Hi there,
I''m in the process of moving from Exim 4.69 (under Debian Lenny) to
Exim 4.72
(under Debian Squeeze) and I''ve just noticed that support for virtual
domains
in the form of the file:
/etc/exim4/conf.d/router/350_exim4-config_vdom_aliases
has been dropped somewhere along the way.
I''ve searched the Changelog files (found under /usr/share/doc/exim*)
and the
Exim mailing list archives (using Gmane) for the keywords
''virtual'' or ''vdom''
and found nothing relevant.
Can it really be that this decision was taken without an accompanying
announcement?
Anyway, I''ve reintroduced the file:
/etc/exim4/conf.d/router/350_exim4-config_vdom_aliases [1]
verbatim and everything seems to be working fine so I''m also wondering
why the
decision to drop support for virtual domains was taken.
Sebastian
[1] /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/350_exim4-config_vdom_aliases:
vdom_aliases:
driver = redirect
allow_defer
allow_fail
domains = dsearch;/etc/exim4/virtual
data
${expand:${lookup{$local_part}lsearch*@{/etc/exim4/virtual/$domain}}}
retry_use_local_part
pipe_transport = address_pipe
file_transport = address_file
no_more
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Sebastian Tennant <sebyte at smolny.plus.com> wrote:> I''m in the process of moving from Exim 4.69 (under Debian Lenny) to > Exim 4.72 (under Debian Squeeze) and I''ve just noticed that support > for virtual domains in the form of the file:[...]> Can it really be that this decision was taken without an accompanying > announcement?> Anyway, I''ve reintroduced the file:> /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/350_exim4-config_vdom_aliases [1]> verbatim and everything seems to be working fine so I''m also > wondering why the decision to drop support for virtual domains was > taken.The Debian exim packages simply have never included the router, it is a local addition. cu andreas
Quoth Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org>:> The Debian exim packages simply have never included the router, it is > a local addition.OK, so my memory fails me again. In my defence, while searching for an explanation as to why it had been dropped, I did a Google search for ''350_exim4-config_vdom_aliases'' and it returned a fair number of positive result, so it seems to be a fairly popular local addition. Anyhow, thanks for the clarifcation. Sebastian -- Emacs'' AlsaPlayer - Music Without Jolts Lightweight, full-featured and mindful of your idyllic happiness. http://home.gna.org/eap
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 08:33:17PM +0000, Sebastian Tennant wrote:> In my defence, while searching for an explanation as to why it had been > dropped, I did a Google search for ''350_exim4-config_vdom_aliases'' and it > returned a fair number of positive result, so it seems to be a fairly popular > local addition.That''s probably the (wrong) name chosen by some clueless author of a dumb<censored> HOWTO document. The nnn_exim4-config_ namespace is reserved for package use and local addition should never use it. One reason for this request is to avoid misleading people who will ask for the package maintainers'' support here. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don''t trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190
At 11:21h, on Monday, May 30, 2011, in message <20110530092115.GF27807 at torres.zugschlus.de>, on the subject of "Re: [Pkg-exim4-users] Support for virtual domains", you wrote - > The nnn_exim4-config_ namespace is reserved for package use and local > addition should never use it. One reason for this request is to avoid > misleading people who will ask for the package maintainers'' support > here. So this raises the question as to what naming standard local additions should use -- nnn_local-config_namespace perhaps?
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 03:47:43PM +0200, J G Miller wrote:> At 11:21h, on Monday, May 30, 2011, > in message <20110530092115.GF27807 at torres.zugschlus.de>, > on the subject of "Re: [Pkg-exim4-users] Support for virtual domains", > you wrote - > > > The nnn_exim4-config_ namespace is reserved for package use and local > > addition should never use it. One reason for this request is to avoid > > misleading people who will ask for the package maintainers'' support > > here. > > So this raises the question as to what naming standard local > additions should use -- nnn_local-config_namespace perhaps?Anything but _exim4-config_ ;) Greetings Marc, usually using _$HOSTNAME_ or _local_ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don''t trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2011-May-30 15:40 UTC
[Pkg-exim4-users] Support for virtual domains
In <20110530135313.GJ27807 at torres.zugschlus.de>, Marc Haber wrote:>On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 03:47:43PM +0200, J G Miller wrote: >> you wrote - >> > The nnn_exim4-config_ namespace is reserved for package use and local >> > addition should never use it. One reason for this request is to avoid >> > misleading people who will ask for the package maintainers'' support >> > here. >> >> So this raises the question as to what naming standard local >> additions should use -- nnn_local-config_namespace perhaps? > >Anything but _exim4-config_ ;)I inconsistently use _exim4-local_ and _local-config_, and I don''t think I''ve ever mistaken something provided by exim4-config for one of my additions. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss at iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-''(. .)`-'' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-exim4-users/attachments/20110530/048fefaf/attachment.pgp>