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$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.9 2005/06/01 01:22:31 gavan 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, 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. 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.
6. Run '/etc/rc.d/exim 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.

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.

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