Ok, if it leaves the error "failed to connect..." in a variable, then I 
can test that.  What variable??



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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Thanks for the reply.  I am trying to use readsocket in an ACL (below). 
> This code snippet is from an example way of implementing SPF within 
Exim. 
> With your example, does the expansion result in "Failed: ..." or is that 

> just an error message output somewhere? 

The expansion does not result in "Failed: ...". The expansion fails, and 
it leaves the error "failed to connect.." in a variable. The output you 
see in my test is written by the -be processing code.

> Are the exact failure messages documented somewhere?

The one in my example is the output from strerror(errno), so is a 
standard system message. I think most of the socket errors are of this 
type.

>  Would using an inet socket would better?

Dunno, I'm afraid.

>     warn     set acl_m9  = ${readsocket{/tmp/spfd}\

If the readsocket expansion fails, Exim should set up a message for 
logging, containing the text "failed to expand ACL string ... <details>"

Which ACL is this called from? Looking at the code, it should return an 
error indication from the attempt to run the ACL, and this should 
normally show the message.

-- 
Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service
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