Re: File-format for Included Files for main.cf Options

2021-02-13 Thread Dominic Raferd
On 12/02/2021 18:35, Chris Green wrote: On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 01:08:07PM -0500, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:14:24AM +, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 12/01/2021 01:21, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 01:00:26AM +, JL (Postfix Readers A/c) wrote:

Re: File-format for Included Files for main.cf Options

2021-02-12 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 06:35:50PM +, Chris Green wrote: > The Debian patch sets myorigin:- > > # Debian GNU/Linux specific: Specifying a file name will cause the > # first line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default > # is /etc/mailname. > # >

Re: File-format for Included Files for main.cf Options

2021-02-12 Thread Chris Green
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 01:08:07PM -0500, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:14:24AM +, Dominic Raferd wrote: > > > On 12/01/2021 01:21, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 01:00:26AM +, JL (Postfix Readers A/c) wrote: > > > > > >> Can someone point me at

Re: File-format for Included Files for main.cf Options

2021-02-12 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:14:24AM +, Dominic Raferd wrote: > On 12/01/2021 01:21, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 01:00:26AM +, JL (Postfix Readers A/c) wrote: > > > >> Can someone point me at the right place in the docs, or offer advice > >> which maybe could also be

Re: File-format for Included Files for main.cf Options

2021-02-12 Thread Wietse Venema
Dominic Raferd: [ Charset ISO-8859-15 converted... ] > On 12/01/2021 01:21, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 01:00:26AM +, JL (Postfix Readers A/c) wrote: > > > >> Can someone point me at the right place in the docs, or offer advice > >> which maybe could also be added to the

Re: File-format for Included Files for main.cf Options

2021-02-12 Thread Dominic Raferd
On 12/01/2021 01:21, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 01:00:26AM +, JL (Postfix Readers A/c) wrote: Can someone point me at the right place in the docs, or offer advice which maybe could also be added to the docs (!) to help others? Each main.cf parameter documents its

Re: File-format for Included Files for main.cf Options

2021-01-12 Thread JL (Postfix Readers A/c)
Hi, Thank you Viktor, that is absolutely perfect! In particular, your explanation -- "The file content is interpolated into the value of the parameter, as though each line were an indented continuation of the parameter..." -- clarifies exactly what I needed to know. I am sure it's not in the

Re: File-format for Included Files for main.cf Options

2021-01-11 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 01:00:26AM +, JL (Postfix Readers A/c) wrote: > Can someone point me at the right place in the docs, or offer advice > which maybe could also be added to the docs (!) to help others? Each main.cf parameter documents its syntax. Various parameters, that take literal

File-format for Included Files for main.cf Options

2021-01-11 Thread JL (Postfix Readers A/c)
Hi, I can't find it in the docs or from a search of this mailing-list... When a main.cf entry specifies a filename, I know the contents are inserted in place. But the exact format of said file is unclear. I don't think it is literally "included" in-line, because a file that contains a list of