On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 10:24:13PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > From: Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Exim Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [exim] Do I need to compile Exim?? > Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:24:13 +0100 > > On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:20:49 +0000, Steven Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 12:59:58PM +0100, zito wrote: > >You can't do that. The exim4.conf is a "Debian magic" configuration file. > >Feel free to make your own exim4.conf file. Do this to start: > > > >zcat /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/examples/example.conf.gz > >>/etc/exim4/new.exim4.conf > > > >Configure the new.exim4.conf to your requirements, rename it as > >exim4.conf, then restart exim. > > If you do that, don't bother the Debian exim4 mailing list. Good point, it won't be a Debian Exim installation then.
> And frankly, I don't think that it is a good idea to tell people who > obviously don't know _anything_ about running a mailserver to disable > Debian's automatisms. He doesn't know how to configure Debian's Exim, he may well be an ace at Postfix. Actually I've got a question for you, do you know why Debian picked on Exim as the default MTA? Steven. -- Absence makes the heart go wander. -- ## 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/
