On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Joe Metzger wrote:
> An example dist file(/var/smartlist/t1/dist) is:
>
> t1-digests@???
> (Only addresses below this line can be automatically removed)
> bit2@???
>
>
> The comment line starting "(Only addr..." causes problems with exim.
> This appears to be a valid RFC822 comment.
Well yes, but only as part of an RFC 822 address. Exim treats each line
as an address - and you clearly want that, since you are starting each
new address on a new line. At least its error message is clear:
> == t1-dist@??? D=system_aliases defer (-17):
> <t1-dist@???> - error in alias file: empty
> address in "(Only addresses below this line can be
> automatically removed)"
At least, I think "empty address" is fairly clear. When I wrote it I
felt that a purported address that turned out to be empty was probably
some kind of error.
What do other people think? I could of course make it ignore such
addresses. If I did so, it would also do this in .forward files, since
they are also just a list of addresses, and handled by the same code.
Meanwhile, a work-round is to change
(Only addresses below this line can be automatically removed)
to
# (Only addresses below this line can be automatically removed)
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