But the real-* business has been in the exim packages for a _very_ long time (this is even part of exim3 on woody) and probably nobody knows any more why we include this. Does upstream recommend this in its default config, or is this a Debianism?
The use of real-* comes straight out of the upstream docs for skip_syntax_errors:
http://exim.org/exim-html-4.50/doc/html/spec_22.html#IX1867
In those docs, it does recommend that the real-* router be put immediately above the userforward router.
While the real-* router in the docs doesn't do any of the local-sender only verification that I propose, there is a strong implication there that the only reason to have the real-* router is to handle syntax errors in userforward, not for arbitrary third-party usage. If anything, I'd suggest that
condition = ${if def:$sender_host_address{false}{true}}be added to the router in both the debian config and the upstream docs.
If it's a Debianism, then we should probably think about doing the change that you propose. May I ask you to present your case on pkg-exim4-users or pkg-exim4-devel to get a broader opinion?
I'm not subscribed to those lists, but you're welcome to repost this thread (or just a reference to 307768, which should have all the discussion) there if you like.
- Marc
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