Bug#326160: exim4: Warn when list processing stops

[Ian Wienand]

Package: exim4
Version: 4.52-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi,

We managed to get an unresolvable host in relay_from_hosts which
rather unexpectedly stopped processing anything after the bogus entry
in the list.

Of course one can read the documentation to find out about the
+ignore_unknown parameter, but who reads that :) I feel it would be
nice if exim warned you that it was ignoring the rest of the list.

A proposed patch I applied locally is attached.

Thanks!

-i
ianw at gelato.unsw.edu.au
http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: ia64
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages exim4 depends on:
ii  exim4-base                    4.52-2     support files for all exim MTA (v4
ii  exim4-daemon-light            4.52-2     lightweight exim MTA (v4) daemon

exim4 recommends no packages.

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