Re: [exim] Idea: Predefined macros

On May 3, 2007, at 11:11 AM, Philip Hazel wrote:

> You have always been able to write your own "edit the Exim config"
> script (compare visudo and similar) that allows you to edit the file,
> then transforms it in any way you like, possibly even tests it
> (there's
> a thought :-) and then installs the result for Exim to use.

Which is, in fact, exactly what Debian does. The testing isn't very
thorough, but if exim moans about it by way of the panic log, the
init scripts will yell at you for it.

I don't use this myself, but for most people who don't actually know
much about exim configuration, it's excellent.