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Re: EXIM in Debian



On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 07:10:18PM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> I think its better to configure exim4 for single configuration file by 
> whatever means is described in the wiki page Camaleón linked to, likely an
> 
> dpkg-reconfigure exim4something

We differ in our opinion.

In my opinion, for anything but the simplest of deployments, the
Debian packaging introduces more complexity than it hides from you.
If you have to modify an exim configuration file by hand, and need
to know exim syntax, then you might as well do away with the Debian
framework. It just adds another layer that you need to understand,
with its own foibles and problems.

I've been running exim on Debian for a long time and this was the best
piece of advice I was ever given on the matter.


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