Re: [exim] suggestion - exim-new-users

On Wednesday 16 November 2005 10:02, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Jason Meers wrote:
> > 1) A usable config, no matter how simple. The sample config is very
> > thorough but now 20 pages long.
>
> The *default* configuration (it isn't a sample, it really works :-) is
> 672 lines long, it is true (your printer has 34 lines per page?).
>
> It's the way it is because people (in the early days) wanted a working
> configuration that was highly commented so that newcomers could read it
> and perhaps understand the way it worked. Perhaps this has turned into
> overkill?

No, it's extremely useful. My conf file is cut down to 288 lines but I
keep the original, fully commented version handy for reference.