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Diffstat (limited to 'mail/exim/MESSAGE')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mail/exim/MESSAGE b/mail/exim/MESSAGE index 42135417293..a3fc2a9d162 100644 --- a/mail/exim/MESSAGE +++ b/mail/exim/MESSAGE @@ -1,15 +1,12 @@ =========================================================================== -$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.1 2001/11/01 00:59:57 zuntum Exp $ +$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.2 2002/06/19 16:02:26 ad 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: +1. 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. +3. Read the documentation. Edit ${PREFIX}/etc/exim/configure to taste. 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 @@ -18,4 +15,10 @@ inappropriate for this package to make the changes for you. 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. +Also note: + +1. Try `pkg_info exim` to see which features are enabled in this build. +2. Consider enabling SSL (STARTTLS) for receiving mail in your config. + This build automatically uses SSL when sending mail. + =========================================================================== |