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Exim v4 Packages for Debian

User Information

  • README.Debian has a lot of useful information. Here is its Table of Contents:
    • Introduction- Introduction
      • Packaging
      • Mailing list
      • Requirements
      • Feature Sets
      • Tweaking Configuration
    • Updating from exim 3
    • How does the configuration work?
    • Using a completely different configuration scheme
    • Misc Notes
    • Modifications done to the packages
    • FAQ
      • Packaging
      • Configuration Issues
      • Run-Time Challenges
      • Features
  • README.Debian can be found on your system in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz. The latest README.Debian (which might be inappropriate for the version of exim4 you are installing) can be found in the [http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-exim4/exim/trunk/debian/README.Debian?op=file&rev=0&sc=0 Subversion Repository].

  • NEWS.Debian (/usr/share/doc/exim4-(base||config||daemon-(light||heavy))/NEWS.Debian.gz) is another must-read which currently contains information that should be in the Debconf templates but didn't find its way there because of the string freeze.

  • [http://www.backports.org/package.php?search=exim4 Packages for Woody]

  • [http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/exim4/ Packages for Sid and Sarge]

  • [http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users User-Level Discussion Mailing List ]

  • [wiki:?PkgExim4KnownBugsInSarge Known Bugs in the Packages for Debian Sarge]

Developer Information

Developer's Discussion

  • [wiki:EtcMailName Discussion and attempt of a Definition to handle /etc/mailname]

Current information

  • At the moment, exim4-config-simple and exim4-config-medium are outdated. We appreciate patches that apply against current svn.
  • We are in dire need of help from somebody who is familiar with ["GnuTLS"]. There are numerous bugs concerning TLS behavior of the Exim daemon, and upstream seems to have lost its ["GnuTLS"] knowledge when the helper who delivered the ["GnuTLS"] code vanished.

[http://packages.debian.org/subversion Subversion] Repository

Tags and Branches are at [http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-exim4/ pkg-exim4]([exim4 http:''/svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-exim4/exim/]||[http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-exim4/eximdoc4/ eximdoc4]||[http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-exim4/exim4-config-simple/ exim4-config-simple]||[http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-exim4/exim4-config-medium/ exim4-config-medium])/(tags||branches). Especially for [http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-exim4/exim/ exim4], the [http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-exim4/exim/tags tags] directory is huge!

The svn repository only holds the debian/ subdir of the source package. [http://packages.debian.org/svn-buildpackage svn-buildpackage] and [http://packages.debian.org/dpatch dpatch] can handle this case, allowing nearly transparent work with a much smaller repository.

You can subscribe to repository change notifications through the CVS feature in the [http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-resources.en.html#s-pkg-tracking-system Debian PTS]. The svn repository for exim4 is appropriately set up.

Historic CVS Repository

The exim 4 packages were originally maintained on CVS but has migrated to Subversion these days. The CVS links are listed for reference and historic reasons only.