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diff --git a/mail/exim/MESSAGE b/mail/exim/MESSAGE
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===========================================================================
-$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.7 2004/10/11 21:52:12 reed Exp $
+$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.8 2005/02/12 20:59:22 dsl 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. Read the documentation. Edit ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}/configure to taste.
+1. Read the documentation, see: http://www.exim.org/docs.html
+ Edit ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}/configure to taste.
2. Edit ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}/aliases to taste (or override it with the default
/etc/aliases system file).
3. Back-up /etc/mailer.conf to /etc/mailer.conf.sendmail.
Copy ${EXAMPLESDIR}/mailer.conf to /etc/mailer.conf.
-4. Set 'sendmail=NO', 'exim=YES' and exim_flags to some sane value in
- /etc/rc.conf (previously it was "-bd -q15m").
+4. If sendmail (or postfix) is running, stop the daemons:
+ run '/etc/rc.d/sendmail stop' and '/etc/rc.d/smmsp stop'.
+5. In /etc/rc.conf set 'sendmail=NO', 'smmsp=NO', 'exim=YES' and exim_flags
+ to some sane value (for example "-bd -q15m").
Copy ${LOCALBASE}/${RCD_SCRIPTS_EXAMPLEDIR}/exim to /etc/rc.d.
-5. Configuring log rotation is dependent on personal taste and the version
+6. Run '/etc/rc.d/exit start' to start the daemon.
+7. Configuring log rotation is dependent on personal taste and the version
of NetBSD in use. See weekly.conf(5), newsyslog(8), exicyclog and
eximstats.