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NAME

       exact.conf - exact(8) configuration file


DESCRIPTION

       The exact configuration file is the only configuration file for
       exact(5) which provides POP-before-SMTP-relay-authentication for unix
       systems.  This file specifies all configuration parameters required for
       exact to function.  The file consists of name value pairs, separated by
       whitespace.  Comments are introduced using a hash ('#') character.


PARAMETERS

       user   the username the EXACT daemon should run under.  It is strongly
              recommended that you run this in a mail group, or something
              similar, and allow access to the appropriate system logs to that
              group.  See the SECURITY document distributed with EXACT.
              Defaults to mailnull.

       group  the group the EXACT daemon should use.  Defaults to mailnull

       pidfile
              the daemon will write it's process id to this file, to allow it
              to be controlled.  Defaults to /var/run/exact/exact.pid.

       maillog
              this is the file the daemon watches.  Defaults to
              /var/log/maillog.

       match  the regular expression used to identify the user and ip address
              to authenticate.  The first bracketed expression should be the
              username and the second the hostname.

       authtype
              the type of relay state table used.  If exact was compiled with
              the --with-db switch to configure, then you can use Berkeley DB
              format state tables.  Otherwise you must use text format tables.
              The only valid values for this parameter are 'db' and 'text'.

       authfile
              the file the ip addresses to allow relay for are written to.
              Defaults to /var/state/exact/relay.

       authtemp
              a temporary file for writing the relay data to.  This is then
              moved to "authfile" atomically, to avoid race conditions.  This
              should be on the same disk as "authfile".  Defaults to
              /var/state/exact/relay.tmp.

       dumpfile
              if you send the exact process a SIGUSR1, it will dump it's state
              table to this file.  Defaults to /var/state/exact/dump.

       timeout
              the number of seconds before an ip address is removed from the
              relay file.  Defaults to 1800 seconds (30 minutes).

       flush  the period, in seconds, between flush cycles.  The daemon checks
              this often to see if ip addresses should be removed, if they are
              older than (timeout) seconds.  Defaults to 300 (5 minutes).

       suspicious
              the time, in seconds, for which an unchanged logfile will
              trigger a reopen.  this is designed to detect rotated logfiles.
              Defaults to 120 (2 minutes).


SEE ALSO

       exact(8)


AUTHOR

       Doug Winter <doug@pigeonhold.com>


LICENSE

       This software is released under the GNU General Public License

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