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-As an example of how to set up your MTA, in exim on Ubuntu, you might
-add the following to its configuration.
-
-In `/etc/exim4/conf.d/main/04_alaveteli_options`:
-
- ALAVETELI_HOME=/path/to/alaveteli/software
- ALAVETELI_USER=www-data
- log_file_path=/var/log/exim4/exim-%slog-%D
- MAIN_LOG_SELECTOR==+all -retry_defer
- extract_addresses_remove_arguments=false
-
-(The user ALAVETELI_USER should have write permissions on ALAVETELI_HOME).
-
-Note that the name and location of the log files created by Exim must match
-what the `load-mail-server-logs` script expects, hence the need for the extra
-`log_file_path` setting. And the `check-recent-requests-sent` scripts expects
-the logs to contain the `from=<...>` envelope information, so we make the
-logs more verbose with `log_selector`. The ALAVETELI_USER may need to also
-need to be added to the `trusted_users` list in your Exim config in order to
-set the return path on outgoing mail, depending on your setup.
-
-In `/etc/exim4/conf.d/router/04_alaveteli`:
-
- alaveteli_request:
- debug_print = "R: alaveteli for $local_part@$domain"
- driver = redirect
- data = ${lookup{$local_part}wildlsearch{ALAVETELI_HOME/config/aliases}}
- pipe_transport = alaveteli_mailin_transport
-
-In `/etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/04_alaveteli`:
-
- alaveteli_mailin_transport:
- driver = pipe
- command = $address_pipe ${lc:$local_part}
- current_directory = ALAVETELI_HOME
- home_directory = ALAVETELI_HOME
- user = ALAVETELI_USER
- group = ALAVETELI_USER
-
-And, assuming you set `INCOMING_EMAIL_PREFIX` in your config at
-`config/general` to "foi+", create `config/aliases` with the following
-content:
-
- ^foi\\+.*: |/path/to/alaveteli/software/script/mailin
-
-You should also configure exim to discard any messages sent to the
-`BLACKHOLE_PREFIX` address, whose default value is
-'do-not-reply-to-this-address'. For example, add the following to
-config/aliases:
-
- # We use this for envelope from for some messages where we don't care about delivery
- do-not-reply-to-this-address: :blackhole:
-
-If you want to make use of the automatic bounce-message handling, then
-set the `TRACK_SENDER_EMAIL` address to be filtered through
-`script/handle-mail-replies`. Messages that are not bounces or
-out-of-office autoreplies will be forwarded to
-`FORWARD_NONBOUNCE_RESPONSES_TO`. For example, in WhatDoTheyKnow the
-configuration looks like this:
-
- raw_team: [a list of people on the team]
- team: |/path/to/alaveteli/software/script/handle-mail-replies
-
-with `FORWARD_NONBOUNCE_RESPONSES_TO: 'raw_team@whatdotheyknow.com'`
-
-Finally, make sure you have `dc_use_split_config='true'` in
-`/etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf`, and execute the command
-`update-exim4.conf`.
-
-NB: if the file `/etc/exim4/exim4.conf` exists then `update-exim4.conf`
-will silently do nothing. Some distributions include this file. If
-yours does, you will need to rename it before running `update-exim4.conf`.
-
-(You may also want to set `dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet'`,
-`dc_local_interfaces='0.0.0.0 ; ::1'`, and
-`dc_other_hostnames='<your-host-name>'`)
-
-# Troubleshooting
-
-To test mail delivery, run:
-
- exim -bt foi+request-1234@localhost
-
-This should tell you which routers are being processed. You should
-see something like:
-
- $ exim -bt foi+request-1234@localhost
- R: alaveteli pipe for snafflerequest-234@localhost
- snafflerequest-234@localhost -> |/home/alaveteli/alaveteli/script/mailin
- transport = alaveteli_mailin_transport
-
-This tells you that the routing part (making emails to
-`foi\+.*@localhost` be forwarded to Alaveteli's `mailin` script) is
-working.
-
-There is a great
-[Exim Cheatsheet](http://bradthemad.org/tech/notes/exim_cheatsheet.php)
-online that you may find useful.
-