last would be (on red hat/suse maybe others)
mv /usr/lib/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail.bak
ln -s /usr/exim/bin/exim /usr/lib/sendmail
this creates the symbolic link so that sendmail actually uses exim;)
u may or may not have to change some paths
HTH
cya
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: <o.cook@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 1:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Exim] Can anybody help a new Linus user ??
> As far as I recall I did the following:
>
> cd /usr/src/
> wget ftp://ftp.cus.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programs/exim/exim-3.14.tar.gz
> tar -xvzf exim-3.14.tar.gz
> cd exim-3.14
> cp src/EDITME Local/Makefile
> vi Local/Makefile <---- EDIT FOR YOUR SYSTEM
> make
> make install
>
> then i hacked up a configuration file and put it at /usr/exim/configure
> and used /usr/exim/bin/exim -bd to start the exim daemon.
>
> That was basically it I think. Oh, 3.15 is out now so you may want to
nick
> that. I'm not sure if the procedure is any different than for 3.14 - I
> wouldn't imagine so.
>
> Anyone care to lend any more advice?
>
> Ol.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leigh Maxwell [mailto:leigh.maxwell@kingston-internet.net]
> Sent: 21 June 2000 16:59
> To: exim-users@???
> Subject: [Exim] Can anybody help a new Linus user ??
>
>
> I'm new to Linux and i have been given the task of installing exim. Has
> anybody got any literature (apart from that on the exim.org site, which i
> have found not to help me much). Or any links to sites which i may find
of
> use. Any help or advice with this would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance for any clues, as I'm getting nowhere fast.
>
> Cheers Leigh
>
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