Exim: incompatible command-line options or arguments

[equens]

Hello, default queue and pending stopped yesterday from last update of Cpanel/MailScanner FE:

I can´t deliver all Messages in queue from WHM:

Delivering All Messages in Queue
exim: incompatible command-line options or arguments
Complete.

WHM 11.28.64
CENTOS 4.8 i686 standard

Any help will be appreciated!

[Infopro]

Check your: WHM > Service Configuration > EXIM Configuration Editor, page for messages. Do you have any customizations to EXIM?

[equens]

All appears correctly, I have the same error in two differents servers.


queue_only_override = false
no_message_logs
log_selector = +arguments +subject +received_recipients
timeout_frozen_after = 4d
ignore_bounce_errors_after = 2d

[Infopro]

Interestly enough, I have no mail stuck in the queue but clicked "Attempt to Deliver all messages in queue" and get the same message as you:

exim: incompatible command-line options or arguments

That server is running the latest CURRENT. On my EDGE server doing the same thing seems to work as expected in that I do not get that message.

[cPanelTristan]

I do not see a bug report about this issue. Infopro, when you indicate you are running the latest CURRENT, is that 11.28.75 that's listed in http://httpupdate.cpanel.net page? EDGE is also on 11.28.75, so that's why I'm asking, while 11.28.64 is latest RELEASE and STABLE.

equens, can you open up a ticket using WHM > Support Center > Contact cPanel or via the link in my signature about this issue? If you believe it might be a bug, please use the Bugs link at the top right of the forum or http://go.cpanel.net/bugreport link.

Also, is there a reason you do have "queue_only_override = false" set on the machine? I do wonder if a queue setting is impacting it. I am not entirely certain the purpose of that setting after reviewing it in http://www.exim.org/exim-html-curren...html/ch14.html location, so if you could explain why it's set on the servers precisely anyway.

[Infopro]

CURRENT 11.28.75 yes, EDGE here is at 11.28.71

I meant to post back here but got sidetracked. I did do some testing on these 2 servers removing all of those entries, adding them back one by one saving and checking again and none of them are affecting this on either server.

I removed all the lines and reset EXIM to defaults on both servers as well.

When I cick the link to "Attempt to Deliver..."

On EDGE:

LOG: MAIN
cwd=/usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot 2 args: /usr/sbin/runq -v
LOG: queue_run MAIN
Start queue run: pid=5740
LOG: queue_run MAIN
End queue run: pid=5740
Complete.

On CURRENT:

exim: incompatible command-line options or arguments
Complete.

[cPanelKyle]

I attempted to replicate this using 11.28.75-EDGE_51144 and 11.28.75-CURRENT_51144 and cannot. Infopro are you using MailScanner on your server as well like the original poster?

[Infopro]

I apologize for that, forgot to mention it. Yes, on the server running CURRENT.

[cPanelTristan]

Infopro, would you be willing to uninstall MailScanner on that machine to see the results? Good catch, Kyle!

[equens]

Equens, can you open up a ticket using WHM > Support Center > Contact cPanel or via the link in my signature about this issue? If you believe it might be a bug, please use the Bugs link at the top right of the forum or http://go.cpanel.net/bugreport link.

Also, is there a reason you do have "queue_only_override = false" set on the machine? I do wonder if a queue setting is impacting it. I am not entirely certain the purpose of that setting after reviewing it in 14. Main configuration location, so if you could explain why it's set on the servers precisely anyway.

Hello,

::: Official Home Page for MailScanner - Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam Filter :::

Deferring incoming messages

There are a couple of ways to prevent Exim from delivering messages immediately. The simplest is to add this line to the first part of the configuration file:

queue_only = true

However this allows Exim's admin users to bypass MailScanner using Exim options such as -q and -M, and if you have prod_requires_admin = false then any user can do this.

In Exim-4.21 and greater you should use an additional setting to make the queue_only option stronger:

queue_only_override = false

[Gene Steinberg]

There's a warning from MailScanner's publisher that if you uninstall, stuck outgoing mail is lost.

I have a problem like this as well, but nothing here seems to be of help.

Peace,
Gene

[cPanelTristan]

Hello Gene,

Have you posted on the MailScanner site to ask about the issue you are having with their product?

Thanks!

[Gene Steinberg]

Yeah, but we managed to free the queue by then. Still getting that exim error message, but it appears to be a CSF issue with the way MailScanner works with Exim. This is, frankly, a product that ought to be part of the core cPanel installation, as basic spam filtering is not terribly good without it. Better than Plesk, but it could still be improved.

Peace,
Gene

[cPanelTristan]

If MailScanner is still installed and you are receiving this error message, then it would be MailScanner that is causing the error message (as the prior 2 posters also had it happen only on systems with MailScanner). If MailScanner is no longer installed and you've reset exim to the defaults to troubleshoot the issue and it is still happening, please open up a ticket for us to investigate further.

[Gene Steinberg]

Uninstalling MailScanner can empty the mail queue. More to the point, the error is evidently not significant. According to Sarah at CSF, just use their CSF mail queue, part of the MailScanner setup if they install it for you. That way it should work if you have a packed mail queue.

Peace,
Gene