Nizar KHEIR wrote:
> (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.
Start/stop methods vary with the system you're running on.
There are differences even between linux distributions.
>
> 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, ... ?
In general you'd want something like "exim -bd -q20m" to start
exim in daemon mode. Look at the docs on
http://exim.org
for the meanings of command-line options.
Cheers,
Jeremy
