On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 11:15:19PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > The man page describing local_host_whitelist could be a little clearer. > > First, there is no subhead in the DESCRIPTION section for > local_host_whitelist. > > Second, the fact that this file was only mentioned under > local_host_blacklist, along with the text "For convenience, as an > additional method to whitelist addresses from being blocked, an > explicit whitelist is read in from > /etc/exim4/local_host_whitelist. Entries in the whitelist override > corresponding blacklist entries. " supported the 2nd of 2 > interpretations: > 1) if the sending host is on the whitelist, the message will be > accepted. > 2) if the sending host is on the blacklist and the whitelist, it will > not be blocked because of the whitelist, but it might be blocked for > other reasons. > > I think, after looking at the code, that 1) is what is happening.
Right. > At the moment, it happens to be what I want (in particular, someone > is sending me mail from a machine without proper DNS entries). > > So I think it would be good to give local_host_whitelist a separate > entry, and to clarify if interpreation 1, 2, or something else is > correct. I agree. Can you give a text proposal or a patch for the man page? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]