On 27 Oct 2002, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> lør, 2002-10-26 kl. 16:57 skrev Nico Erfurth:
>
> > > Some weeks ago, i had some problems with exim and can't run
> > > exincomfig due to this error:
> > > Error: system's FQDN hostname (BLE.) doesn't match
> > > RFC1035 syntax; cannot configure the mail system.
>
> > 1.) It's named eximconfig
>
> What Nico means here, basically, is that you have made a typo and he
> doesn't like it. The fact that he continually makes typos himself
> doesn't rank in this case.
Hehe, point for you ;)
> > 2.) It's a tool from Debian
>
> We don't help with tools from Debian. Anything that attempts to make
> life easier for Exim users should be eschewed, as all use of Exim is
> prohibited to erudite users. In this particular clique, erudition is
> often equated to arrogance. Some members exhibit more arrogance than
> others, some exhibit none whatsoever.
Wrong, what i wanted to say is "This is a tool from Debian and not anyone
is using Debian.". The question is not exim related at all. I just don't
like people who want to get help without even trying to solve the problem
by learning a little bit.
> > 3.) check your hostname
>
> Internet hostnames (apart from those propagated by Microsoft) are based
> on an hierarchical system that translates an IP address to a logically
> based and traceable name. A good and short introduction can be found at
> http://www.tech-nic.net/html/about_dns.html . Don't even try to to read
> - and understand - rfc1035, referred to above and written in 1987 by one
> of the original Internet gurus.
>
> > 4.) learn how to configure exim WITHOUT eximconfig
>
> Reading the documents supplied with the standard Exim distributions is a
> must. The document called spec.txt, for both the Exim 3 and 4 trees, is
> especially valuable since it can be searched linearly. If Debian doesn't
> supply - at least - this document on Exim, mail me privately and I'll
> send it to you.
Running a MTA without even basic knowledge of what's behind the scene, is
a BIG problem. What do you think, why do we need things like ORDB or
Spews? Because many mailadmins don't know what they do and never watched
their configs, because it was created by some tool (M4 ;)), and that's
fine for them. But if you created the config yourself, you KNOW it and
it's easier to fix it.
Btw, to come back to another discussion, he forgot to to tell us his
exim-version ;)
ciao
