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<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">Thanks for
that. I'd suggest the man page for this is somewhat lacking in
detail:<br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"><br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"> </span><span
style="font-decoration:underline;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">dc_</span><span
style="font-decoration:underline;color:#000000;background-color:#afffff;">local_</span><span
style="font-decoration:underline;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">interfaces</span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
</span><br>
List of IP addresses the Exim daemon should
listen on. If this
<br>
is left empty, Exim listens on all interfaces.
Sets macro
<br>
MAIN_<span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#afffff;">LOCAL_</span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">INTERFACES
only if there is a non-empty value.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"><br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"><br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">vs:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"> </span><span
style="font-decoration:underline;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">dc_</span><span
style="font-decoration:underline;color:#000000;background-color:#afffff;">local_</span><span
style="font-decoration:underline;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">interfaces</span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">
</span><br>
List of IP addresses and port numbers the Exim
daemon should listen on. <br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"> of the form </span><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#af0000;background-color:#ffffff;">[<ip
address>]:<portno>;</span></span><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#af0000;background-color:#ffffff;">[<ip
address>]:<portno>;... **<br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"> If this is
explicitly set to empty (</span><span
style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="font-decoration:underline;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">dc_</span><span
style="font-decoration:underline;color:#000000;background-color:#afffff;">local_</span><span
style="font-decoration:underline;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">interfaces=''</span></span><span
style="font-family:monospace">) Exim listens on all
interfaces. <br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"> If this is not </span><span
style="font-family:monospace">explicitly set, a default using
localhost will be used.<br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"> Sets macro
MAIN_<span style="color:#000000;background-color:#afffff;">LOCAL_</span><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">INTERFACES
only if there is a non-empty value.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"><br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">(I suspect the
above is not the full story , it's what I've gleaned though
trial an error)<br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">**Poor meta
syntax on my part since '[' is literal while '<' is meta
syntax ... I'm guessing there is a better "house style"<br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:monospace"><span
style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;"><br>
</span></span></p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/09/2024 18:03, Debian Bug
Tracking System wrote:<br>
</div>
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cite="mid:handler.1081253.D1081253.17259876073049598.notifdone@bugs.debian.org">
<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
which was filed against the exim4-config package:
#1081253: exim4-config: Upgrage exim4-config (4.96-15+deb12u5) reset dc_local_interfaces
It has been closed by Andreas Metzler <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ametzler@bebt.de"><ametzler@bebt.de></a>.
Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
better one in a separate message then please contact Andreas Metzler <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ametzler@bebt.de"><ametzler@bebt.de></a> by
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