Re: [Exim] Documentation error

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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Dla: Boris Kovalenko
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Temat: Re: [Exim] Documentation error
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Boris Kovalenko wrote:

> interface
> Type: string list, expanded
> Default: unset
> This option specifies which interface to bind to when making an outgoing
> SMTP call. The variables $host and $host_address refer to the host to
> which a connection is about to be made during the expansion of the
> string. Forced expansion failure, or an empty string result causes the
> option to be ignored. Otherwise, after expansion, the string must be a
> colon-separated list of IP addresses, for example:


> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Should read must be a
> semicolon-separated list of IP addresses


That is poorly worded. Thanks for pointing it out. However, what it
should say is "list of IP addresses, colon-separated by default, but you
can change the separator in the usual way, for example:"

> interface = <; 192.168.123.123 ; 3ffe:ffff:836f::fe86:a061


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