David Cantrell wrote:
> I didn't so much have a tricky custom configuration, as lots of
> accumulated cruft. And while I am indeed using Debian, the
That could be tricky. ;-)
> configuration file wasn't generated by Debian's tools - IIRC it
> originated in the SGI Freeware distribution before I started customising
> it by hand - which would have made me wary of following advice that
> might make unannounced Debianish assumptions.
It's possible to use your own configuration, you just need to take into
account a few things. Check:
http://pkg-exim4.alioth.debian.org/README/README.Debian.html#id249607
2.1.6. Using a completely different configuration scheme
> That said, if you could point me at those docs, they might be useful to
> help me understand my new config better - I ended up getting someone
They should be on the server: /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/Exim3.upgrade.gz
and /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/Exim4.upgrade.gz
And a quick search points you to:
http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/cgi-bin/dwww?type=file&location=/usr/share/doc/exim4-base/Exim3.upgrade.gz
http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/cgi-bin/dwww?type=file&location=/usr/share/doc/exim4-base/Exim4.upgrade.gz
Regards,
Jeroen