On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:21:17PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > The problem is that there is no way to automatically determine the > "best choice".
I disagree. > There are common setups contradicting each other, Can you name them? I can only think of one, really (all mail gets sent through a smarthost, and there should be rewriting so that local mail ends up with the right mailbox at the ISP or webmail service), but I could be missing some. > and the only way to reliably determine which setup does apply to the > local situation is to ask the user. I agree; however, I'm not convinced that the way exim4 currently does this is the most appropriate one. > Frankly, I don't think that there is any chance of simplifying the > setup of exim4. mail is rocket science, Certainly not. Everone uses it; it's ubiquitous. > and it should be avoided in a newbie setup - they tend to only use web > mail anyway. So, then cater for a default configuration that keeps that in mind. -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]