Re: [exim] Do I need to compile Exim??

On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 10:24:13PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> From: Marc Haber <mh+exim-users@???>
> To: Exim Mailing List <exim-users@???>
> Subject: Re: [exim] Do I need to compile Exim??
> Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:24:13 +0100
>
> On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:20:49 +0000, Steven Wayne <swayne@???>
> wrote:
> >On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 12:59:58PM +0100, zito wrote:
> >You can't do that. The exim4.conf is a "Debian magic" configuration file.
> >Feel free to make your own exim4.conf file. Do this to start:
> >
> >zcat /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/examples/example.conf.gz >/etc/exim4/new.exim4.conf
> >
> >Configure the new.exim4.conf to your requirements, rename it as
> >exim4.conf, then restart exim.
>
> If you do that, don't bother the Debian exim4 mailing list.

Good point, it won't be a Debian Exim installation then.

> And frankly, I don't think that it is a good idea to tell people who
> obviously don't know _anything_ about running a mailserver to disable
> Debian's automatisms.

He doesn't know how to configure Debian's Exim, he may well be an ace at
Postfix.

Actually I've got a question for you, do you know why Debian picked on
Exim as the default MTA?

Steven.
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