exim4 and ssmtp woes

[Brian Walker]

On 29/07/06, Adam Conrad <adconrad at 0c3.net> wrote:
>
> Brian Walker wrote:
> >
> > Re-installed exim4 several times - alwas the same issue. Decided to
> remove
> > exim4 by deleting the /etc/exim4 directory and re-installing. Install
> seemed
> > to go OK, but when I go into /etc/exim4 there is no template or config
> file,
> > going into config/ directory the acl/ and other directories are shown,
> but
> > empty.
>
> You only removed it and reinstalled it.  Because all the stuff under
> /etc/exim4 is a conffile, and "I deleted it" is a valid state for a
> conffile which dpkg won't touch, you need to PURGE it (so dpkg will
> remove and disown the conffiles) before you reinstall it.
>

When I dpkg -P exim4 I am told it is not installed. When I install it, I
look into /etc/exim4/conf.d/acl and all the other directories and I find
nothing at all of any configuration file. What I would like to do is obtain
a copy of the unsplit exim4 config file and use that to populate the
/etc/exim4 directory. That, and know what the hell happened!

All the best

Brian
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