After a bit of luck, I managed to build debs for qmail 1.0.3 and its
counterpart ucspi-tcp for the powerpc. Installing was generally
successful except towards the end when the install told me that I
needed to set up /etc/qmail/control/me on my own. It is the absence
of this file which I believe is causing qmail not to start on boot (
/etc/init.d/exim exists and does atttempt to start).
So the installer told me that I should read qmail's docs
/usr/doc/qmail in order to find out how to configure 'me.' I have
also read posts on debian-user which claim that these docs are very
informative. However, I have read them all and I can't find out how
to write 'me' manually, nor does it supply any examples. One file
(either INSTALL or INSTALL.ctl) refers to two scripts intended to
configue qmail: config and config-fast. The debs themselves fail to
supply these scripts anywhere. I did however manage to find them
(config.sh and config-fast.sh) when I unpacked the tar file of the
original sources. However, these scripts fail to work too.
So any tips, pointers, howtos, or examples anyone could pass on to me
would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise, its back to exim.
p.s. I have already searched www.exim.org's mailing list and found no
discussion of a similar problem among debian users.
--
W. Crowshaw
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