Bug#275975: exim4-config: update-exim4.conf.conf should define primary_hostname

[Marc Haber]

user exim4 at packages.debian.org
usertags #275975 in-4.67
thanks

On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 05:58:33PM +0100, Magnus Holmgren wrote:
> The code change that makes the outgoing interface address and port
> available in the expansion of helo_data has now been committed to the
> upstream CVS. See http://www.exim.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=431#c2
> for an example of how this can be used.

Magnus is refering to the new expansion variables $sending_ip_address
and $sending_port which can be used in a construct like
${lookup dnsdb {ptr=$sending_ip_address}} or
${lookup dnsdb {ptr=$sending_ip_address}{$value}{$primary_hostname}}.

This is change PH/12 for exim 4.67 which is not yet released.

> It is up to the packaging team if they want the Debian package to help
> the user with this configuration, since the default value of helo_data
> will stay as "$primary_hostname".

Most probably this is going to be disabled by default, but can be
enabled easily with an exim macro.

Greetings
Marc

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