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| author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2018-08-05 13:58:40 +0100 |
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| committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2018-08-05 17:24:27 +0100 |
| commit | 20751c768578c81f5136f58b4bd98109716894b0 (patch) | |
| tree | 82edacbab4995cf0c0572901aedbfea40a748dcb | |
| parent | 6a012214711def1133383366a0ddf7337eb0efa0 (diff) | |
Docs: add explicit warning on spoolfile formats
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt | 2 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index fb5944d95..81261c8f6 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -38652,6 +38652,12 @@ two files contains the final component of its own name as its first line. This is insurance against disk crashes where the directory is lost but the files themselves are recoverable. +.new +The file formats may be changed, or new formats added, at any release. +Spool files are not intended as an interface to other programs +and should not be used as such. +.wen + Some people are tempted into editing -D files in order to modify messages. You need to be extremely careful if you do this; it is not recommended and you are on your own if you do it. Here are some of the pitfalls: diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt index 1bc5d0275..7805c258e 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt +++ b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt @@ -709,6 +709,8 @@ an external directory retaining the exim spool format. The spool files can then be processed by external processes and then requeued into exim spool directories for final delivery. +However, note carefully the warnings in the main documentation on +qpool file formats. The motivation/inspiration for the transport is to allow external processes to access email queued by exim and have access to all the |