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@@ -8759,13 +8759,15 @@ This item inserts &"basic"& header lines. It is described with the &%header%&
expansion item below.
-.vitem "&*${acl{*&<&'name'&>&*}{*&<&'string'&>&*}}*&"
+.vitem "&*${acl{*&<&'name'&>&*}{*&<&'arg'&>&*}...}*&"
.cindex "expansion" "calling an acl"
.cindex "&%acl%&" "call from expansion"
-The name and <&'string'&> are first expanded separately. The expanded
-<&'string'&> is assigned to the &$address_data$& variable. If {<&'string'&>}
-is omitted, &$address_data$& is made empty. The named ACL (see chapter
-&<<CHAPACL>>&) is called and may use &$address_data$&. If the ACL sets
+The name and zero to nine argument strings are first expanded separately. The expanded
+arguments are assigned to the variables &$acl_arg1$& to &$acl_arg9$& in order.
+Any used are made empty. The variable &$acl_narg$& is set to the number of
+arguments. The named ACL (see chapter &<<CHAPACL>>&) is called
+and may use the variables; if another acl expansion is used the values
+are overwritten. If the ACL sets
a value using a "message =" modifier and returns accept, the value becomes
the result of the expansion.
If no message was set but the ACL returned accept, or if the ACL returned defer,