On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:28:34 -0800,
Ken Teague <"kteague at pobox dot com"> wrote:

> Fredderic wrote:
>> Trouble is that last time I did try to do anything with my Exim4
>> configs, I was wondering where my system messages had dissapeared
>> to, when I got a polite email from some other customer on my
>> ISP.
> By "system messages", are you referring to the e-mail's that are
> normally sent to root that are automatically generated by various
> services to notify you of events?

Yeah... Change logs and the results from rkhunter and its ilk, aren't
really the sort of messages I want being sent out to some random user
on the internet.


>> So, I'm wondering, how to safely test a new configuration before
>> putting it into action, and what corner cases to watch out for...
> Disconnect from the network and test local delivery. If my
> assumption above is correct, do something that would trigger an event
> that would automatically generate an e-mail that is sent to root (and
> this can be redirected to a normal user account).

At present, I have all remote delivery disabled. At least until I have
the patience to try and figure it all out again.

It's also hard taking this system offline to test a new mail
configuration. Everyone else in the house starts screaming at me if I
do that, because the internet connection runs through my machine.

The only downside to this configuration, is that every month the linux
counter script tries to email home and shortly thereafter I get a bounce
message in my inbox. One day..... *chuckles*


Fredderic