>>>>> "Richard" == Richard P Groenewegen <rpg@???> writes:
>> Perhaps on your system - not on mine. eximconfig isn't part of
>> the Exim distribution as far as I know. Perhaps you should
>> contact your vendor for support in that regard - sounds like
>> some funky Linux variation to me.
Richard> My distribution is debian, pretty funky alright.
Richard> eximconfig is a script, and probably not such a good one.
Richard> The relevant section is:
Richard> if( $ARGV[0] eq "-i" ) { print "Starting exim\n" ;
Richard> # Install in inetd system( 'update-inetd --group MAIL
Richard> --comment-chars \#disabled\# --add ' . '"smtp stream tcp
Richard> nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs"' ) ;
Richard> # Install in init.d system( 'update-rc.d exim
Richard> defaults >/dev/null' ) ;
Richard> # Restart daemon system( '/etc/init.d/exim start' ) ;
Richard> exit 0 ; }
Richard> So, this `starting exim' message is not much more than an
Richard> intention.
Sigh, then I suggest you file a wishlist bug against exim to make
eximconfig do a exim -bV as suggested by the docs. Of course, if you'd
read the docs yourself then you wouldn't have had to bother
complaining about eximconfig !
Sincerely,
Adrian Phillips
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