On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 11:33:28PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Shouldn't the installer mention this? > > > >I don't understand what you are aiming for ... > > I'm mainly interested to know that an MTA is running at all. > I just like to worry about what services I have going, I guess.
exim4 does not listen on any public interfaces by default. > Perhaps an information screen in the installer could explain: > > I've just set up your Mail Transfer Agent, $MTA. > At present it is set up for '$MTA_MODE', i.e. to > $MTA_MODE_EXPLAIN. > > If you want to change this, you will need to reconfigure $MTA > with $MTA_CONFIG_PROGRAM. > > [OK] > > For the present case this would come out as, e.g. > > I've just set up your Mail Transfer Agent, exim4. > At present it is set up for 'local delivery', i.e. to > deliver mail only to other users on this computer. > > If you want to change this, you will need to reconfigure > exim4 with dpkg-reconfigure exim4. > > [OK] > > (I'm not actually sure what to use for reconfiguration) > > Possibly this screen could go in at medium priority, but I don't > think it hurts to show this much to all users. The above would > certainly have satisfied me. It's probably not worth adding an > option to allow installers to fiddle with the settings at this > point, I find I always have to tweak things later anyway. This is, IMO, what the release notes are for. It is mandatory to read them. Additionally, if exim4 shows a screen like this, a lot of other packages might want to do the same, ending up with a truckload of useless info screens that are not read anyway. If such a screen needs to be shown, this should be the installer's job. Please note that this bug is not an installer bug any more, it has been reassigned. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]