On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 5:26 PM Julian Bradfield via Exim-users < [email protected]> wrote:
> My mail servers run, and have run for decades, on Debian, and I've > always used the Debian package for exim4, though I don't use debconf > for my own additions, but just edit the conf.template file as if it > were a .conf file. > > The pain of dealing with Debian's antiquated versions (4.92) and > gratuitous messing around with upstream's configuration (most recent > annoyance, not supporting built-in SPF) is prompting me to think about > switching to using the primary source. > > I wonder if anybody on this list has done such a conversion recently, > and would have time to share the chief gotchas they encountered. > > If you reply to me, I will summarize to the list. > There are times I have simply grabbed the source tarball and compiled it manually. As long as you make the right edits to the Local/Makefile. You can always toss away the default /etc/exim4 and replace the contents with your own version of configs, while still being able to use the system control scripts to start/stop exim. I have never liked the split configurations I see on Debian and its derivates. I use the monolithic config everywhere. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' :-) -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
