Bug#418910: HOWTO replace dsearch in dc_other_hostnames

Andreas Metzler ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org
Thu May 17 11:04:02 UTC 2007


On 2007-05-16 Andrew Pimlott <andrew at pimlott.net> wrote:
> NEWS.Debian suggests using the macro mechanism to replace the
> no-longer-working dsearch entry in dc_other_hostnames.  I thought it
> would be helpful to include an example, since this seems to affect many
> people.  Could someone verify that this is correct, and perhaps include
> it in the documentation?

> In short, if you used to enter

> pimlott.net:dsearch;/etc/exim4/virtual

> in dc_other_hostnames (ie, the question "Other destinations for which
> mail is accepted:), then you should instead add the following line to
> exim4.conf.localmacros:

> MAIN_LOCAL_DOMAINS = @:localhost:pimlott.net:dsearch;/etc/exim4/virtual

> What you put in dc_other_hostnames is no longer used.

That is correct afaict ( for the non-split-config case.)
cu andreas
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