Re: mutt attachment error
On Tue 10 May 2016 at 19:58:36 +0200, Sven Hartge wrote:
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Tue 10 May 2016 at 17:43:03 +0200, Sven Hartge wrote:
> >> David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> >>> Isn't the Debian way to put
>
> >>> MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT=foo
>
> >>> into /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and then run
> >>> # dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
> >>
> >> No, that won't work. You cannot just put stuff into
> >> /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and hope it will make it into the
> >> configuration.
>
> > Didn't spot that; exim's .confs can be confusing.
>
> The file /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf is the configuration file for
> the configuration generator, not Exim4 itself.
>
> > What file is used for non-split configuration?
>
> Have a look at /usr/share/doc/exim4/README.Debian.gz, Section 2.1.3
> "Using Exim Macros to control the configuration"
/usr/share/doc/exim4-config/README.Debian.gz
or
/usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz
on my system. (the "light" version of exim4).
> Everything is documented there and the following sections, on how to
> expand or override the configuration system provided by the Exim4
> maintainers.
You have jogged my memory as to why I have 00_custom_macros with my
split configuration of many years.
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