Re: [EXIM] While we're on the subject...

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Author: Dom Mitchell
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To: Bruce Bowler
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] While we're on the subject...
On 15 January 1998, Bruce Bowler proclaimed:
> ...of things we'd like to see Philip and Nigel do in their copious spare
> time...
>
> I'd like to see a configuration script rather than a bunch of EDITME files.
> My primary motivation is that (by budget) 80% of my time is spent doing
> "science" and the other 20% is spent as the only one in our facility doing
> network/server/client maintenance and support and network development. As
> it is right now, I'd really like to get exim up on our primary mail servers
> but I can't because I don't have the time (I can hear you all reaching for
> your violins now) to figure out how to setup/configure it for our
> (relatively) simple environment. Now if there were a script that asked me
> very pointed questions I might stand a chance.


I find this unlikely, since most of the things in EDITME are "policy"
decision, rather than details of system differences, which is what
autoconf, metaconf, et al usually check for.

-Dom

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