Re: [Exim] Authentication

On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, James P. Roberts wrote:

> >On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Ufuk KOCOLU wrote:
> >
> > > I use mysql for authentication. I compiled exim
> with --enable-auth-mysql.
> >
> >ok, i suggest making things clear. there's no such option as
> >"--enable-auth-mysql" in exim's configuration. there's no autonf-like
> >interface to exim's configuration at all.
> >
> >what exactly are we talking about ? :)
>
> He is referring to a "compile-time" option, when compiling Exim from
> source. In order to enable mysql support, you have to compile it in.
> It is not included by default. I hope this is at least slightly
> helpful.


FYI, all of exim's compile-time config is done by editing a file, not by
supplying arugmnents to any command. As the original poster noted, exim
does not use an autoconf-style compile at all.