Bug#366491: exim4-config: CHECK_RCPT_LOCAL_LOCALPARTS denies valid email addresses

[Klaus Muth]

Am Montag, 15. Mai 2006 15:30 schrieb Marc Haber:
> tags #366491 pending
> thanks
>
> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:13:23PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > I'm probably going to move the macro definition to the actual ACL file
> > as this is possible with current exim versions, but I'll need to
> > clarify spec.txt chapter 6.4 on exim-users before I actually do this.
> > See
> > http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20060508/msg0012
> >0.html
>
> Since the desired form of macro definition and actual ACL wis not
> possible with current exim, I have changed and rephrased the
> documentation in a more verbose way. Let me know if that's acceptable
> to you.

Thank you very much, that makes your point for the default configuration very 
clear and helps a lot in changing it to a less secure but more RFC2822 setup. 
You are right: safety first, most exim4 users will never notice that some 
valid localparts will be rejected.

klaus
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