[Pkg-exim4-users] configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL [SOLVED]

[Nick Guerette]

On 3/24/2015 7:43 AM, Jens Schüßler wrote:
> * Gary Dale <garydale at torfree.net> wrote:
>> The problem seems to have been the location of the protocol = smtps
>> line. I had it originally in
>> /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp_smarthost.
>> Moving it to /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template seems to have done the
>> trick.
> This is no big surprise, since your first post stated you use
> dc_use_split_config='false'.......
Is there a good reason for the package to offer the option of either 
split or monolithic config files? I'm a fan of the split arrangement 
since it allows more modular changes, but providing both just seems to 
be asking for this kind of confusion.  https://xkcd.com/1172/