On Wed, 2 May 2007, Stanislaw Halik wrote:
> > Also, why aren't these macros expanded once at load time and stored in
> > memory expanded?
>
> AFAIK, the config file is being re-parsed upon spawning a new Exim
> instance.
Exactly. So in that sense they *are* "expanded once at load time". The
only thing is there that are many, many "load time"s. The way Exim works
(in terms of processes, forks, re-execs, etc) is all explained in the
book and I cover it in my course (<advert> next course is in July
</advert>) and has been discussed here on several occasions.
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Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service
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