition of
sender: gid
Sender: header  [2]  [3]  [4]
sender: host address
sender: host name
sender: ident string
sender: name
sender: setting by untrusted user
sender: source of
sender: uid
sender: verifying
sender: verifying in header
serialising connections
setuid  [2]
shadow transport
SIGHUP
SIGUSR1
SIZE
size: of bounce, limit
size: of mailbox
size: of message  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]
size: of message, limit  [2]
size: of monitor window
skipping faulty addresses
smart host
SMTP listener
smtp transport
SMTP: authentication: configuration
SMTP: batched incoming  [2]
SMTP: batched outgoing  [2]
SMTP: batching over TCP/IP
SMTP: callout verification
SMTP: delaying delivery
SMTP: encrypted connection
SMTP: encryption
SMTP: errors in outgoing
SMTP: incoming call count  [2]
SMTP: incoming connection count
SMTP: incoming message count
SMTP: incoming over TCP/IP
SMTP: local incoming
SMTP: local input
SMTP: logging confirmation
SMTP: logging connections
SMTP: logging protocol error
SMTP: logging syntax error
SMTP: multiple deliveries  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]
SMTP: outgoing over TCP/IP
SMTP: passed channel  [2]  [3]  [4]
SMTP: passed connection
SMTP: passing channel  [2]
SMTP: rate limiting
SMTP: rewriting malformed addresses
SMTP: SIZE  [2]
SMTP: synchronization checking
SMTP: syntax error, logging
SMTP: testing incoming
SMTP: timeout, input  [2]
SMTP: timeout, output
SMTP: unknown command, logging
SMTP: welcome banner
smtp_etrn_command  [2]
sorting remote deliveries
source routing: in email address
source routing: in IP packets
spa authenticator
split spool directories
spool directory: checking space  [2]
spool directory: creating
spool directory: definition of
spool directory: file locked
spool directory: files  [2]
spool directory: format of files
spool directory: splitting
sprintf
src/EDITME
SSL see TLS
statistics
statvfs function
``sticky'' bit  [2]
string: case forcing  [2]
string: comparison
string: format
string: hashing
string: expansion see expansion
stripchart
subject, logging
substr
substring extraction
SUPPORT_TLS
symbolic link  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]
syntax of common options
syslog
system filter
system filter, testing
system log

T
tail of log
TCP/IP incoming port
TCP/IP outgoing port
tcpwrappers
tdb
terminology definitions
testing:
testing: addresses  [2]
testing: filter file
testing: forward file
testing: incoming SMTP
testing: regular expressions
testing: relay control
testing: retry configuration
testing: rewriting  [2]
testing: string expansion
testing: string expansions
testing: system filter
testing: variables in drivers  [2]
thawing messages  [2]  [3]
time interval format
time zone
timeout: blocking
timeout: frozen messages
timeout: local scan function
timeout: non-blocking
timeout: non-SMTP input  [2]
timeout: of router
timeout: retry data
timeout: SMTP input  [2]
timeout: SMTP outgoing
timeout_frozen_after
TLS:  [2]
TLS: automatic start
TLS: avoiding for certain hosts
TLS: certificate verification
TLS: including support for
TLS: logging cipher
TLS: logging peer DN
TLS: multiple message deliveries  [2]
TLS: on SMTP connection
TLS: passing connection
TLS: requiring for certain servers
TLS: use without STARTTLS
tmail
To: header
too many open files
top bit see 8-bit characters
trailing dot
trailing period
transport: appendfile
transport: autoreply
transport: body only
transport: definition of
transport: external
transport: filter  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]
transport: header rewriting
transport: headers only
transport: lmtp
transport: local  [2]  [3]  [4]
transport: pipe
transport: shadow
transport: smtp
trusted user  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]  [7]  [8]
trusted user, definition of

U
uid: caller
uid: Exim's own
uid: for queryprogram
uid: in spool file
uid: local delivery  [2]  [3]
uid: of originating user
uid: system filter  [2]
uid: unknown caller
underscore in EHLO/HELO
unfreezing messages  [2]  [3]
unknown host name
unprivileged running
unqualified addresses  [2]  [3]
untrusted user, setting sender
upgrading Exim
upper casing
USE_DB  [2]
USE_TCP_WRAPPERS
user name: format
user name: maximum length
user: admin, definition of
user: trusted, definition of
user: untrusted setting sender
utilities
UUCP  [2]  [3]
UUCP, ``From'' line  [2]  [3]  [4]
uucp_from_pattern
uucp_from_sender

V
vacation processing
Variable Envelope Return Paths
verifying: address by callout
verifying: address, options for
verifying: addresses
verifying: EHLO
verifying: header syntax
verifying: HELO
verifying: recipient
verifying: redirection
verifying: sender
verifying: sender in header
VERP
version number
virtual domains
VRFY: ACL for
VRFY: argument
VRFY: processing

W
warning message: customizing
warning of delay
warning of delay, customizing
web site
welcome banner for SMTP
whoson
wildcard lookups  [2]
window size

X
X-Failed-Recipients: header
X-windows  [2]
X11 libraries