On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 10:37:26AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 10:09:42AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > > > Domain *names* cannot, exim domain *lists* can. > > > > dc_other_hostnames='dsearch; CONFDIR/vdom:m26s25.vlinux.de' > > > > > That never worked since we are prepending "@:localhost:" > > [...] > > > > @:localhost: dsearch; CONFDIR/vdom:m26s25.vlinux.de > > is a valid domainlist, containing four items: > > @ > > localhost > > dsearch; CONFDIR/vdom > > m26s25.vlinux.de
> That works? Ouch! Hello, why the ouch? It is a simple colon-delimited list without any funky characters. ;-) > Will "localhost:@:<;foo;bar;baz" work as well? Probably not, right? No, that is invalid syntax. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ cat tesme domainlist xxx = localhost:@:<;foo;bar;baz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ /usr/sbin/exim4 -C tesme \ -be '${if match_domain{baz}{+xxx}{yes}{no}}' 2006-10-14 10:56:06 unknown lookup type "<" > I am currently inclined to remove the possibility of using constructs > that complex via debconf, documenting that only plain lists, semicolon > separated, are allowed and that people wanting to do more complex > things via Exim macros. > What do you think? I would prefer if things continued to work. afaict this has worked since 2002 and I currently fail to see a compelling reason to remove it. There might be compelling reasons the at some point in the future, e.g. if retaining this feature would block implementation of a more important feature. My personal opinion might be biased though, I am used to the whole thing. 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]