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Howto: Renewing Exim SSL certificate

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Renewing exim SSL certificate without using Cpanel or exim scripts,first we have to create the certificate and replace the file with suitable permissions,  follow the below steps to do.

1, Creating Self signed certificate files using Openssl.

root@server09 [~]# openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout /root/server.key -out /root/server.crt -days 365 -nodes
Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key
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writing new private key to '/root/server.key'
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You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
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Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:IN
State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]:Karnataka
Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]:Banglore
Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]:Private Ltd
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:JWH
Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []:server.domain.com
Email Address []:

2, Verify the existing location and filename and replace the files

root@server09 [~]# ll /etc/exim.key /etc/exim.crt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2月 26 2010 /etc/exim.crt -> /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.crt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2月 26 2010 /etc/exim.key -> /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.key
mv /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.crt /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.crt_30_5_2013
mv /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.key /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.key_30_5_2013
mv /root/server.key /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.key
mv /root/server.crt /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.crt
chmod 660 /etc/exim.key /etc/exim.crt /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.key /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.crt
chown mailnull.mail /etc/exim.key /etc/exim.crt /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.key /var/cpanel/ssl/exim/myexim.crt

3, Restart exim

root@server09 [~]# service exim restart

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Error: Domain domain.com has exceeded the max defers and failures per hour (5/5 (100%)) allowed

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Iam getting email failure messages from a domain hosted in our server, The content like “Domain domain.com has exceeded the max defers and failures per hour (5/5 (100%)) allowed” .

Chances are your client has triggered a fail safe in Exim that restricts them from sending any email out of your server. This event is triggered when an account sends email to addresses that fail or defer more than the set limit. If we limit set within the WHM is 50% or lower mail will now be rejected when that account sends more email andif any 5 email failures.

Here’s how you can change the threshold or disable this feature!

  1. Log into the WHM as root
  2. Click tweak settings
  3. Click the Mail tab
  4. Scroll down and find the “Maximum percentage of failed or deferred messages a domain may send per hour” setting
  5. Change the % or you can disable this feature by selecting the Unlimited option

Maximum percentage of failed or deferred messages a domain may send per hour

 

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