Re: [Exim] Recommended easy maintenance interface for RedHat

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Author: Phil Pennock
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To: Exim Users
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Subject: Re: [Exim] Recommended easy maintenance interface for RedHat
On 2002-03-23 at 23:09 -0800, Kevin Sindhu wrote:
> How about sym linking the aliases file to /root/change_email_delivery
> etc. type files? Most likely, this would be the only file they'd need
> to change.


I could just leave him with /etc/aliases -- that would be just as easy.
I was looking for something simpler. I've already received one
suggestion (WebMin -- but I have a vague memory of a long Bugtraq
history for that).

> Actually, IMO, Maildir delivery coupled with a client such as
> Evolution (from Ximian) makes and excellent replacement[perhaps
> better] and it can handle all these files. If these people use the
> same machine to access mail(i.e. local mail), I really don't think
> they'd need a imap/pop server(seems like an overkill). They can just
> use their clients. Plus the speed and reliability of Maildir can allow
> them to keep their mail in order....


Uhm, I do use Maildir myself, some. However, I'd be interested to know
how Evolution manages to use Maildir to meet the requirement "some
mailboxes will be shared, some private."

> > All advice appreciated. If people reply to me off-list, we can cut
> > the mail-volume for the professionals here, and I can summarise
> > later. :^)
>
> Your Mail-Followup-To header is "Exim Users <exim-users@???>", so
> a ^g^ reply in mutt sends mail to the list. I'd be happy to
> change/take it off-list if you want.


Uhm ... Mail-Followup-To is to say "I'm subscribed to this list, oh and
that one, so a group reply only needs to go to these places here".

'g' in mutt is for 'group' reply.

If you haven't changed the bindings too much, try 'r', which should
reply only to the poster (or Reply-To: if set).

There's also 'L' for list-reply, to only include those addresses which
you've configured as being for mailing-lists.

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