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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2018-06-21 19:33:48 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2018-06-21 19:33:48 +0000
commitd3ccef9f7f662af668e0b42f9dc48736cb46e2a6 (patch)
treefdf14de03e5fb4a3035155dd1e9dc3e47da021c9
parent1dc2429a31a877846dd7f5409c5a2e243d3899f5 (diff)
- various tweaks to try to make DESCRIPTION read better
- try to avoid muddling "reserved words" and "keywords" ok gilles
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.529
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.5
index bf9ff027c77..5b3aced64eb 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: smtpd.conf.5,v 1.196 2018/06/18 08:15:29 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: smtpd.conf.5,v 1.197 2018/06/21 19:33:47 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Janne Johansson <jj@openbsd.org>
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Jacek Masiulaniec <jacekm@dobremiasto.net>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: June 18 2018 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 21 2018 $
.Dt SMTPD.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ command generates a mail envelope.
If an envelope matches any of a pre-designated set of actions
(set using the
.Ic action
-keyword),
+directive),
the message is accepted for delivery.
A copy of the message, as well as its associated envelopes,
is saved in the mail queue and later dispatched
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ The
rules are evaluated sequentially,
with the first match winning.
.Pp
+The format of the configuration file is fairly flexible.
The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a backslash
.Pq Sq \e .
Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark
@@ -54,22 +55,22 @@ Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark
and extend to the end of the current line.
Care should be taken when commenting out multi-line text:
the comment is effective until the end of the entire block.
-.Pp
Argument names not beginning with a letter, digit, or underscore,
-or otherwise using a reserved keyword,
+as well as reserved words
+(such as
+.Ic listen ,
+.Ic match ,
+and
+.Cm port ) ,
must be quoted.
Arguments containing whitespace should be surrounded by double quotes
.Pq \&" .
.Pp
Macros can be defined that are later expanded in context.
Macro names must start with a letter, digit, or underscore,
-and may contain any of those characters.
-Macro names may not be reserved words (for example
-.Ic listen ,
-.Ic match ,
-.Cm port ) .
+and may contain any of those characters,
+but may not be reserved words.
Macros are not expanded inside quotes.
-.Pp
For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
lan_addr = "192.168.0.1"
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ Optionally,
might be specified to use the
recipient email address (after expansion) instead of the
local user in the LMTP session as RCPT TO.
-.It Cm maildir Op Ar pathname Op Ar junk
+.It Cm maildir Op Ar pathname Op Cm junk
Deliver the message to the maildir in
.Ar pathname
if specified, or by default to
@@ -136,8 +137,8 @@ may contain format specifiers that are expanded before use
.Pq see Sx FORMAT SPECIFIERS .
.Pp
If the
-.Ar junk
-keyword is provided, message will be moved to the Junk
+.Cm junk
+argument is provided, the message will be moved to the Junk
folder if it contains a positive X-Spam header.
.It Cm mbox
Deliver the message to the user's mbox with