Re: exim4

[Douglas Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 09:14:57AM +0000, Andrew Critchlow wrote:
> Hello all, I'm busy finding out and setting up exim4 on debian. I just
> had a few questions:
>  
> Does exim4 not accept any client connections such as pop3/imap/web
> interface or do you have to install 3rd part applications for this
> functionality?
>  
> I am busy learning exim4 for a competition where I may get asked
> common configuration tasks, does anyone know of the common
> configuration tasks?

Hi Andrew.

Exim is a mail transport agent.  It sends mail.  If you want to get mail
via pop/imap/web or whatever, you have to use a program that does that.
For pop you would need a pop server.

I wouldn't want to do your homework for you.  Debian's dpkg-reconfigure
takes care of the common configuration tasks.  If you need to do
configurations on your own you need to read the full exim4 spec file. 

Happy reading.

Doug.