Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-29 Thread Paul Duncan
Hi Don, Only just seen this! On 27/10/14 15:31, Don Armstrong wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Paul Duncan wrote: Thanks very much for that. Purging exim4-config and then doing a complete apt-get install of exim4 did the trick :-) For the record, you don't need to purge and reinstall to get back c

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Paul Duncan wrote: > Thanks very much for that. Purging exim4-config and then doing a complete > apt-get install of exim4 did the trick :-) For the record, you don't need to purge and reinstall to get back configuration files you may have accidentally deleted. Just use: UCF

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:32:29 + Paul Duncan wrote: Hello Paul, >Thanks very much for that. Purging exim4-config and then doing a >complete apt-get install of exim4 did the trick :-) You're welcome. Although I was far from sure that it would work, I had my fingers crossed. :-) -- Regar

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Paul Duncan
Hi Brad, Thanks very much for that. Purging exim4-config and then doing a complete apt-get install of exim4 did the trick :-) Cheers, Paul. On 27/10/14 11:12, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:54:38 + Paul Duncan wrote: Hello Paul, Currently, if I try to do a purge of exim4,

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:12:34 + Brad Rogers wrote: Hello, >is in exim4-config. Try re-installing that. Should have said "...just that." -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" I ain't got no time for intellectual

Re: Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:54:38 + Paul Duncan wrote: Hello Paul, >Currently, if I try to do a purge of exim4, this is what happens: exim4 is a meta-package that pulls in various others. It does not contain the file you deleted. A search at https://packages.debian.org/ shows that exim4.conf.t

Exim 4 configuration/package problems

2014-10-27 Thread Paul Duncan
Hello, I'm having a problem which stems from me accidentally deleting the /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template file. I figured it would be a simple matter of removing and re-installing the package, but it does not seem to be. I have even tried purging. Currently, if I try to do a purge of exim4, t