[Mimedefang] Documentation fix

Brent J. Nordquist b-nordquist at bethel.edu
Wed Nov 10 08:24:41 EST 2004


The attached patch for MD 2.48 cleans up the mimedefang-filter man page
a bit, reflecting that the multiplexor is mandatory as of MD 2.34.

-- 
Brent J. Nordquist <b-nordquist at bethel.edu> N0BJN
Other contact information: http://kepler.its.bethel.edu/~bjn/contact.html
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--- mimedefang-filter.5.in.orig	2004-10-28 11:11:36.000000000 -0500
+++ mimedefang-filter.5.in	2004-11-10 07:20:28.000000000 -0600
@@ -104,16 +104,13 @@
 
 .SH CONTROLLING RELAYING
 
-If you use \fBmimedefang-multiplexor\fR, you can define an additional
+You can define an additional
 function called \fBfilter_relay\fR in your filter.  This lets you reject
 SMTP connection attempts early on in the SMTP dialog, rather than waiting
 until the whole message has been sent.  Note that for this check to
 take place, you must use the \-r flag with \fBmimedefang\fR.
 
 .PP
-In non-multiplexor mode, \fBfilter_relay\fR is ignored.
-
-.PP
 \fBfilter_relay\fR is passed two arguments: $hostip is the IP address
 of the relay host (for example, "127.0.0.1"), and $hostname is the
 host name if known (for example, "localhost.localdomain") If the host
@@ -179,16 +176,13 @@
 
 .SH FILTERING BY SENDER
 
-If you use \fBmimedefang-multiplexor\fR, you can define an additional
+You can define an additional
 function called \fBfilter_sender\fR in your filter.  This lets you
 reject messages from certain senders, rather than waiting until the
 whole message has been sent.  Note that for this check to take place,
 you must use the \-s flag with \fBmimedefang\fR.
 
 .PP
-In non-multiplexor mode, \fBfilter_sender\fR is ignored.
-
-.PP
 \fBfilter_sender\fR is passed four arguments:  $sender is the envelope
 e-mail address of the sender (for example, "<dfs at roaringpenguin.com>").
 The address may or may not be surrounded by angle brackets.  $ip
@@ -257,16 +251,13 @@
 
 .SH FILTERING BY RECIPIENT
 
-If you use \fBmimedefang-multiplexor\fR, you can define an additional
+You can define an additional
 function called \fBfilter_recipient\fR in your filter.  This lets you
 reject messages to certain recipients, rather than waiting until the
 whole message has been sent.  Note that for this check to take place,
 you must use the \-t flag with \fBmimedefang\fR.
 
 .PP
-In non-multiplexor mode, \fBfilter_recipient\fR is ignored.
-
-.PP
 \fBfilter_recipient\fR is passed nine arguments:  $recipient
 is the envelope address of the recipient and $sender is the envelope
 e-mail address of the sender (for example, "<dfs at roaringpenguin.com>").
@@ -1891,8 +1882,7 @@
 
 .SH SMTP FLOW
 
-This section illustrates the flow of messages through MIMEDefang.  We're
-assuming you are using the multiplexor.
+This section illustrates the flow of messages through MIMEDefang.
 
 .TP
 .B 1. INITIAL CONNECTION


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