debian/exim4-config.templates

   1 Template: exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype
   2 Type: select
   3 # Translators beware! the following six strings form a single
   4 # Choices menu. - Every one of these strings has to fit in a standard
   5 # 80 characters console, as the fancy screen setup takes up some space
   6 # try to keep below ~71 characters.
   7 # DO NOT USE commas (,) in Choices translations otherwise
   8 # this will break the choices shown to users
   9 __Choices: internet site; mail is sent and received directly using SMTP, mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail, mail sent by smarthost; no local mail, local delivery only; not on a network, no configuration at this time
  10 Default: local delivery only; not on a network
  11 _Description: General type of mail configuration:
  12  Please select the mail server configuration type that best meets your needs.
  13  .
  14  Systems with dynamic IP addresses, including dialup systems, should generally
  15  be configured to send outgoing mail to another machine, called a 'smarthost'
  16  for delivery because many receiving systems on the Internet block
  17  incoming mail from dynamic IP addresses as spam protection.
  18  .
  19  A system with a dynamic IP address can receive its own mail, or local
  20  delivery can be disabled entirely (except mail for root and postmaster).
  21
  22 Template: exim4/no_config
  23 Type: boolean
  24 Default: true
  25 _Description: Really leave the mail system unconfigured?
  26  Until the mail system is configured, it will be broken and cannot be
  27  used. Configuration at a later time can be done either by hand or by
  28  running 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' as root.
  29
  30 Template: exim4/mailname
  31 Type: string
  32 _Description: System mail name:
  33  The 'mail name' is the domain name used to 'qualify' mail addresses
  34  without a domain name.
  35  .
  36  This name will also be used by other programs. It should be the
  37  single, fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
  38  .
  39  Thus, if a mail address on the local host is foo@example.org,
  40  the correct value for this option would be example.org.
  41  .
  42  This name won't appear on From: lines of outgoing messages if rewriting
  43  is enabled.
  44
  45 Template: exim4/dc_other_hostnames
  46 Type: string
  47 Default:
  48 _Description: Other destinations for which mail is accepted:
  49  Please enter a semicolon-separated list of recipient domains for
  50  which this machine should consider itself the final destination.
  51  These domains are commonly called 'local domains'. The local hostname
  52  (${fqdn}) and 'localhost' are always added to the list given here.
  53  .
  54  By default all local domains will be treated identically. If both
  55  a.example and b.example are local domains, acc@a.example and
  56  acc@b.example will be delivered to the same final destination. If
  57  different domain names should be treated differently, it is
  58  necessary to edit the config files afterwards.
  59
  60 Template: exim4/dc_relay_domains
  61 Type: string
  62 Default:
  63 _Description: Domains to relay mail for:
  64  Please enter a semicolon-separated list of recipient domains for
  65  which this system will relay mail, for example as a fallback MX or
  66  mail gateway. This means that this system will accept mail for these
  67  domains from anywhere on the Internet and deliver them according to
  68  local delivery rules.
  69  .
  70  Do not mention local domains here. Wildcards may be used.
  71
  72 Template: exim4/dc_relay_nets
  73 Type: string
  74 Default:
  75 _Description: Machines to relay mail for:
  76  Please enter a semicolon-separated list of IP address ranges for
  77  which this system will unconditionally relay mail, functioning as a
  78  smarthost.
  79  .
  80  You should use the standard address/prefix format (e.g. 194.222.242.0/24
  81  or 5f03:1200:836f::/48).
  82  .
  83  If this system should not be a smarthost for any other host, leave
  84  this list blank.
  85
  86 Template: exim4/dc_readhost
  87 Type: string
  88 _Description: Visible domain name for local users:
  89  The option to hide the local mail name in outgoing mail was enabled.
  90  It is therefore necessary to specify the domain name this system
  91  should use for the domain part of local users' sender addresses.
  92
  93 Template: exim4/dc_smarthost
  94 Type: string
  95 _Description: IP address or host name of the outgoing smarthost:
  96  Please enter the IP address or the host name of a mail server that
  97  this system should use as outgoing smarthost. If the smarthost only
  98  accepts your mail on a port different from TCP/25, append two colons
  99  and the port number (for example smarthost.example::587 or
 100  192.168.254.254::2525). Colons in IPv6 addresses need to be doubled.
