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existenz
12-29-2003, 02:11 PM
Just though you would like to know about this error:

exim abandoned: unkown, malformed, or incomplete option -L
DirectAdmin Support
12-30-2003, 11:11 AM
Where is that being produced? when you start it up?

John
existenz
12-30-2003, 02:18 PM
While tring to boot the service it gives that error.
DirectAdmin Support
12-31-2003, 01:18 AM
Are you using the script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim ?

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim start

John
existenz
12-31-2003, 11:04 AM
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim start
Starting exim: [ OK ]
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim stop
Shutting down exim: [ OK ]
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim start
Starting exim: [ OK ]
DirectAdmin Support
12-31-2003, 11:17 AM
So... is it working? I think the -L flag is used with sendmail.. which isn't used, so there might be a boot script hanging around that is causing that.

John
existenz
12-31-2003, 12:28 PM
Sorry about that yes but I have not looked at hte boot since. I just know that Exim started and stopped.
rhoekman
03-04-2004, 08:22 AM
This is still there.. Actually it appears at boot up twice in a row like this:

exim abandoned: unkown, malformed, or incomplete option -L
exim abandoned: unkown, malformed, or incomplete option -L

Perhaps a line needed in rc.conf with sendmail_enable="NONE" I'll try that later I have to go now :)
fusionictnl
06-25-2004, 12:04 PM
This is an error i get too. I just installed a clean new install on a FreeBSD 5.1 box.

And squirrelmail can't connect to imap. so I think it's down.
werwin01
03-19-2005, 07:45 PM
To enable IMAP for squirellmail to connect, you need to add this to your /etc/rc.conf


inetd_enable="YES"


I also recieve the exim error (am running 4.50-2)

exim abandoned: unknown, malformed, or incomplete option -L
exim abandoned: unknown, malformed, or incomplete option -L


you can see this by doing

sh /etc/rc
Dartonion
03-23-2005, 04:46 AM
Same problem here, also exim stops working after a few days, with this error.

Any solution found yet?
lapo
01-20-2006, 06:27 AM
Old thread, but while I'm here... ;)

As correctly indicated above, the "-L" option is a Sendmail switch.
The message implies that the default sendmail startup script is still running from /etc/rc.d/

To stop this message from showing just add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:

sendmail_enable="NONE"

(This only disables /etc/rc.d/sendmail
The Exim startup script at /usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim will still work )