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    Default exim not coming up after reinstall

    Hello All,

    Exim in one of the server is not coming up even if I run /scripts/exim4 --force . The error message I get is as follows. Please help me...

    Regards,
    David


    Output of /scripts/exim4 --force
    *****
    *****
    *****
    Mirror Check passed for cpan.teleglobe.net
    CPAN: Storable loaded ok
    Going to read /home/.cpan/Metadata
    Database was generated on Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:57:50 GMT
    Mail::SpamAssassin is up to date.
    Net:NS is up to date.
    perlmod--Install done
    mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/spool/exim': File exists
    Waiting for exim to restart..............finished.

    root 25696 0.2 0.1 2880 1444 ? S 19:44 0:00 antirelayd

    Jun 11 19:44:44 serverXXX exim: clamd shutdown failed
    Jun 11 19:44:44 serverXXX exim: exim shutdown failed
    Jun 11 19:44:44 serverXXX exim: antirelayd shutdown succeeded
    Jun 11 19:44:44 serverXXX exim: spamd shutdown failed
    exim has failed, please contact the sysadmin.
    `/etc/localdomains.eximreset' -> `/etc/localdomains'
    `/etc/aliases.eximreset' -> `/etc/aliases'
    `/etc/secondarymx.eximreset' -> `/etc/secondarymx'
    exim: no process killed
    exim: no process killed
    Waiting for exim to restart..............finished.

    root 25899 0.2 0.1 2880 1444 ? S 19:45 0:00 antirelayd

    Jun 11 19:45:02 serverXXX exim: clamd shutdown failed
    Jun 11 19:45:02 serverXXX exim: exim shutdown failed
    Jun 11 19:45:02 serverXXX exim: antirelayd shutdown succeeded
    Jun 11 19:45:02 serverXXX exim: spamd shutdown failed
    exim has failed, please contact the sysadmin.
    exim_dbmbuild: unable to create /var/spool/exim/db/retry.dbmbuild_temp: No such file or directory
    exim_dbmbuild: unable to create /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp.dbmbuild_temp: No such file or directory
    exim_dbmbuild: unable to create /var/spool/exim/db/misc.dbmbuild_temp: No such file or directory
    exim_dbmbuild: unable to create /var/spool/exim/db/callout.dbmbuild_temp: No such file or directory
    chmod: failed to get attributes of `/var/spool/exim/db/*': No such file or directory
    Install Complete

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