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diff --git a/network/exim/README.SBo b/network/exim/README.SBo new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d2da77c32b --- /dev/null +++ b/network/exim/README.SBo @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Before you can build Exim, you have to create an "exim" user and group: + + # groupadd -g 222 exim + # useradd -d /var/spool/exim -g exim -s /bin/false -u 222 exim + +The recommended uid/gid is 222, but others are fine if you prefer - see +https://slackbuilds.org/uid_gid.txt for other recommendations. + +There's no "configure" script; instead Exim is configured by editing +a well documented Makefile, which is then included during the build +process. The provided "exim.Makefile" will build an all-purpose Exim +daemon with the most common features. + +The database lookups will not be built by default, but you can enable +them easily by passing the directives on the command line when calling +this script, e.g. + + LOOKUP_LDAP=yes \ + LOOKUP_MYSQL=yes \ + LOOKUP_PGSQL=yes \ + LOOKUP_REDIS=yes \ + LOOKUP_SQLITE=yes \ + sh exim.SlackBuild + +For including the Redis and PostgreSQL lookups you'll need the "hiredis" +resp. "postgresql" packages, both available from SlackBuilds.org. + +WARNING: this package is intended as a drop-in replacement for Sendmail. +As a result, there are some inevitable filename conflicts between +Sendmail and Exim. REMOVE SENDMAIL BEFORE INSTALLING THIS PACKAGE! |