Bug#295391: exim4 configuration generator is on drugs

[Ian Jackson]

Package: exim4
Version: 4.34-10

I tried to use the configuration generator and:

 * I answered `no' to `Split configuration into small files?' but:
    balvenie:~# find /etc/exim4 -type f | wc -l
    39
    balvenie:~#

 * I answered
      mail sent by smarthost; no local mail
      system mail name: ncipher.com
      IP-addresses to listen on: 127.0.0.1
      Other destinations for which mail is accepted: [single space]
      Hide local mail name in outgoing mail?  no
      Machine handling [...] (smarthost):  mail.ncipher.com
      Keep number of DNS-queries minimal (Dial-on-Demand)?  No
   and when I say
      echo | exim iwj
   it does this

2005-02-15 15:11:31 1D14MM-0007S9-DJ <= iwj@ncipher.com U=iwj P=local S=261
2005-02-15 15:11:31 1D14MM-0007S9-DJ == iwj@ncipher.com R=hub_user defer (-17): error in redirect data: domain missing or malformed in "iwj@"

Tony Finch, one of Philip Hazel's colleagues, said this to me in IRC:
 <Diziet> The exim4 configuration generator is COMPLETELY BARKING.
 <fanf2> diziet: yes. shun.

This abomination should be thrown away and rewritten to do as it
promises, and not to generate broken configurations.

Ian.