On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 11:54:19AM -0400, Marc Sherman wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: > >But the real-* business has been in the exim packages for a _very_ > >long time (this is even part of exim3 on woody) and probably nobody > >knows any more why we include this. Does upstream recommend this in > >its default config, or is this a Debianism? > > The use of real-* comes straight out of the upstream docs for > skip_syntax_errors: > http://exim.org/exim-html-4.50/doc/html/spec_22.html#IX1867
The Debian packages have had real-* for _much_ longer than that. > In those docs, it does recommend that the real-* router be put > immediately above the userforward router. I suspect that Debian introduced the real-* stuff way before Philip wrote that. > While the real-* router in the docs doesn't do any of the local-sender > only verification that I propose, there is a strong implication there > that the only reason to have the real-* router is to handle syntax > errors in userforward, not for arbitrary third-party usage. No, that implication is definetely wrong, the real-* stuff was already handled by exim 3.12 back in 2002 (which is the oldest exim package I could get hold of), while we introduced the syntax error handler in userforward somewhere in the 4.x era. > I'm not subscribed to those lists, but you're welcome to repost this > thread (or just a reference to 307768, which should have all the > discussion) there if you like. Hey, it's your job to convince me ;) Anyway, both lists don't have much traffic so it doesn't hurt to be subscribed. You are a very active user of the packages, so I think that you should be there. 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: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
