Bug#1003399: Correct configuration of Exim

[karsten]

Am 22.01.22 um 16:23 schrieb Marc Haber:
>> Maybe you are so kind to provide an example how you have included Spamassassin in Exim,
>> so that it will run with the packages of Debian 11?
> 
> Personally I am running spamassassin via the exiscan extension, using
> the spamd_address option in main configuration and the spam option in
> the data ACL. To get a report into the message you need to use, for
> example, a system filter. See the exim specification chapter 45.2 for
> more information.

Always only references to the documentation but no usable examples.
Specially for the introduced "tainted" problem.

> 
>> Indeed i am thinking that maybe Postfix is a better choice as MTA, because Exim seems to be
>> more and more complicated to configure?
> 
> That depends on what you intend to do. postfix is like menu of a
> restaurant: You can choose from the dishes if you like them. Exim is the
> fully equipped kitchen: You can do anything you like but you need some
> knowledge to do that.

Indeed. There is another software with such a concept: Asterix PBN.
But for Asterisk you can find many examples for detail problems out there.

>> I would define an virtual mail system as email server for different domains,
>> that can ideally be managed with entries in an database like Mariadb.
> 
> That is not enough defition, I am afraid. I guess defining this is
> enough content for a Master's thesis.

What is a "Master's thesis" ?

Up to now i only know one standard virtual mail system integrated into https://www.ispconfig.de/

Greetings
karsten