> > The exim4 man page doesn't say which command-line options are the most > > important. > > > The options are listed in alphabetical order, so I don't know in which > > order to read them to start learning about exim. > > You should not read the manpage to "start learning about exim", the > manpage is just a short reference, not a manual. Read > /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/spec.txt.gz or > /usr/share/doc/exim4-doc-html/html/index.html if you want to learn > about exim.
Yes, it looks like spec.txt.gz is a good way to learn about exim... if I want to learn about the whole thing, in every excruciating detail, from start to finish. I also notice that the command-line options are alphabetized in that document as well. I don't think you're honestly considering the merits of my suggestion. What if I want to *start* learning about exim? What if I just want to know how to, say (*gasp*) _do_ something with it? Something simple? Without reading a novel? Without getting a professional certification? > ... > > So that leaves me wondering why it was decided to list the command > > line options in alphabetical order in the manual page. > > > Because > a) it is just a short reference It's NOT short. > b) "importance" does not provide complete ordering of options. So what? It's better than alphabetical order. > I am quite familiar with exim but given two options I really cannot > tell which one is more important (Is -d or -qqf more important?), I > could probably order them into "used often", "internal" and > "everything else", but thats not useful. That would be very useful indeed. Could you do that? Frederik -- http://ofb.net/~frederik/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]