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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2020-11-12 22:16:50 +0000
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2020-11-12 22:16:50 +0000
commit46e872abb44a2589488ec47febaf376c89688c1c (patch)
treed45b2d7621b129cfd5f061e2981360ead65f79f1 /doc
parent039f131577938145fb859309a9822fdce90d7155 (diff)
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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 2dd6e44be..d62ceafd7 100644
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+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -10147,7 +10147,7 @@ newline at the very end. For the &%header%& and &%bheader%& expansion, for
those headers that contain lists of addresses, a comma is also inserted at the
junctions between headers. This does not happen for the &%rheader%& expansion.
-.cindex "tainted data"
+.cindex "tainted data" "message headers"
When the headers are from an incoming message,
the result of expanding any of these variables is tainted.
@@ -14093,6 +14093,10 @@ taint mode of the Perl interpreter. You are encouraged to set this
option to a true value. To avoid breaking existing installations, it
defaults to false.
+.new
+&*Note*&: This is entirely separate from Exim's tainted-data tracking.
+.wen
+
.section "Calling Perl subroutines" "SECID86"
When the configuration file includes a &%perl_startup%& option you can make use