On Thu, 2015-09-17 at 19:15 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > It's nothing to do with the "&" and everything to do with the data > containing the list separator, as Jeremy mentioned. > > http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-the_exim_run_time_configuration_file.html#SECTempitelis > indicates that: > > "For example, this list contains three items, the second of which is > empty: > > senders = user1@domain : : user2@domain > > Note: There must be white space between the two colons, as otherwise > they are interpreted as representing a single colon data character (and > the list would then contain just one item)" > > The two commas between "& Mailer" and "/bin/bash" don't represent an > empty item between those two strings. Rather, they represent a single > "escaped" comma which forms part of the string "& Mailer,/bin/bash".
Thank you Adam for the impressive inspirational clarity. A double field-separator transforms into a single character - unless there is an intervening space in which a separate null entity exists. Thanks too to Jeremy and to Ian. I appreciate everyone's help. -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. England's place is in the European Union. -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
