How to cleanly remove Exim4 mail server on Ubuntu

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yuяi picture yuяi · Aug 21, 2012 · Viewed 38.1k times · Source

After successfully using Postfix on my Ubuntu machines, I decided to try Exim on a new server, based on some people commenting it's easier to set up and use.

Well I ran into issues with my Rails app right away, and, considering how easy Postfix had been to use, I decided to remove Exim and install Postfix instead.

However, how to cleanly remove it was hard to find...

Answer

yuяi picture yuяi · Aug 21, 2012

Here's all you need to do to cleanly and easily get rid of Exim4:

apt-get remove exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light

You may have the exim4 logs directory left behind. Just get rid of it manually, if you do:

rm -r /var/log/exim4/

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