update-exim4defaults

SYNOPSIS
       update-exim4defaults   [   --qflags   flags   ]  [  --queuerunner  com-
       bined|queueonly|separate|ppp|no|nodaemon  ]  [  --queuetime  time  ]  [
       --commonoptions options ] [ --queuerunneroptions options ] [ --smtplis-
       teneroptions options ] [ --remove-common  options  ]  [  --remove-queue
       options  ]  [  --remove-smtp  options  ] [ --force|-f ] [ --help|-h ] [
       --init ]


DESCRIPTION
       update-exim4defaults allows to set run parameters for the  Exim  daemon
       in  /etc/default/exim4.  Its main purpose is for interaction with pack-
       ages enhancing Exim like virus-scanners that need to change the way the
       exim daemon is started.

OPTIONS
       --help|-h
              Print short usage instructions and exit.

       --qflags flags
              Set qflags, special flags given to exim directly after the "-q".
              See exim(8) for more information.

       --queuerunner combined|queueonly|separate|ppp|no|nodaemon
              Should the init script start one daemon that listens on the smtp
              port  for  incoming  connections  and  runs the queue at regular
              intervals (combined) , or should it start two separate  daemons,
              one  listening  on  the  smtp  port, the other running the queue
              (separate)  ,   or   should   the   queue   only   be   run   by
              /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim4  (ppp) , or shouldn't we run the queue at
              all, for example if you'd rather do this with cron ?  Or  should
              we  only  start  a  queuerunner  (queueonly) or no daemon at all
              (nodaemon) ?

       --queuetime time
              In which intervals should we  run  the  queue?  This  passed  as
              option -q<qflags>time to Exim, e.g. -q30m or -qq1h.

       --commonoptions options
              Options  passed both to queue-running and listening instances of
              Exim.

       --queuerunneroptions options
              Options only passed to the instance of Exim running the queue.

       --smtplisteneroptions options
              Options only passed to the instance of  Exim  listening  on  the
              SMTP port.

       --force|-f
              Without  this option update-exim4defaults exits with an error if
              at  least  one  of  the  options  --queuetime,  --commonoptions,
              --queuerunneroptions  or  --smtplisteneroptions  is used and the

       The  --remove-commands cannot be used at the same time as any of --com-
       monoptions,   --queuerunneroptions   or   --smtplisteneroptions.    The
       --remove-commands  will additionally remove whitespace at the beginning
       and the end of the option and exchange multiple spaces wi a single one.

       --init create a default /etc/default/exim4 file and  exit  immediately.
              Unless  --force  was  also  specified update-exim4defaults exits
              (successfully)  without  doing  anything  if  /etc/default/exim4
              already exists. All other options are ignored.


EXIT STATUS
       0      change was successful or nothing needed to be done.

       1      generic  error:  wrong  options,  unreadable configuration file,
              etc.

       2      QUEUEINTERVAL was already set.

       4      COMMONOPTIONS was already set.

       8      QUEUERUNNEROPTIONS was already set.

       16     SMTPLISTENEROPTIONS was already set.

       32     QFLAGS was already set.

       64     --remove-something failed, i.e. the value of the option was  not
              changed.

       Exit  codes  2  to  32 will be summed up, if more than one unsuccessful
       option was given.


FILES
       /etc/default/exim4
              The configuration file.

       /etc/init.d/exim4
              The Exim init-script.

       /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim4
              The  queuerunner  in  this  file  also  uses  COMMONOPTIONS  and
              QUEUERUNNEROPTIONS and does not run if QUEUERUNNER=no.



BUGS
       This  manual page needs a major re-work. If somebody knows better groff
       than us and has more experience in writing manual  pages,  any  patches
       would be greatly appreciated.


SEE ALSO