[Pkg-exim4-users] hosts_proxy support in exim4-daemon-heavy

[Andreas Metzler]

Mario Caruso <caruso at tiscali.com> wrote:
> Good day,
> I'm trying to use the hosts_proxy option on a couple 
> of debian jessie 8.7 (amd64) boxes, I've installed the
> package from backports , so I have : 

>  dpkg -l | fgrep -i exim
> ii  exim4-base  4.88-4~bpo8+1  amd64  support files for all Exim MTA (v4) packages
[...]
> #hosts_proxy = haproxy_hosts

> if I enable that line I get : main option "hosts_proxy" unknown

> I initially thought it was not supported in the package, but 
> downloading the sources I found that inside the patches
> there are the "proxy-protocol" necessary files, can anyone 
> help me in understand if I'm configuring it wrong or if the 
> feature is missing in the packages ? 

Hello,

Proxy Protocol support is an exim compile time option which currently
not enabled in either -light or heavy.

If you need it please submit a (wishlist) bug report or followup here.

cu Andreas
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