Bug#301906: exim4: Mail messages sent to local addresses are lost

Vincent Lefevre Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>, 301906@bugs.debian.org
Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:15:58 +0200


On 2005-03-29 10:11:48 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 10:08:59AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > On 2005-03-29 07:28:37 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > > This will be mentioned in NEWS.Debian in one of the next uploads,
> > > leaving the bug (with adjusted severity) open for reference.
> > > 
> > > Workaround: add local hostname to dc_other_hostnames in
> > > /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> We are currently contemplating whether that should be done
> automatically on upgrade.

This would be fine. However, the user should be aware of that. For
instance, my /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf file is generated
by netenv (my machine is a laptop), and the updated version would
be overwritten the next time I change the network environment.

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