 101  .
 102  If the smarthost requires authentication, please refer to
 103  the Debian-specific README files in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base for
 104  notes about setting up SMTP authentication.
 105
 106 Template: exim4/dc_postmaster
 107 Type: string
 108 _Description: Root and postmaster mail recipient:
 109  Mail for the 'postmaster', 'root', and other system accounts needs to
 110  be redirected to the user account of the actual system administrator.
 111  .
 112  If this value is left empty, such mail will be saved in /var/mail/mail,
 113  which is not recommended.
 114  .
 115  Note that postmaster's mail should be read on the system to which it is
 116  directed, rather than being forwarded elsewhere, so (at least one of)
 117  the users listed here should not redirect their mail off this machine.
 118  A 'real-' prefix can be used to force local delivery.
 119  .
 120  Multiple user names need to be separated by spaces.
 121
 122 Template: exim4/dc_local_interfaces
 123 Type: string
 124 Default: notset
 125 _Description: IP-addresses to listen on for incoming SMTP connections:
 126  Please enter a semicolon-separated list of IP addresses. The Exim SMTP
 127  listener daemon will listen on all IP addresses listed here.
 128  .
 129  An empty value will cause Exim to listen for connections on all
 130  available network interfaces.
 131  .
 132  If this system only receives mail directly from local services
 133  (and not from other hosts), it is suggested to prohibit external
 134  connections to the local Exim daemon. Such services include e-mail
 135  programs (MUAs) which talk to localhost only as well as fetchmail.
 136  External connections are impossible when 127.0.0.1 is entered here,
 137  as this will disable listening on public network interfaces.
 138
 139 Template: exim4/dc_minimaldns
 140 Type: boolean
 141 Default: false
 142 _Description: Keep number of DNS-queries minimal (Dial-on-Demand)?
 143  In normal mode of operation Exim does DNS lookups at startup, and when
 144  receiving or delivering messages. This is for logging purposes and
 145  allows keeping down the number of hard-coded values in the
 146  configuration.
 147  .
 148  If this system does not have a DNS full service resolver available at
 149  all times (for example if its Internet access is a dial-up line using
 150  dial-on-demand), this might have unwanted consequences. For example,
 151  starting up Exim or running the queue (even with no messages waiting)
 152  might trigger a costly dial-up-event.
 153  .
 154  This option should be selected if this system is using Dial-on-Demand.
 155  If it has always-on Internet access, this option should be disabled.
 156
 157 Template: exim4/exim4-config-title
 158 Type: title
 159 _Description: Mail Server configuration
 160
 161 Template: exim4/use_split_config
 162 Type: boolean
 163 _Description: Split configuration into small files?
 164  The Debian exim4 packages can either use 'unsplit configuration', a
 165  single monolithic file (/etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template) or 'split
 166  configuration', where the actual Exim configuration files are built
 167  from about 50 smaller files in /etc/exim4/conf.d/.
 168  .
 169  Unsplit configuration is better suited for large modifications and is
 170  generally more stable, whereas split configuration offers a comfortable
 171  way to make smaller modifications but is more fragile and might break
 172  if modified carelessly.
 173  .
 174  A more detailed discussion of split and unsplit configuration can be
 175  found in the Debian-specific README files in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base.
 176
 177 Template: exim4/hide_mailname
 178 Type: boolean
 179 _Description: Hide local mail name in outgoing mail?
 180  The headers of outgoing mail can be rewritten to make it appear to have been
 181  generated on a different system. If this option is chosen,
 182  '${mailname}', 'localhost' and '${dc_other_hostnames}' in From, Reply-To,
 183  Sender and Return-Path are rewritten.
 184
 185 Template: exim4/dc_localdelivery
 186 Type: select
 187 __Choices: mbox format in /var/mail/, Maildir format in home directory
 188 Default: mbox format in /var/mail/
 189 _Description: Delivery method for local mail:
 190  Exim is able to store locally delivered email in different formats.
 191  The most commonly used ones are mbox and Maildir. mbox uses a single
 192  file for the complete mail folder stored in /var/mail/. With Maildir
 193  format every single message is stored in a separate file in ~/Maildir/.
 194  .
 195  Please note that most mail tools in Debian expect the local delivery
 196  method to be mbox in their default.