Bug#688098: exim4-config: Defaut exim 4 configuration in Debian should be "internet site"

[Stéphane Ascoët]

Package: exim4-config
Version: 4.72-6+squeeze2
Severity: wishlist

By default, a Debian system can't send e-mail via another MTA. We can considerate that people using text-mode mailers know how to re-configure exim.
But: popularity-contest needs to send its reports by e-mail. Activation of this package is made by default, so it's atended to run even on systems used by newbies(or even Linux expirmented users that aren't mail relaying specialists). So, messages won't be sent, disturbing the user with mailer-daemon errors. Or, if he doesn't notice them, he will believe he's participating the contest, however it's not the case.

Additionnaly, the biggest flaw is that the contest isn't representative, since datas of lots of Debian users aren't received by Debian crew.

-- Package-specific info:
Exim version 4.72 #1 built 12-May-2011 18:13:11
Copyright (c) University of Cambridge, 1995 - 2007
Berkeley DB: Berkeley DB 4.8.30: (April  9, 2010)
Support for: crypteq iconv() IPv6 GnuTLS move_frozen_messages DKIM
Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dnsdb dsearch nis nis0 passwd
Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext
Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect
Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore autoreply lmtp pipe smtp
Fixed never_users: 0
Size of off_t: 8
GnuTLS compile-time version: 2.8.6
GnuTLS runtime version: 2.8.6
Configuration file is /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
# /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
#
# Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
# yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'
#
# Please note that this is _not_ a dpkg-conffile and that automatic changes
# to this file might happen. The code handling this will honor your local
# changes, so this is usually fine, but will break local schemes that mess
# around with multiple versions of the file.
#
# update-exim4.conf uses this file to determine variable values to generate
# exim configuration macros for the configuration file.
#
# Most settings found in here do have corresponding questions in the
# Debconf configuration, but not all of them.
#
# This is a Debian specific file

dc_eximconfig_configtype='internet'
dc_other_hostnames=''
dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1 ; ::1'
dc_readhost=''
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets=''
dc_smarthost=''
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='false'
dc_hide_mailname=''
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'
mailname:GObookdeStephaneAscoet.fdn.fr

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.3
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages exim4-config depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.36.1   Debian configuration management sy

exim4-config recommends no packages.

exim4-config suggests no packages.

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/exim4/passwd.client [Errno 13] Permission non accordée: u'/etc/exim4/passwd.client'

-- debconf information excluded