On (06/01/04 12:28), Stephen wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 05:21:54PM +0000 or thereabouts, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (06/01/04 11:22), Stephen wrote: > > > Asked this earlier, I'll try again. > > > > > > Is there any gotchas, gimme's that I need to be aware of, upgrading > > > stable to testing in terms of keeping a working Exim3 configuartion > > > going? > > FWIW I recently upgraded from woody to sid but did a total reinstall > > (having backed up my mail spool and folders). I tried Exim 3 and 4 and > > postfix but settled on Exim4. The major difference between 3 and 4 > > (from my limited perspective) is that instead of one exim.conf file > > there are a series of conf files in directories within /etc/exim4/conf.d > > > > There are no longer Directors but only Routers and Transports which I > > found a bit easier to understand. There are also Access Control List > > configurations. I just bought the Exim4 book by Philip Hazel which is a > > great introduction to SMTP mail processes and how Exim4 handles them. > > > > I haven't read much of the book yet and managed to get Exim4 working as > > I need it on the basis of reading the docs and googling. > > Yes, I'm aware of the different configuration files, hence my question. > I'm really looking for people whom have done the upgrade, not a fresh > install. I can't remember exactly in what sequence I did everything (I did a few installs with different configurations). However, at least one install involved Exim4 being installed on top of a working Exim3 configuration. It "worked straight out of the box" in terms of maintaining my former exim.conf settings - I didn't investigate how the missing directors were handled.
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