On 13/07/07, Nizar KHEIR <nizar_kheir@???> wrote:
> Hello,
> I recently installed Exim, and i am still discovering its functionalities.
> I tried to run Exim from its binary (Exim/bin/exim), and i had this message:
>
> (root@c-dtl-hs)/usr/exim$: bin/exim
> Exim is a Mail Transfer Agent. It is normally called by Mail User Agents,
> not directly from a shell command line. Options and/or arguments control
> what it does when called. For a list of options, see the Exim documentation.
>
> So maybe i am a bit confused about the role of exim as a MTA, and the necessity of a MUA.
> As it appears from this message, i will not be able to "Execute an exim daemon", just like sendmail for example.
> Any comments, clarifications, notification, ... ?
The Exim documentation referred to in the message you saw is to be
found at
www.exim.org. Amongst other things, it tells you how to run
Exim as a daemon. You should spend some time with the docs, you'll
find many of your initial questions are answered there.
Peter
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Peter Bowyer
Email: peter@???
