Bug#387078: exim4-config: local_host_whitelist man page entries a bit confusing

[Marc Haber]

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

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