On Sat, 19 Jun 2004, David Burton wrote:
> When I uncomment this line in exim.conf...
>
> # local_domains_include_host_literals
>
> ....exim 4.30 won't run. It reports an error and quits:
That line does not exist in Exim 4's default configuration. You must
have an Exim 3 configuration file.
> Obviously, the local_domains_include_host_literals option has
> been removed in Exim 4.
Yes.
> The desupport of that option doesn't seem to be mentioned
> anywhere in the documentation on the exim.org web site.
I do seem not to have listed it explicitly in doc/Exim4.upgrade, but I
do say in there that the concept of local domains is entirely abolished.
> But it certainly does seem to be gone. (Maybe this change is
> documented in the Exim 4 book -- I only have the Exim 3 book.)
The Exim 4 book describes Exim 4. It does not describe changes from Exim
3. That would just confuse new users. The changes are described in
doc/Exim4.upgrade in the distribution.
> I wish it hadn't been removed.
It had to be removed. Exim 4 has no built-in concept of local domains.
Therefore, it was meaningless.
> But the comment with it
> suggests an alternative approach:
>
> # If you want to accept mail addressed to your host's literal IP address, for
> # example, mail addressed to "user@???", then uncomment the
> # following line, or supply the literal domain(s) as part of "local_domains"
> # above. You also need to comment "forbid_domain_literals" below. This is not
> # recommended for today's Internet.
>
> # local_domains_include_host_literals
Why not look at the Exim 4 default configuration file?
> How can this be made to work? The RFCs require it!
Why not look at the Exim 4 default configuration file? A grep for
"literal" will get you to the right place.
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