Re: [exim] Let the 'postmaster' callout option be damned

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著者: Philip Hazel
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To: Fred Viles
CC: exim-users
題目: Re: [exim] Let the 'postmaster' callout option be damned
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Fred Viles wrote:

> How about just
>
>     verify = sender/callout,postmaster[=xxxx]


I thought about that, but I decided it was not clear enough that the
xxxx would be the sender address.

> and if you buy David's argument that explicitly specifying a sender
> address should be required,


I don't buy David's argument, for backward compatibility reasons.

> making the '=xxxx' non-optional would force existing installations
> using postmaster to add it when they upgrade.


... and would make it impossible to upgrade seamlessly (unless I do it
in two stages).


Regards,
Philip

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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