Re: [Exim] exim config variables and files

Quoth Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC on Sun, Jan 21, 2001:
> local_domains and other configuration "variables" that are exim config
> variables and not router, transport, etc specific. If the values are in a
> file instead of hard coded in the exim conf file, doe the files get read
> just once on exim startup or everytime a new mail comes in?

On Exim startup. Or every time Exim is run (e.g., when mail is
received from an MUA being piped to /usr/sbin/sendmail).

> Obviously lookups in a director or router or transport would have to be
> refreshed each time they are processed,

Because they are lookups. They are not re-read from the config
file, though, but just looked up.

> but things like exim wide config
> variables that can be lists stored in files.

In some cases (where the string is expanded), yes.

> It is not obvious to me how
> that would work without a clear answer.

Err, what are you trying to do?

Vadik.

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