Bug#348478: exim4: /etc/mailname not included in local_domains

[Marc Haber]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 03:22:30PM +0800, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> I am using the split config.  /etc/mailname says "malcolm.id.au".
> When I run update-exim4.conf, the resulting autogenerated file includes:
> 
> MAIN_LOCAL_DOMAINS = @:localhost:dsearch;/etc/mail/virtual
> 
> ie. omitting /etc/mailname unless it is explicitly included in
> update-exim4.conf.conf.

This is the designed behavior. /etc/mailname is used to qualify
addreses in outgoing mail.

> This behaviour is contrary to the
> documentation.

Which part of documentation is wrong?

Greetings
Marc

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