On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 11:05:26PM +0100, Frederik Eaton wrote: > 3.5 seems useful too. I think the three options mentioned there (-bm, > -bs, -bS) should be up at the top of the man page, maybe with the same > explanatory text.
I have been an exim user since 1998, and I do not remember ever having used -bm, -bs and/or -bS. For me, the most important option is -bt, followed by -oMr and -M. See, three people, three opinions. Additionally, the man page is generated upstream automatically from the exim specification, and I doubt that upstream is going to change that. If you want to learn about exim, I'd suggest Philip's excellent book published by UIT, which is more of a tutorial than a reference. > But if I (1) know that I want to run the exim > command, for instance I have a message that I want to send with it, Exim is a drop-in replacement for /usr/lib/sendmail, and if you use that, you'd get the bonus of being portable. > but (2) I don't know the exact options to use; then the man page seems > like a reasonable place to look. In exim's case, it is practically > useless I disagree. grep exists. >- the few options which comprise 99% of all uses are buried > deep within the man page. I disagree. > It would be good to have this information somewhere in the man page. Send a patch upstream. > Sure, you get *some* order by listing things alphabetically; so I > don't understand your aversion to having *more* order. Is order good, > or what? Maybe having order is good when it's useful for defending > your position, but not mine? Order is relative. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
