Re: [Exim] Exim 4 Planning - some comments.

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Jonathan Hunter
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim 4 Planning - some comments.
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Jonathan Hunter wrote:

> Hmm... I wonder if there are any other configuration options that could be
> expressed as an ACL instead? Perhaps require_files, condition and similar
> options could benefit from this? How difficult would it be to offer ACLs as
> an alternative form of syntax throughout? (Probably very!)


I think the answer is indeed very.

> Is there some way of parsing an ACL and turning it into the logical format
> Exim currently expects tests to be in?


Exim currently has no logical format. Just simple lists. Quick to parse,
quick to implement. Not so quick to explain. :-(

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