[rt-users] Problem to integrate exim4 with request tracker 4.0

Theodotos Andreou theo at ubuntucy.org
Sun Sep 14 08:15:56 EDT 2014


Another think to have in mind. The Reply and Comment email addresses 
must have the following format in order to work:

rt-<queue>@rt.example.com
rt-<queue>-comments at rt.example.com

On 14/09/2014 02:41 μμ, Theodotos Andreou wrote:
> I did not mean to offend anyone. I just choose not to use skype. And 
> since we have the mailing, list I don't see why this discussion cannot 
> happen on the mailing list. Or on RT's IRC channel.
>
> Anyway I figured it out eventually (with some help from the exim IRC 
> channel):
>
> You need to revert the configuration back to split.
>
> Then you need to create these two files:
>      root at rt:~# cat /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/rt_router
>      rt_router:
>       driver = accept
>       local_part_prefix = rt-
>       local_part_suffix_optional
>       local_part_suffix = -comment
>       transport = rt_transport
>       
>      root at rt:~# cat /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/rt_transport
>      RT_USER=www-data
>      RT_URL=https://rt.example.com
>       
>      rt_transport:
>       driver = pipe
>       user = RT_USER
>       command = rt-mailgate \
>       --action '${if def:local_part_suffix {comment}{correspond}}' \
>       --queue "$local_part" \
>       --url RT_URL --no-verify-ssl
> and then restart exim.
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> On 14/09/2014 01:23 μμ, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>> It's okay if you do not need my help because of paranoia. I am on 
>> Windows PC at the moment and I am not installing anything else.
>> I said use either  'pipind' or 'odhiambo at outlook.com 
>> <mailto:odhiambo at outlook.com>' as my Skype names.
>>
>> Maybe someone on the forum/list will take this up and help you.
>>
>> On 14 September 2014 13:14, Theodotos Andreou <theo at ubuntucy.org 
>> <mailto:theo at ubuntucy.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     I'm too paranoid for Skype. I have no idea what is pipind :)
>>
>>     How about Tox (my
>>     id:AF41728851B8C1CEFE85956D594991F752950BBE9D0F744ED03994534F7274283B3C52174898)
>>     or plain old IRC?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 14/09/2014 12:54 μμ, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>>>     Can we take this offlist, please? I can help you set it up from
>>>     there.
>>>
>>>     First I don't understand why your file is named .tmp. In a
>>>     monolithic config, you should be getting something like 'error
>>>     in line XXX of exim4.config....
>>>
>>>     I am on skype as odhiambo at outlook.com
>>>     <mailto:odhiambo at outlook.com> or pipind. Please catch me on that
>>>     if possible, else let's move into private e-mail I help you
>>>     troubleshoot.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     On 14 September 2014 12:36, Theodotos Andreou <theo at ubuntucy.org
>>>     <mailto:theo at ubuntucy.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         OK I used dpkg-reconfigure to switch to a monolithic format.
>>>         Now I get:
>>>
>>>         # dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
>>>           * Stopping MTA for restart
>>>             ...done.
>>>           * Restarting MTA
>>>             ...done.
>>>         ALERT: exim paniclog /var/log/exim4/paniclog has non-zero size, mail system possibly broken
>>>
>>>         The panilog says:
>>>
>>>         # cat /var/log/exim4/paniclog
>>>         2014-09-13 08:20:06 Exim configuration error in line 218 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
>>>            main option "rt_transport" unknown
>>>         2014-09-14 04:00:43 Exim configuration error in line 218 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
>>>            main option "rt_transport" unknown
>>>         2014-09-14 10:06:32 Exim configuration error in line 218 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
>>>            main option "rt_transport" unknown
>>>
>>>         What now?
>>>
>>>
>>>         On 14/09/2014 12:14 μμ, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>>>>         You probably need to run some command to regenerate your
>>>>         configs for Exim4 so that the transport can be detected. I
>>>>         only know how to use the monolithic Exim4 configuration,
>>>>         not the split config. Maybe:
>>>>
>>>>         sudo dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         On 14 September 2014 11:49, Theodotos Andreou
>>>>         <theo at ubuntucy.org <mailto:theo at ubuntucy.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>             I am trying to setup an RT 4.0 system with exim4. I
>>>>             want it to be queue agnostic, so the manual advised to
>>>>             use this setup:
>>>>
>>>>             # cat /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/90_exim4-config_requesttracker
>>>>             RT_USER=www-data
>>>>             RT_URL=https://logs.markouassociates.com
>>>>
>>>>             rt_transport:
>>>>              driver = pipe
>>>>              user = RT_USER
>>>>              command = rt-mailgate \
>>>>              --action '${if def:local_part_suffix
>>>>             {comment}{correspond}}' \
>>>>              --queue "$local_part" \
>>>>              --url RT_URL --no-verify-ssl
>>>>
>>>>             rt_router:
>>>>              driver = accept
>>>>              local_part_prefix = rt-
>>>>              administration
>>>>              local_part_suffix_optional
>>>>              local_part_suffix = -comment
>>>>              transport = rt_transport
>>>>
>>>>             But when I try to restart exim4 this is what I get:
>>>>
>>>>             # service exim4 restart
>>>>              * Stopping MTA for restart
>>>>             2014-09-14 10:06:32 Exim configuration error in line
>>>>             218 of /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp:
>>>>               main option "rt_transport" unknown
>>>>             Invalid new configfile
>>>>             /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp, not installing
>>>>             /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated.tmp to
>>>>             /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
>>>>
>>>>             I know I must be doing something fundamentally wrong
>>>>             here but as an exim noob, I can't  figure it out.
>>>>
>>>>             I am using RT 4.0.19 and exim4 4.82 both installed from
>>>>             the stock Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) packages.
>>>>
>>>>             Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             -- 
>>>>             RT Training - Boston, September 9-10
>>>>             http://bestpractical.com/training
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         -- 
>>>>         Best regards,
>>>>         Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>>>>         Nairobi,KE
>>>>         +254733744121/+254722743223
>>>>         "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     -- 
>>>     Best regards,
>>>     Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>>>     Nairobi,KE
>>>     +254733744121/+254722743223
>>>     "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>> Nairobi,KE
>> +254733744121/+254722743223
>> "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
>
>
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