So presumably the entire contents of the ssl public and/or private key could be included verbatim in the configuration file without the "<" input pipeline redirection symbol.
On February 19, 2022 5:25:15 AM AKST, Bernardo Reino <rei...@bbmk.org> wrote: >On Sat, 19 Feb 2022, necktwi wrote: > >> After adding “<“ before ssl_ca file path, macOS mail client complained no >> more. Why do we need “<“ before file paths? — Necktwi > >Because the manual says so? :) > >"The < is mandatory. It indicates that the variable should contain contents of >the file, instead of the file name. Not using it will cause an error." >(https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/dovecot_ssl_configuration/) > >Or is it a rhetorical question? -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.