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| author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2016-07-27 17:14:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2016-07-27 19:07:51 +0100 |
| commit | 772284edad778e401fe2306b047d3b345f74c1fb (patch) | |
| tree | 3a841d7c07b776eb3ddc7556a0f2bd52a80300de /doc | |
| parent | fb6833e0a5599216f7f0834eb608f0bdf771b2ee (diff) | |
Docs: minor clarifications
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index df5b31653..d3307eacd 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -19873,12 +19873,17 @@ list1: :include:/opt/lists/list1 .endd .next .cindex "address redirection" "to black hole" -Sometimes you want to throw away mail to a particular local part. Making the -&%data%& option expand to an empty string does not work, because that causes -the router to decline. Instead, the alias item +.cindex "delivery" "discard" +.cindex "delivery" "blackhole" .cindex "black hole" .cindex "abandoning mail" -&':blackhole:'& can be used. It does what its name implies. No delivery is +Sometimes you want to throw away mail to a particular local part. Making the +&%data%& option expand to an empty string does not work, because that causes +the router to decline. Instead, the alias item +.code +:blackhole: +.endd +can be used. It does what its name implies. No delivery is done, and no error message is generated. This has the same effect as specifying &_/dev/null_& as a destination, but it can be independently disabled. @@ -38058,7 +38063,7 @@ senders). .section "Signing outgoing messages" "SECDKIMSIGN" .cindex "DKIM" "signing" -Signing is implemented by setting private options on the SMTP transport. +Signing is enabled by setting private options on the SMTP transport. These options take (expandable) strings as arguments. .option dkim_domain smtp string&!! unset |