Bug#421860: exim4-config: confusing wording of configuration question

[Hans G. Ehrbar]

Package: exim4-config
Version: 4.63-17
Severity: minor

when running dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config, the 5th question is:

 Please enter a semicolon-separated list of
 recipient domains for which this machine should consider itself the
 final destination, apart from the local hostname
 (xxx.xxx.xxx) and "localhost". These domains are commonly
 called "local domains".

This sounds like xxx.xxx.xxx and localhost should not be in this list,
and indeed the sarge version of this question said that the entry
may be left blank. But the etch version of the text continues:

Leaving this list blank will have Exim do no local deliveries.

This does not tell the user what to do if you do want
local deliveries but have only one local domain

Perhaps say the following:

 Please enter a semicolon-separated list of
 recipient domains for which this machine should consider itself the
 final destination, apart from "localhost". These domains are commonly
 called "local domains".

 and pre-insert the mailname xxx.xxx.xxx into the field, then saying

 Leaving this list blank will have Exim do no local deliveries.


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Here is an unrelated thing about question (4):

IP address to listen to for incoming SMTP connections:


Here it would be useful to remark that this should usually be left
blank if a mailing list is run on the same computer.







-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.102      Add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.11     Debian configuration management sy

exim4-config recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* exim4/dc_other_hostnames: marx.econ.utah.edu
* exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype: mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail
  exim4/dc_noalias_regenerate: false
  exim4/no_config: true
* exim4/hide_mailname: false
  exim4/dc_postmaster: ehrbar
* exim4/dc_smarthost: smtp.utah.edu
* exim4/dc_relay_domains:
* exim4/dc_relay_nets:
* exim4/mailname: marx.econ.utah.edu
  exim4/dc_readhost:
* exim4/use_split_config: true
  exim4/exim4-config-title:
* exim4/dc_localdelivery: mbox format in /var/mail/
* exim4/dc_local_interfaces:
* exim4/dc_minimaldns: false