Re: [Exim] exim port (freebsd) documentation issue

On (2003/09/24 13:00), Mark Foster wrote:

> When I installed exim from the ports tree, it says to read
> /usr/local/share/doc/exim/POST-INSTALL-NOTES which I did.
>
> One of the instructions given is to modify /etc/mail/mailer.conf as per
> the man page, but in fact the man page does not give exim examples, only
> postfix and sendmail!

Um... It never occurred to me that anyone would read the mailer.conf(5)
manpage and not know how to apply it to an Exim installation! :-)

For what it's worth, from FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE onward, if you install the
Exim package at operating system install time, the installer will do the
mailer.conf magic for you.

> But that still leaves the documentation wanting. I think either fix
> (update) mailer.conf or POST-INSTALL-NOTES.

It's inappropraite for mailer.conf(5) to provide examples for every MTA.
Most users are able to read the page, get the idea and apply it. I'm
confident you'd hit a brick wall trying to get that change committed to
the FreeBSD base system.

My opinion is that the combination of POST-INSTALL-NOTES and
mailer.conf(5) is sufficient, and that you're just expecting too much
handed to you on a plate.

However, I'll keep my eyes open. If it turns out that other people find
this confusing, I may spell it out in the POST-INSTALL-NOTES. :-)

Thanks,
Sheldon.