Mail handler on Exim

Reference: http://www.evolt.org/article/Incoming_Mail_and_PHP/18/27914/index.html

 

General steps:

1. Install exim4, on ubuntu: apt-get install exim4

2. Configure commands

     a) dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config

         This is just a simple gui for adjusting several basic parameters.

 

To add

address_pipe: driver = pipe pipe_as_creator

 

1) non-split config (do_use_split_config="false" in /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf)

vi /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template and add the address_pipe definition above

update-exim4.conf -v, it will generate /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated which is the real conf file that exim reads.

/etc/init.d/exim4 restart

2) split config (do_use_split_config="true")

replace the address_pipe definition in /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_address_pipe

update-exim4.conf -v

/etc/init.d/exim4 restart

 

To setup an mail handler in user home:

create ~/.forward with

xxx@somedomain.com, |/home/someone/MailHandler.php

Notes:

*) xxx@somedomain.com is used for backup.

*) must use the abolute path to specify the php script.