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[Bug 866] New: spec 22.6 redirection list items (:blackhole:) buggy/misleading

 

 

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Lutz.Pressler at SerNet

Jul 20, 2009, 3:55 AM

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[Bug 866] New: spec 22.6 redirection list items (:blackhole:) buggy/misleading

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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=866
Summary: spec 22.6 redirection list items (:blackhole:)
buggy/misleading
Product: Exim
Version: 4.69
Platform: Other
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: bug
Priority: low
Component: Documentation
AssignedTo: nigel [at] exim
ReportedBy: Lutz.Pressler [at] SerNet
CC: exim-dev [at] exim


4.69 (and pre 4.70 20090712 checkout, behaviour tested with this version)
contains:
22.6 Special items in redirection lists
[...]
* Sometimes you want to throw away mail to a particular local part.
[...]
Warning: If :blackhole: appears anywhere in a redirection list, no delivery
is done for the original local part, even if other redirection items are
present. If you are generating a multi-item list (for example, by reading a
database) and need the ability to provide a no-op item, you must use /dev/
null.

* An attempt to deliver a particular address can be deferred or forced to
fail by redirection items of the form

:defer:
:fail:

respectively. When a redirection list contains such an item, it applies to
the entire redirection; any other items in the list are ignored
(:blackhole: is different).

If I dont't miss anything, the ":blackhole: is different" contradicts the
warning in the previous item and should be removed.


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