Hello,
Just for the record:
On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 03:49:55PM +0000, W B Hacker wrote:
> Before you go any further, PLEASE upgrade to the current Exim release!
> There were serious security issues in pre 4.7X versions.
I assume he is using exim 4.69 on oldstable/lenny (I remember lenny had 4.69
and I know squeeze has 4.72. wheezy currently has 4.75). I assume the debian
guys "fixed" these bugs by patching them out downstream, because the debian way
to do it is not to bump versions until the next stable release.
> Even so..
>
> Any system that uses that generated split-config toolset
> (Debian-only AFAIK) comes complete with extensive docs.
Debian and everything based (i.e. Ubuntu etc.) on it. And the documentation is
located in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/
> More historical information, and more specific current help, are
> available on the Debian specific mailing list (also pointed to in
> your on-box docs).
>
> MOST, though not all, on THIS list use the standard monolithic Exim
> ~/configure file, which may be less 'automated', but otherwise
> simpler.
I agree. I was glad when I noticed the "original" exim configuration file was
quite simple in contrary to the macro hell on debian.
> AFAIK, that is also an option on Debian.
It is, but you have to supply your own. As far as I know, debian does not ship
the default config in any of these /usr/share/doc/exim4-* directories. So you
will probably need to download it from [1]. For more information please see
update-exim4.conf(8)[2].
Best regards,
Moritz
[1]
http://git.exim.org/exim.git/blob/HEAD:/src/src/configure.default
[2]
http://pwet.fr/man/linux/administration_systeme/update_exim4_conf
