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diff --git a/network/exim/manpages/exim_db.8 b/network/exim/manpages/exim_db.8 deleted file mode 100644 index f0ea021dc4..0000000000 --- a/network/exim/manpages/exim_db.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,168 +0,0 @@ -.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- -.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps -.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection -.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) -.TH EXIM_DB 8 "March 26, 2003" -.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. -.\" -.\" Some roff macros, for reference: -.\" .nh disable hyphenation -.\" .hy enable hyphenation -.\" .ad l left justify -.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins -.\" .nf disable filling -.\" .fi enable filling -.\" .br insert line break -.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines -.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) -.\" \(oqthis text is enclosed in single quotes\(cq -.\" \(lqthis text is enclosed in double quotes\(rq -.SH NAME -exim_db \- Manage Exim's hint databases (exim_dumpdb, exim_fixdb, exim_tidydb) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B exim_dumpdb -.I spooldir database -.br -.B exim_fixdb -.I spooldir database -.br -.B exim_tidydb -.I [\-f] [\-t time] spooldir database - -.SH DESCRIPTION -Three utility programs are provided for maintaining the DBM files that -Exim uses to contain its delivery hint information. -Each program requires two arguments. -The first specifies the name of Exim's spool directory, and the second is -the name of the database it is to operate on. -These are as follows: -.TP -.B retry -the database of retry information -.TP -.B wait\-<transport name> -databases of information about messages waiting for remote hosts -.TP -.B misc -other hints data (for example, for serializing ETRN runs) -.P -The entire contents of a database are written to the standard output by the -.B exim_dumpdb -program, which has no options or arguments other than the spool -and database names. -For example, to dump the retry database: - -.I exim_dumpdb /var/spool/exim retry - -Two lines of output are produced for each entry: -.nf - T:mail.ref.example:192.168.242.242 146 77 Connection refused - 31-Oct-1995 12:00:12 02-Nov-1995 12:21:39 02-Nov-1995 20:21:39 * - -.fi -The first item on the first line is the key of the record. -It starts with one of the letters R, or T, depending on whether it refers -to a routing or transport retry. -For a local delivery, the next part is the local address; for a remote -delivery it is the name of the remote host, followed by its failing IP -address (unless \(lqno_retry_include_ip_address\(rq is set on the smtp -transport). -Then there follows an error code, an additional error code, and a -textual description of the error. - -The three times on the second line are the time of first failure, the time of -the last delivery attempt, and the computed time for the next attempt. -The line ends with an asterisk if the cutoff time for the last retry rule -has been exceeded. - -Each output line from -.B exim_dumpdb -for the -.I wait\-xxx -databases consists of a host name followed by a list of ids for messages -that are or were waiting to be delivered to that host. -If there are a very large number for any one host, continuation records, -with a sequence number added to the host name, may be seen. -The data in these records is often out of date, because a message may be -routed to several alternative hosts, and Exim makes no effort to keep -cross-references. - -The -.B exim_tidydb -utility program is used to tidy up the contents of the hints databases. -If run with no options, it removes all records from a database that are -more than 30 days old. -The cutoff date can be altered by means of the \-t option, which must be -followed by a time. -For example, to remove all records older than a week from the retry -database: - -.I exim_tidydb \-t 7d /var/spool/exim retry - -Both the -.I wait\-xxx -and -.I retry -databases contain items that involve message ids. -In the former these appear as data in records keyed by host - they were -messages that were waiting for that host - and in the latter they are the -keys for retry information for messages that have suffered certain types -of error. -When \(lqexim_tidydb\(rq is run, a check is made to ensure that message ids in -database records are those of messages that are still on the queue. -Message ids for messages that no longer exist are removed from \(lqwait\-\(rqxxx -records, and if this leaves any records empty, they are deleted. -For the \(lqretry\(rq database, records whose keys are non-existent message -ids are removed. -The -.B exim_tidydb -utility outputs comments on the standard output whenever it removes -information from the database. - -Removing records from a DBM file does not normally make the file smaller, but -all the common DBM libraries are able to re-use the space that is released. -It is therefore suggested that -.B exim_tidydb -be run periodically on all the hints databases, but at a quiet time of day, -because it requires a database to be locked (and therefore inaccessible to -Exim) while it does its work. - -The -.B exim_fixdb -program is a utility for interactively modifying databases. -Its main use is for testing Exim, but it might also be occasionally useful -for getting round problems in a live system. -It has no options, and its interface is somewhat crude. -On entry, it prompts for input with a right angle-bracket. -A key of a database record can then be entered, and the data for that -record is displayed. - -If \(oqd\(cq is typed at the next prompt, the entire record is deleted. -For all except the -.I retry -database, that is the only operation that can be carried out. -For the -.I retry -database, each field is output preceded by a number, and data for individual -fields can be changed by typing the field number followed by new data, for -example: - - > 4 951102:1000 - -resets the time of the next delivery attempt. -Time values are given as a sequence of digit pairs for year, month, day, -hour, and minute. -Colons can be used as optional separators. - -.SH 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. - -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR exim (8) - -.SH AUTHOR -This manual page was stitched together from spec.txt by -Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org>, -for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). |