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diff --git a/mail/exim/MESSAGE b/mail/exim/MESSAGE new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..42135417293 --- /dev/null +++ b/mail/exim/MESSAGE @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +=========================================================================== +$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.1 2001/11/01 00:59:57 zuntum Exp $ + +To use exim, you will need to perform the following steps manually; it is +inappropriate for this package to make the changes for you. + +1. Add a `mail' user: mail:*:8:6::0:0:Mail subsystem:/var/mail:/sbin/nologin +2. Set the correct ownership and permissions on the exim log directory: + chown mail:mail /var/log/exim && chmod 750 /var/log/exim +3. Read the documentation. Edit ${PREFIX}/etc/exim/configure to taste. Note + that depending on the version of NetBSD, the `aliases' file may be in + /etc/mail and not /etc, as it was previously. +4. Back-up /etc/mailer.conf to /etc/mailer.conf.sendmail. + Copy ${PREFIX}/etc/exim/mailer.conf.exim to /etc/mailer.conf. +5. Set 'sendmail=NO', 'exim=YES' and exim_flags to some sane value in + /etc/rc.conf (previously it was "-bd -q15m"). Copy ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d/exim + to /etc/rc.d. +6. Configuring log rotation is dependant on personal taste and the version of + NetBSD in use. See weekly.conf(5), newsyslog(8), exicyclog and eximstats. + +=========================================================================== |