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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2018-07-05 14:56:27 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2018-07-05 14:56:27 +0000
commit350d951630a6fc8d99669327ab6db21e7899511d (patch)
tree0b84d84576744aa2164437989b9fc5577ba8765c /usr.sbin/smtpd
parent2e271ad55dc77ce0f544789ddd1a1c06b7e8dce0 (diff)
further tweak the introductory text; ok gilles
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/smtpd')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.520
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.5
index 5b3aced64eb..9eeb08e0b14 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: smtpd.conf.5,v 1.197 2018/06/21 19:33:47 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: smtpd.conf.5,v 1.198 2018/07/05 14:56:26 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 21 2018 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 5 2018 $
.Dt SMTPD.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -32,19 +32,21 @@ When mail arrives,
each
.Dq RCPT TO:
command generates a mail envelope.
-If an envelope matches any of a pre-designated set of actions
-(set using the
-.Ic action
+If an envelope matches
+any of a pre-designated set of criteria
+(using the
+.Ic match
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
-according to whatever method the action rule specified.
+according to an associated set of actions
+(using the
+.Ic action
+directive).
If an envelope does not match any options,
it is rejected.
-The
-.Ic match
-rules are evaluated sequentially,
+The match rules are evaluated sequentially,
with the first match winning.
.Pp
The format of the configuration file is fairly flexible.