Just my notes for Exim administration
Log file is located at /var/log/exim4/mainlog
See some general stats: eximstats -nr /var/log/exim4/mainlog
See current activity: exim4 -bp | exiqsumm
See the # of messages in the queue: exim4 -bpc
See undelivered messages in the queue: exim4 -bpu
See what the actual processes are doing: exiwhat
Checking mailbox size: du -hsc * (run in /home)
The configuration template is in /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and the actual config file in in /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
Regenerate the config file from the template: update-exim4.conf
Reload the configuration: invoke-rc.d exim4 reload
Send a test message send "content" | mail -s "subject" [email protected]
Send a message without "send": echo "body" | mail -s "subject" [email protected]
Process the queue: exim -q -v
Process the queue, ignoring retry times: exim -qf -v
Process the queue, including even frozen messages: exim -qff -v
To see the contents of a specific message: exim -Mvc messageid