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Upgrade Exim to >=4.73
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We get lots of messages like this. I just looked it up:
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20130131.180840.826e383d.en.html
Known bug (should be warn, not panic), fixed in 4.73. We currently use 4.71.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: root <root at sanger>
Date: Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:39 PM
Subject: exim paniclog on sanger.wikimedia.org has non-zero size
To: <root at sanger>
exim paniclog /var/log/exim4/paniclog on sanger.wikimedia.org has non-zero
size, mail system might be broken. The last 10 lines are quoted below.
2014-01-11 18:59:06 1W23ly-0008Gm-Fd DKIM: Error while running this message
through validation, disabling signature verification.
2014-01-20 14:46:43 1W5G7f-0004ms-LW DKIM: Error while running this message
through validation, disabling signature verification.
2014-01-22 18:36:31 1W62f9-00044m-H7 DKIM: Error while running this message
through validation, disabling signature verification.
2014-01-22 19:45:21 1W63jl-0005lh-E7 DKIM: Error while running this message
through validation, disabling signature verification.
2014-01-24 15:13:11 1W6iRT-0004oI-4t DKIM: Error while running this message
through validation, disabling signature verification.
2014-01-24 18:58:42 1W6lxi-0007s9-U4 DKIM: Error while running this message
through validation, disabling signature verification.
2014-01-29 03:52:45 1W8MCi-0005qx-U9 DKIM: Error while running this message
through validation, disabling signature verification.
2014-01-29 04:00:25 1W8MK9-0005vA-4v DKIM: Error while running this message
through validation, disabling signature verification.
2014-02-04 12:52:44 1WAfUa-0000zf-8u DKIM: Error while running this message
through validation, disabling signature verification.
2014-02-04 12:52:57 1WAfUn-000100-3z DKIM: Error while running this message
through validation, disabling signature verification.

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 ResolvedDzahnT83541 Upgrade Exim to >=4.73
 ResolvedDzahnT82698 shutdown sodium after mailman has migrated to jessie VM
 ResolvedDzahnT105756 Mailman Upgrade (Jessie & Mailman 2.x) and migration to a VM
 ResolvedDzahnT108057 Phabricator NDA for John Lewis
Restricted Task
 ResolvedDzahnT108073 test importing of mailing list configs and archives on staging VM
 ResolvedDzahnT108071 export config and archive data from sodium
 ResolvedDzahnT108080 service IP can't be switched over
 ResolvedDzahnT108082 give John Lewis shell access on the mailman staging VM
 ResolvedDzahnT108070 install jessie on new VM for mailman
 ResolvedRobHT108065 eqiad: 1 VM request for mailman
 ResolvedDzahnT108383 create basic mailman setup on fermium (jessie) for testing import
 ResolvedRobHT109393 rename wikitech-announce.disabled.T100503
 ResolvedDzahnT109399 go through all directories in /var/lib/mailman and decide if migration is needed
ResolvedDzahnT109467 write migration plan for mailman
 ResolvedDzahnT109539 rename lists mwapi-team.disabled.T97148 and flowfunding.disabled.T97328 ?
 Resolved• JohnLewisT109624 move mailman server and service IPs to hiera / make it possible to run multiple instances at once
 ResolvedDzahnT109838 clean up mailman data directory (moderated messages > 0.5 million)
Restricted Task
 ResolvedDzahnT109890 reinstall fermium with public IP
ResolvedDzahnT109923 add public IP for fermium - DNS and DHCP change for reinstall
 DuplicateDzahnT109891 announce mailman downtime
 ResolvedDzahnT109921 setup rsyncd on fermium to copy files from sodium
 ResolvedDzahnT109922 write script to import mailing lists from other server
 DuplicateDzahnT109924 reinstall fermium with jessie and public IP
 ResolvedDzahnT109925 apply regular lists role on fermium and confirm no issues
 ResolvedDzahnT110695 mailman: listinfo template encoding
 ResolvedDzahnT110129 rsync all configs and archives one more time
 InvalidDzahnT110131 import all lists with the script we wrote for that
 ResolvedDzahnT110132 lower lists.wikimedia.org TTL to 5 min
 ResolvedDzahnT110133 announce scheduled downtime
 DeclinedDzahnT110135 right before the switch: lower TTL to 10 seconds
 ResolvedDzahnT110136 hold lists.wikimedia.org with exim
 ResolvedDzahnT110137 shut down mailman on sodium
 ResolvedDzahnT110138 rsync the diff since mail was held on sodium
 ResolvedDzahnT110139 switch over mailman service IP
 ResolvedDzahnT110140 send follow-up email, announce changes with new mailman version if any that have user impact
 Resolved• JohnLewisT110382 mailman cronjobs not running?
 ResolvedDzahnT110440 rsync exim spool directory
ResolvedDzahnT110441 test sending individual mails from fermium during migration
 ResolvedDzahnT112229 fermium needs to have exim4-daemon-heavy installed, not -light
 ResolvedDzahnT113020 run /var/lib/mailman/bin/update and ./check_perms
 ResolvedDzahnT113045 start exim on fermium / revert migration hack

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• rtimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Dec 18 2014, 1:49 AM
• rtimport added a project: ops-core.
• rtimport set Reference to rt6844.
• Gage created this task.Feb 14 2014, 7:08 PM
faidon added a subtask: T82698: shutdown sodium after mailman has migrated to jessie VM.Dec 18 2014, 5:21 PM
faidon subscribed.

The only server left with an old exim is sodium, by virtue of being a lucid box.

faidon updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 18 2014, 5:23 PM
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faidon added a project: Mail.Jan 20 2015, 1:07 AM
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Dzahn added a comment.Sep 18 2015, 10:09 PM

exim on fermium is 4.84-8

exim on sodium is not used anymore now

Dzahn closed this task as Resolved.Sep 18 2015, 10:09 PM
Dzahn closed subtask T82698: shutdown sodium after mailman has migrated to jessie VM as Resolved.Sep 25 2015, 10:18 PM
faidon reopened subtask T82698: shutdown sodium after mailman has migrated to jessie VM as Open.Sep 27 2015, 12:20 PM
Dzahn closed subtask T82698: shutdown sodium after mailman has migrated to jessie VM as Resolved.Sep 28 2015, 7:44 PM
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