Re: [Exim] Exim4: unknown named list error

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Author: Joe Lewis
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To: jhorne, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim4: unknown named list error
I have a simple question, that I have not been able to find the error on
the web, nor in the documentation. It appears that some of you have
solved this problem, and are using exim 4.10.

We've declared a domain list such as :

    domainlist local_domains = mysql;SELECT DISTINCT domain FROM \
    mail_domains WHERE mail_host='localhost'


In addition to that, in our acl section for exim includes lines such as:

    domains       = +local_domains


When I telnet to port 25 and simulate the SMTP protocol, I get a
response of :

    421 Unexpected failure, please try later
    Connection closed by foreign host.


If I run the exim daemon using the -v option, and watch the logs when I
perform the above test, I get an error :

    unknown named list "+local_domains"


Can anyone help? Please e-mail me off-list, as I am not a member of
this list.
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Joe Lewis, Systems Integration
joe@???
Sharktooth Systems, LLC

> On 25-Jul-2002 at 08:40:45 John Horne wrote:
>> On 24-Jul-2002 at 15:52:57 John Horne wrote:
>>> On 24-Jul-2002 at 15:45:13 John Horne wrote:
>>>> domainlist test_domains =
>>>>
>>>> domainlist relay_to_domains = @mx_any : +test_domains
>>>>
>>>>   hostlist relay_from_hosts = FILE_SERVERS : PLYMOUTH : PLYM_SHORT : \
>>>>                               LOCAL_RELAYS : LOCALHOST : +test_domains

>>>>
>> Spoke too soon maybe. I'm still getting these error messages - 4 more this
>> morning. My use of 'test_domains' is now:
>>
>> domainlist test_domains =
>>
>> domainlist relay_to_domains = @mx_any : +test_domains
>>
>>   mx_domains = ! +test_domains    (in a dnslookup router)

>>
> Well initially I could reproduce the error from one of our other systems by
> trying to route mail through this system. It worked - i.e. produced an error
> - the 4 times I tried it. However, to try and localise it a bit more I
> modified the configure file and restarted exim. Since then no error messages
> have been seen! I've also installed Exim 4.10 on to the master mailhub as
> well, so we now have both central mailhubs at exim 4. No errors though.
>
> I can only assume that this error arose from something else I had done with
> the configure file, but I don't know what.
>
>
> John.