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| author | Philip Hazel <ph10@hermes.cam.ac.uk> | 2006-07-31 13:28:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Philip Hazel <ph10@hermes.cam.ac.uk> | 2006-07-31 13:28:49 +0000 |
| commit | 553c0e3a46f3b7ae2ca4bb40606d0a33e424812f (patch) | |
| tree | 5ec17462d6fa6c6e9995f77a7204ed4f6c38a8b3 /doc/doc-docbook | |
| parent | db9452a9b5941d43e6ef3988cd0d30d2758844cf (diff) | |
Update filter document for 4.63 release.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/filter.xfpt | 24 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/filter.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/filter.xfpt index 30d069b1f..707dbe3bb 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/filter.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/filter.xfpt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/filter.xfpt,v 1.3 2006/04/27 15:19:27 ph10 Exp $ +. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/filter.xfpt,v 1.4 2006/07/31 13:28:49 ph10 Exp $ . ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// . This is the primary source of the document that describes Exim's filtering @@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ <bookinfo> <title>Exim's interfaces to mail filtering</title> <titleabbrev>Exim filtering</titleabbrev> -<date>27 April 2006</date> +<date>31 July</date> <author><firstname>Philip</firstname><surname>Hazel</surname></author> <authorinitials>PH</authorinitials> <revhistory><revision> - <revnumber>4.62</revnumber> - <date>27 April 2006</date> + <revnumber>4.63</revnumber> + <date>31 July 2006</date> <authorinitials>PH</authorinitials> </revision></revhistory> <copyright><year>2006</year><holder>University of Cambridge</holder></copyright> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ .chapter "Forwarding and filtering in Exim" This document describes the user interfaces to Exim's in-built mail filtering facilities, and is copyright © University of Cambridge 2006. It -corresponds to Exim version 4.62. +corresponds to Exim version 4.63. @@ -824,12 +824,14 @@ message to be written to its argument file, provided they are different (duplicate &(save)& commands are ignored). If the file name does not start with a / character, the contents of the -&$home$& variable are prepended, unless it is empty. In conventional -configurations, this variable is normally set in a user filter to the user's -home directory, but the system administrator may set it to some other path. In -some configurations, &$home$& may be unset, in which case a non-absolute path -name may be generated. Such configurations convert this to an absolute path -when the delivery takes place. In a system filter, &$home$& is never set. +&$home$& variable are prepended, unless it is empty, &new("or the system +administrator has disabled this feature.") In conventional configurations, this +variable is normally set in a user filter to the user's home directory, but the +system administrator may set it to some other path. In some configurations, +&$home$& may be unset, &new("or prepending may be disabled,") in which case a +non-absolute path name may be generated. Such configurations convert this to an +absolute path when the delivery takes place. In a system filter, &$home$& is +never set. The user must of course have permission to write to the file, and the writing of the file takes place in a process that is running as the user, under the |