exim, et al

[tf <hmf@softhome.net>]

hey list guys

I have a couple of less-stupid-than-usual questions for you.

exim.conf wants a hostname, and I can't find where to give it one.
mutt wants a mailbox, same problem.

also, I've been using different means of installing...apt-get, dselect (aarguah)and even lynx.  most of the time grabbing stuff 
with lynx has worked, but somtimes I get this:

gzip:stdout:broken pipe
blah blah blah:subprocess gzip-dc returned error
exit status 1 dpkg:error processing
/tmp/blah blah blah.deb-Fsys-tarfile
returned error exit status 2
errors were encountered while processing:
/tmp/blah blah blah.deb

or somthing close.  Is this fixable, or should I avoid using lynx to download and install?

Ok, I'm on a roll, one more:
I put the gnome slink url , and put it into my source list.  I had some broken packages, but apt-get -f  (and other combinations I 
tried ) did not fix anything...any suggestions?

I said only one more...
thanks
-tom