On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Mark Smith wrote: > > When I first started using Exim I had almost no experience of mailservers, > and had to learn it all from scratch. I found the online documentation > totally bewildering and quickly became very frustrated. I understood the > concepts, but when it came to trying to write a short ACL stanza to do what > I wanted, it took about two weeks of trial and error, searching the docs and > archives, before I managed to get the syntax right. >
I did the same - but I built most of my config without help from the list, (but sure posted when I was completely stuck :) and I admittedly have a few years experience running mailswervers. Don't think that trial and error isn't useful: it may be tedious, but you get a broader background of what works, and what breaks. (though it sure can be frustrating! hehehe) > Now it all seems very straightforward, but I can still remember those early > days of total frustration, and I think a list for new users would be a Good > Thing (TM). > Maybe a "new-to-exim-and-smtp-in-general" list? ;) -- -------------------------------------------------------- Dave Lugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] LC Unit #260 TINLC Have you hugged your firewall today? No spam, thanks. -------------------------------------------------------- Are you the police? . . . . No ma'am, we're sysadmins. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
