exim4 configuration problems

[Jan Eringa]

Hi guys,

Just a quick report from the trenches :)
I've just finished building a new internal relay at our site
I had a few issues with ident & exim4 configurations.....

Due to internal security ident is not allowed between the
mail source & the mail relays (in this case a new install of exim4)

I discovered the rfc1413_query_timeout  option in the docs
then when I greped through the /etc/exim4 directory I found

conf.d/main/02_exim4-config_options:# code, cause Exim to make RFC 1413 
(ident) callbacks for all incoming SMTP
exim4.conf.template:# code, cause Exim to make RFC 1413 (ident) callbacks for 
all incoming SMTP

conf.d/main/02_exim4-config_options looked like a good bet as
exim4.conf.template is only a config template right?

wrong.....

it was only after ripping exim4 out & re-installing it that I noticed
the installer mention the exim4.conf.template file as the main
configuration file for exim4

Maybe I'm just an idiot, but ....
If I ask for a single monolithic configuration file, why install the conf.d 
directoty with yet another set of files in it.
Why call the main config file exim4.conf.template instead of exim4.conf?

This stuff may be obvious to people who eat, sleep & breath mail
but as someone who only touches these things once every few weeks
and runs an install or config once every 6 months ... this is a bit confusing.

If you want me to log a bug please let me know.
If this is just the way things are & not going to change
then also please let me know :)


Versions are as follows.....
exim4                           4.34-10
exim4-base                  4.34-10
exim4-config                4.34-10
exim4-daemon-light     4.34-10


Cheers for your time


Jan.

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Jan Eringa
Unix Admin
Orbian Management Ltd
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