On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 12:09:27PM -0600, Hans G. Ehrbar wrote:
> On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 12:30:59AM -0600, Hans G. Ehrbar wrote:
> > when running dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config, the 5th question is:
> >
> > Please enter a semicolon-separated list of
> > recipient domains for which this machine should consider itself the
> > final destination, apart from the local hostname
> > (xxx.xxx.xxx) and "localhost". These domains are commonly
> > called "local domains".
> >
> > This sounds like xxx.xxx.xxx and localhost should not be in this list,
>
> It is not intended to sound this way. If you want local delivery of
> mail to addresses in "xxx.xxx.xxx" and localhost, the two names need
> to be in this list.
>
> Then I would recommend changing the wording. "Apart from" means:
> "with the exception of". The reader confronted with the 5th question
> must think he or she is asked to enter all domains *other than*
> the local hostname which should be considered local domains.
New wording is:
Please enter a semicolon-separated list of recipient domains for
which this machine should consider itself the final destination.
These domains are commonly called 'local domains'. The local hostname
({fqdn}) and 'localhost' are always added to the list given here.
.
By default all local domains will be treated identically. If both
a.example and b.example are local domains, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] will be delivered to the same final destination. If
different domain names should be treated differently, it is
necessary to edit the config files afterwards.
> > and indeed the sarge version of this question said that the entry
> > may be left blank. But the etch version of the text continues:
> >
> > Leaving this list blank will have Exim do no local deliveries.
> >
> > This does not tell the user what to do if you do want
> > local deliveries but have only one local domain
>
> Isn't it clear that in this case the local domain needs to be the only
> entry in there?
>
> It wasn't clear to me. I do not understand much about email therefore
> things which may be obvious to an expert are not clear to me.
The "Leaving this list blank will have Exim do no local deliveries"
misinformation is no longer present.
> > Here it would be useful to remark that this should usually be left
> > blank if a mailing list is run on the same computer.
>
> What's so special about a mailing list that it needs special
> mentioning _HERE_?
>
> Just for idiots like I who run mailman on Debian boxes and do not
> understand that the mail sent out by mailman are for exim
> "incoming SMTP connections" which do not come in through eth0
Sorry, but it is not possible to specifically handle any possible
pitfall of exim with every other of the 10K+ other Debian packages. I
do not intend on even trying to do this job.
Greetings
Marc
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