Re: [Exim] exim config variables and files

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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A: Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC
CC: exim-users
Assumpte: Re: [Exim] exim config variables and files
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC wrote:

> 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?


Every time it scans the local_domains list. A quick grep of the document
for "domain list" finds this very quickly:

The following types of item may appear in domain lists:

 .   If an item in a domain list is a plain absolute file name (beginning with
     a slash character), each line of the file is read and processed as if it
     were an independent item in the list, except that further plain file
     names are not allowed. This happens each time the list is searched. If a
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


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