Philip Hazel wrote: > On Wed, 2 May 2007, W B Hacker wrote: > >> But one might then ask, how MACRO's compare in potential load with: >> >> - hostlists >> >> - lookups (in general) >> >> - lookups involving SQL calls > > Indeed. But all of those items can be omitted from the config if you > don't want them. Predefined macros would not be optional. > >> Correct me if I am wrong, but I am under the impressions that a 'hostlist' >> is >> handled much as the described parsing for a MACRO, i.e. - end-to-end >> expansion & >> substitution, called on or not... > > No. A hostlist is expanded only when Exim is about to scan it. That is, > only when it is about to be used. > >> - while a 'lookup' - be it file, db, or SQL - is ignored until actually >> encountered in acl that *uses* it, IOW, skipped in many cases. > > Indeed. >
Welll.... I, too am a 'simple' man. I'll take variable costs over fixed overhead on this one... basic grocery-store 'rithmatic. And 3000+ line configure files .. Pulling all my MACROS' as soon as I am done wrassling with Squid logs... I don't change 'em but a few times a year anyway. ;-) Thanks! Bill -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
