Re: [EXIM] Manpages for Exim ?

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Author: Dave C.
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To: Sean Witham
CC: Philip Hazel, Chris Faehl, exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Manpages for Exim ?

Um.. Perhaps I'm missing something.. I have no printed copy of the exim
manual.. I have the ascii text file, and I reference it regularly with
no more difficulty than one might reference a man page...

Eg, if you could telnet somewhere and type "man exim", you could just
as easily telnet there and type "more /usr/src/exim-x.xx/doc/spec.txt"
(I personally use 'less' myself since it scrolls up and down but you
could use whatever text pager you liked..)

Is there some reason online documentation has to be in manpage format?
Now, I'm not opposed to it being so, I'm just curious why you are
assuming "the exim manual" is on paper only?


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On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Sean Witham wrote:

> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 20:28:45 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Sean Witham <Sean.Witham@???>
> To: Philip Hazel <ph10@???>
> Cc: Chris Faehl <cfaehl@???>, exim-users@???
> Subject: Re: [EXIM] Manpages for Exim ?
>
>
> The problem is when your are at a remote site and stumble across a
> problem and don't have your exim manual with you because you never
> intended to do any work on exim when you set off to the remote site.
>
> A man page or two might have the information you need. I'm not sure
> what would be the most useful.
>
> A second problem is the filter information. Your user base might not
> have their own exim manuals but may have online access to your
> machines which hold man pages. They often need to look at the
> filter information if they want to create their own more advanced
> setup.
>
> --Sean
>
> On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Philip Hazel wrote:
>
> >
> > Could I ask what the reason is that people specifically want the
> > information in man page format? And indeed, which subset of the
> > information?
> >
>
>
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>
>



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