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[distro-setup] / mail-notes.conf
1 # # initial comment is from the file itself, subsequent ones
2 # are based on debconf output unless otherwise noted.
3
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5 # /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
6 #
7 # Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
8 # yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'
9 #
10 # Please note that this is _not_ a dpkg-conffile and that automatic changes
11 # to this file might happen. The code handling this will honor your local
12 # changes, so this is usually fine, but will break local schemes that mess
13 # around with multiple versions of the file.
14 #
15 # update-exim4.conf uses this file to determine variable values to generate
16 # exim configuration macros for the configuration file.
17 #
18 # Most settings found in here do have corresponding questions in the
19 # Debconf configuration, but not all of them.
20 #
21 # This is a Debian specific file
22
23
24 # Its not easy to lookup these strings, I dunno how.
25
26
27 # Mail Server configuration
28 # -------------------------
29
30 # Please select the mail server configuration type that best meets your needs.
31
32 # Systems with dynamic IP addresses, including dialup systems, should generally be
33 # configured to send outgoing mail to another machine, called a 'smarthost' for
34 # delivery because many receiving systems on the Internet block incoming mail from
35 # dynamic IP addresses as spam protection.
36
37 # A system with a dynamic IP address can receive its own mail, or local delivery can be
38 # disabled entirely (except mail for root and postmaster).
39
40 # 1. internet site; mail is sent and received directly using SMTP
41 # 2. mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail
42 # 3. mail sent by smarthost; no local mail
43 # 4. local delivery only; not on a network
44 # 5. no configuration at this time
45
46 # General type of mail configuration: 1
47 dc_eximconfig_configtype
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52
53 # Please enter a semicolon-separated list of recipient domains for which this machine
54 # should consider itself the final destination. These domains are commonly called
55 # 'local domains'. The local hostname (kd.lan) and 'localhost' are always added
56 # to the list given here.
57
58 # By default all local domains will be treated identically. If both a.example and
59 # b.example are local domains, acc@a.example and acc@b.example will be delivered to the
60 # same final destination. If different domain names should be treated differently, it
61 # is necessary to edit the config files afterwards.
62
63 dc_other_hostnames
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65
66 # Please enter a semicolon-separated list of IP addresses. The Exim SMTP listener
67 # daemon will listen on all IP addresses listed here.
68
69 # An empty value will cause Exim to listen for connections on all available network
70 # interfaces.
71
72 # If this system only receives mail directly from local services (and not from other
73 # hosts), it is suggested to prohibit external connections to the local Exim daemon.
74 # Such services include e-mail programs (MUAs) which talk to localhost only as well as
75 # fetchmail. External connections are impossible when 127.0.0.1 is entered here, as
76 # this will disable listening on public network interfaces.
77
78 # IP-addresses to listen on for incoming SMTP connections:
79 dc_local_interfaces
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82
83 # Exim is able to store locally delivered email in different formats. The most commonly
84 # used ones are mbox and Maildir. mbox uses a single file for the complete mail folder
85 # stored in /var/mail/. With Maildir format every single message is stored in a
86 # separate file in ~/Maildir/.
87
88 # Please note that most mail tools in Debian expect the local delivery method to be
89 # mbox in their default.
90
91 # 1. mbox format in /var/mail/ 2. Maildir format in home directory
92
93 # Delivery method for local mail: 2
94 dc_localdelivery='maildir_home'