Bug#766293: exim4: dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config: question about root/postmaster user not asked any more

[Marc Haber]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 01:38:45AM +0200, Teo Tei wrote:
> > I agree that this is not pretty, but I don't have an idea about how to
> > solve this dilemma.
> >
> > Workaround is to edit /etc/aliases with an editor.
> 
> What about this simple idea then:
> - at the time when the check is done, if the file exists, instead of
> silently skipping the question, show a notice saying that /etc/aliases
> already exists and suggest how to edit it in order to change
> postmaster/root settings.

Debconf notices are frowned upon in Debian. I won't advise doing so
for such a simple issue that everybody who runs a Mail system on Unix
knows anyway.

Greetings
Marc

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