[exim] Re: mysql_servers syntax for ipv6-only database serve…

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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Re: mysql_servers syntax for ipv6-only database server
On 11/11/2024 15:10, Niklas Schell via Exim-users wrote:
> i would like to explicitly define the ip address inside the config file.
> Is this currently possible?


Unfortunately not using only the Exim config file.

[ I suspect this is due to features having been added over time.
The parsing of a single host-spec is custom, and lacks any way
of escaping metacharacters.
This is a bug; feel free to raise one. The problem will be fixing it
in some way that is back-compatible.
]

Apart from an /etc/hosts entry (as you found) - you could use
a mysql config file entry
( https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/option-files.html )
along the lines of

    [exim]
    host = <host>


(which according to those docs accepts name, ipv4-addr or ipv6-addr)

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Cheers,
Jeremy

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