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diff --git a/network/exim/README b/network/exim/README index d0a766b39b..42cf5ce76b 100644 --- a/network/exim/README +++ b/network/exim/README @@ -1,24 +1,24 @@ -Exim is a mail transfer agent (MTA) used on Unix-like operating systems. -It is freely available under the GNU GPL and it aims to be a general +Exim is a mail transfer agent (MTA) used on Unix-like operating systems. +It is freely available under the GNU GPL and it aims to be a general and flexible mailer with extensive facilities for checking incoming e-mail. -Exim was orginally written by Philip Hazel for use in the University -of Cambridge Computing Services e-mail systems. +Exim was orginally written by Philip Hazel for use in the University +of Cambridge Computing Services e-mail systems. 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 - +The recommended uid/gid is 222, but others are fine if you prefer - see http://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 various database lookup methods will not be -built by default but can be enabled easily by uncommenting a few lines in -the Makefile. +built by default but can be enabled easily on the command line or by +editing a few lines in the Makefile. Exim can be integrated with other email tools such as Clamav, Spamassassin, Bogofilter, and others available at Slackbuilds.org. @@ -26,3 +26,11 @@ Bogofilter, and others available at 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! + +The SQL- and LDAP-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_SQLITE=yes \ + LOOKUP_MYSQL=yes LOOKUP_POSTGRES=yes \ + sh exim.SlackBuild |