Re: [exim] Interpretation of local interface = 127.0.0.1 :::…

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Autore: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Oggetto: Re: [exim] Interpretation of local interface = 127.0.0.1 :::::1
On 01/04/2021 23:11, u34--- via Exim-users wrote:
>    There is a note at section 6.20, list construction, of the documentation.
> http://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-the_exim_runtime_configuration_file.html#SECTlistconstruct
> It reads:

>
>      Note: Although leading and trailing white space is ignored in individual
>      list items, it is not ignored when parsing the list. The space after
>      the first colon in the example above is necessary. If it were not there,
>      the list would be interpreted as the two items 127.0.0.1:: and 1.


Rephrase that as "The spaces around the first colon are necessary"

>    The string list in question is

>
>      local_interfaces = 127.0.0.1 : ::::1

>
>    Without the space after the first colon, it becomes

>
>      127.0.0.1 :::::1


so becomes this:

    127.0.0.1:::::1


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Cheers,
Jeremy