Bug#275953: exim4-config: [dpkg-reconfigure] Please rephrase "Your main name is hostname..."

[Marc Haber]

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On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 11:05:17AM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:
> While running dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config, the dialog asks:
> 
> 	Your "mail name" is the hostname portion of the address to be shown ...
> 	...
> 	This name ... full domain name (FQDN) ...
> 
> This seems to give contradicting information. The hostname usually
> refers to $HOSTNAME while the FQDN is composed from $HOST and domain
> names. It is not entirely clear what should be typed in this prompt.
> 
> Please either give specific example, like:
> 
> 	Example: if your mail address is foo@host.example.com, then the value
> 	typed below would be host.exmaple.com
> 
> or mention that the value should be Fully Qualified domain name and drop
> the references to "hostname".

The debconf templates have been re-worded since you filed that bug
report. Can you please check whether the ambiguity is still there,
and, if not, close this bug?

Greetings
Marc

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