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authorCarlo Zancanaro <carlo@zancanaro.id.au>2017-02-19 10:32:58 +1100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-03-10 14:48:05 +0100
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services: Add exim-service-type.
* gnu/services/mail.scm (<exim-configuration>): New record type. (exim-computed-config-file, exim-shepherd-service, exim-activation, exim-etc, exim-profile): New procedures. (exim-service-type, %exim-accounts): New variables. * doc/guix.text (Mail Services): Document it. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Julien Lepiller@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Alex ter Weele@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Clément Lassieur@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Mathieu Othacehe@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Federico Beffa
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Federico Beffa@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Carlo Zancanaro
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -12206,6 +12207,45 @@ remote servers. Run @command{man smtpd.conf} for more information.
@end table
@end deftp
+@subsubheading Exim Service
+
+@deffn {Scheme Variable} exim-service-type
+This is the type of the @uref{https://exim.org, Exim} service, whose value
+should be an @code{exim-configuration} object as in this example:
+
+@example
+(service exim-service-type
+ (exim-configuration
+ (config-file (local-file "./my-exim.conf"))
+ (aliases '(("postmaster" "bob")
+ ("bob" "bob@@example.com" "bob@@example2.com")))))
+@end example
+@end deffn
+
+@deftp {Data Type} exim-configuration
+Data type representing the configuration of exim.
+
+@table @asis
+@item @code{package} (default: @var{exim})
+Package object of the Exim server.
+
+@item @code{config-file} (default: @code{#f})
+File-like object of the Exim configuration file to use. If its value is
+@code{#f} then use the default configuration file from the package
+provided in @code{package}. The resulting configuration file is loaded
+after setting the @code{exim_user} and @code{exim_group} configuration
+variables.
+
+@item @code{aliases} (default: @code{'()})
+List of aliases to use when delivering mail on this system. The
+@code{car} of each list is used to match incoming mail, with the
+@code{cdr} of each list designating how to deliver it. There may be many
+delivery methods provided, in which case the mail is delivered to them
+all.
+
+@end table
+@end deftp
+
@node Messaging Services
@subsubsection Messaging Services