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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2016-04-14 13:35:38 +0100
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2016-04-14 13:53:14 +0100
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Docs: add note on list-splitting
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@@ -7773,7 +7773,14 @@ domain, host, address and local part lists.
.section "Expansion of lists" "SECTlistexpand"
.cindex "expansion" "of lists"
-Each list is expanded as a single string before it is used. The result of
+Each list is expanded as a single string before it is used.
+
+.new
+&'Exception: the router headers_remove option, where list-item
+splitting is done before string-expansion.'&
+.wen
+
+The result of
expansion must be a list, possibly containing empty items, which is split up
into separate items for matching. By default, colon is the separator character,
but this can be varied if necessary. See sections &<<SECTlistconstruct>>& and