Bug#365546: exim4: missing preposition in discussion of /etc/mailname

Andreas Metzler ametzler at debian.org
Mon May 1 07:38:35 UTC 2006


tags 365546 pending
thanks
On 2006-05-01 Ross Boylan <ross at betterworld.us> wrote:
> Package: exim4
> Version: 4.61-1
> Severity: minor

> README.Debian.gz in /usr/share/doc/exim4-config (and maybe other spots) says
> 2.1.1.3. System mail name

>    Your ``mail name'' is the hostname portion of the address to be shown
>    outgoing news and mail messages (following the username and @ sign).

> I think you mean "to be shown ON outgoing....".  The natural reading
> of the current English is "to be shown TO outgoing...".  Of course,
> that doesn't make much sense, and the next few lines make the intent
> clear, I think.

> I recommend adding "on" as indicated above to clean this up.

Thank you, fixed in SVN. (The debconf template also contained this
phrase, but already with the ON, so I guess it was a cut'n'paste error.)
cu andreas
-- 
The 'Galactic Cleaning' policy undertaken by Emperor Zhark is a personal
vision of the emperor's, and its inclusion in this work does not constitute
tacit approval by the author or the publisher for any such projects,
howsoever undertaken.                                (c) Jasper Ffforde




More information about the Pkg-exim4-maintainers mailing list