Compile and Install Exim from Source with LDAP and MySQL Lookup Support on Ubuntu 14.04

We’re moving an existing Exim 4.72 installation from Debian Squeeze to Ubuntu 14.04 (Ubuntu 14.04 comes with Exim 4.82).

Starting with Exim 4.77, a match_* no longer expand right-hand-side by default. However, Exim provides a new compile-time build option, EXPAND_LISTMATCH_RHS.

EXPAND_LISTMATCH_RHS is one of the reasons we are going to compile from source. Continue reading