They are probably varieties of DBM files. Exim supports whichever type
it was compile to support. (GDBM, NDBM, DB, etc...)..
See dbm.discuss.txt in the exim distro...
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Mitchell wrote:
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> It may have been more accurate for me to ask does Exim support the reading of hash files?
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> I.E. most of the software I have seen for pop before smtp exports it's IP lists to a hash file which you then ask the MTA
> to read.
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> for example sendmail or postfix are compiled with hash table support so that you can go something like
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> smtp_relay = hash:/etc/mail/popauthd.db
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> they aren't just clear text files.
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