* Andy Firman <andy@???> [20040227 16:04]: wrote:
>
> I have several Debian Woody servers out there with the default
> Exim 3 and it's time to get motivated and upgrade to Exim 4.
Wallapa!
> These servers have Spamassassin and Mailman working fine but I
> am afraid of breaking something by installing Exim 4.
Everyone get's into your situation at some point ;)
> I heard there is a config script included for upgrade but will
> it take care of Spamassassin and Mailman entries in exim.conf?
Yes, takes care of exim.conf, but human proof-reading is rqd, though it
does things so well, I can assure you.
> Second question is do I need exim4, exim4-daemon-heavy, or
> exim4-daemon-light?
I wish I knew anything on Debian, but I think the exim-daemon-heavy is
good, from rumors I've picked from this list;) It does have exiscan and
such stuff.
> These are simple sites only hosting a few domains.
> But I would like to have the ability block MS executables at smtp
> time so not sure which one to choose.
That one I said!!
> Is this the proper place to get the packages?:
> deb http://www.logic.univie.ac.at/~ametzler/debian/exim4manpages/ woody/
Yes, that Metzler guy!! I can vouch for him.
> Last question. Any major problems I need to look out for when
> I do this?
Just those imaginary usual problems that sysadmins do face. I think you
should test the stuff in your test boc before putting into production.
cheers
- wash
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