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

Top Page
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Author: Tim Cutts
Date:  
To: Bruce Bowler
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] While we're on the subject...
On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Bruce Bowler wrote:

> ...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.


Have a look at the eximconfig script which comes with the exim package in
Debian Linux. This can cope with a few simple setups and produces a
config file that is at least a good skeleton for further embellishment.

Tim.

-- 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr T J R Cutts                                        Tel: +44 1223 333596
Dept. of Biochemistry, 80 Tennis Court Rd.,           Fax: +44 1223 766002
Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK



--
*** Exim information can be found at http://www.exim.org/ ***