Mailing List Archive: Setting a specific email address to receive panic log notifications from exim

I have a mail server for the domain 'example.net' and the hostname of that
mail server is 'mail.example.net'.

When the exim MTA panics, then emails are automatically queued to '
root@mail.example.net' but I would prefer to send the emails to '
postmaster@example.net'. How do I configure exim4.conf to send those emails
to an existing email address?

I am using a unified exim4.conf and all my email addresses are set in a
PostgreSQL table.

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On 2024-04-25 Third World Developer via Exim-users <exim-users@lists.exim.org> wrote:
> I have a mail server for the domain 'example.net' and the hostname of that
> mail server is 'mail.example.net'.

> When the exim MTA panics, then emails are automatically queued to '
> root@mail.example.net' but I would prefer to send the emails to '
> postmaster@example.net'. How do I configure exim4.conf to send those emails
> to an existing email address?

> I am using a unified exim4.conf and all my email addresses are set in a
> PostgreSQL table.

Hello,

Exim does not send mail on panic, therefore this is not configured in
exim4.conf.

"exim4.conf" sound like a debian-based setup. Debian ships
/etc/cron.daily/exim4-base for db-maintenance and optional panic log
mail. The recipient address can be changed in the cron-job script.

cu Andreas

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