maildrop: manpage inconsistency on /etc/maildroprc
Osamu Aoki <[email protected]> Sun, 24 Dec 2017 13:53:05 +0900
| Newsgroups | gmane.mail.maildrop |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi upstream people,
There is a bug report on Debian:
https://bugs.debian.org/741158
This is true for 2.9.3.
Let me rephrase it here a bit.
maildrop(1) states in the section DESCRIPTION:
Manual mode
A file containing filtering instructions - filename is specified
as an argument to the maildrop command. maildrop reads this
filename (after /etc/maildroprc) and follows the instructions in
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
it. Unless the message is explicitly forwarded, bounced, deleted,
or delivered to a specific mailbox, it will be delivered to the
user's system mailbox.
Delivery mode
maildrop is the mail server's mail delivery agent. maildrop runs
in delivery mode when no filename is specified on the command line.
maildrop changes the current directory to the user's home
directory, then reads /etc/maildroprc, then $HOME/.mailfilter.
But later in the section DELIVERY MODE
Note
/etc/maildroprc is read only in delivery mode.
The "(after /etc/maildroprc)" in "Manual mode" is inconsistent with this
"Note" statement.
We should either drop "(after /etc/maildroprc)" or update "Note"
statement.
Regards,
Osamu
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