On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Alan J. Flavell wrote:
> However, there was a minor point of my original query (this would be
> for Philip, excuse me for pressing!) that went unanswered. In some
> log entries, I see the expected format - like it says in the
> documentation:
>
> ... U=CacheFlow Server ...
>
> whereas in other log messages (most, in practice) I see the ident
> presented in this format instead:
>
> ... (CacheFlow Server) ...
Er, sorry, I haven't been paying attention to this thread at all. If the
message is coming from another host, what appears in the U field is just
what the other host sends in response to the ident query. Exim doesn't
modify it, except that non-printing characters are turned into escapes.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
