Quoth Owen Boyle on Tue, May 14, 2002 at 14:50:45 +0200
> I am new to Exim and downloaded and installed what seemed to be the most
> up-to-date version, namely 4.02.
>
> I then went out and bought the The O'Reilly Exim Book.. However, I was a
> bit surprised to find that the Minimal Useable Configuration File on
> page 56-57 doesn't work (error = 'main option "end" unknown').
Woops... As you found out the book is for version 3.XX and not 4.XX
As far as I know, 4.XX is still in beta.
> My question is: Is the 3.22+ branch still being developed (i.e. is 4.02
> etc. still in beta)? In other words, did I just blow 60 euros on an
> out-of-date book?
Yes and no.
Yes, if you like walking on the edge of what is new, testing new
features and writting bug reports as the whole thing crashes onto you.
No, if you want to learn mail admin and using Exim.
The book is a mine of imformation on MTAs in general and on Exim in
particular. If _is_ well worth reading and having handy. Once you have
mastered exim 3 it is trivial to get to grips with Exim 4 anyway.
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