David Cannings <lists@edeca.net> writes: > I'd like to write my own configuration file for Exim, without using the > Debian way of editing template files or /etc/default/exim4. It seems > even the file /etc/init.d/exim4 is set to regenerate the configuration > file however, I don't want my custom one overwritten. > > How can I make my own configuration file and not have it overwritten by > files generated from /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template? Your configuration is really in /etc/exim4/conf.d for clarity, and the initscript throws it all together in one big config for exim when you're starting exim. > Would it be best to write my own, simpler /etc/init.d/exim4? No, just edit /etc/exim4/conf.d instead, it's way simpler. While we're on the topic of setting up exim for the first time, let me make two handy suggestions that will save your sanity in the long run: http://ursine.ca/article.pl?sid=04/04/11/1127234 http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/config_docs/exim-spamassassin/ Dman has since redone this (link on /~dman/) and considers it better than the version I recommend. However, I the reason I suggest his older spamassassin implementation is because it allows for each user to have a ~/.spamassassin to have their own settings. -- Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> Linux. You can find a worse OS, but it costs more.
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