Exim Error internal problem in system filter: failure to transfer data from subprocess: status=0100 readerror=’No such file or directory’

Sometime you will get the following error while sending emails from the website using scripts. The following error occurred because of issues with the exim service. You can see the logs from exim main log,

tailf /var/log/exim_mainlog

Here is the complete error that occurred,

2015-05-05 08:14:08 1YpTAL-0002nW-Vm unable to set gid=511 or uid=509 (euid=47): system filter
2015-05-05 08:14:08 1YpTAL-0002nW-Vm internal problem in system filter: failure to transfer data from subprocess: status=0100 readerror='No such file or directory'
2015-05-05 08:14:08 1YpTAL-0002nW-Vm Error in system filter: internal problem in system filter: failure to transfer data from subprocess: status=0100 readerror='No such file or directory'
2015-05-05 08:14:08 1YpLuL-00067t-4I unable to set gid=511 or uid=509 (euid=47): system filter
2015-05-05 08:14:08 1YpLuL-00067t-4I internal problem in system filter: failure to transfer data from subprocess: status=0100 readerror='No such file or directory'

You can fix the issue by using the command,

chmod +s /usr/sbin/exim

now the issue will be fixed.

That’s all

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