Bug#653750: Need to prefix a host list definition with the hostlist keyword

[Adam D. Barratt]

On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 14:18 -0800, Regid Ichira wrote:
> host_reject_connection is a deprecated configuration item.  I think
> that without the following patch it would not work as described.  I
> also think this is not the only place in which spec.txt attempts to
> define a typed list without specifying the type.

It's not a typed list.  As you said yourself, it's a configuration item
- one whose /value/ is a list.  I'm not actually sure if exim will let
you do what your patch suggests (define a list with the same name as a
configuration item) but it certainly seems like it would be confusing.

> -    host_reject_connection = +include_unknown:*.enemy.ex
> +    hostlist host_reject_connection = +include_unknown:*.enemy.ex

Regards,

Adam