On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 13:55 +0000, Philip Hazel wrote:
> The point is that if I did that, it would be incompatible with host
> lists as used elsewhere, where you can use either a name or an IP
> address. It would be a huge gotcha.
When can you use a name? I don't think I've seen that.
> Or, I suppose, Exim could look up the name if you wrote something like
>
> ${if match_host{$sender_host_address}{*.a.b.c:1.2.3.4}...
It would presumably have to look up all the records for the name in
question and match _each_ against the numbers.
> I just felt uncomfortable about this feature, which is why I haven't
> done anything about it.
Seems reasonable :)
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