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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1284
           Summary: Minor imrovments to the description of the format of an
                    acl
           Product: Exim
           Version: 4.80
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://exim.org/exim-html-
                    current/doc/html/spec_html/ch42.html#SECID199
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: bug
          Priority: low
         Component: Documentation
        AssignedTo: [email protected]
        ReportedBy: [email protected]
                CC: [email protected]


The following patch:
1. I am not sure weather having the first acl condition be on the line that 
   follows the verb may not be changed in the future.  The default Debian 
   configuration makes use of that feature.  I think that hidden features
   are best avoided.
2. I also moved a paragraph about the acl format to where I think it belongs.
3. And aligned the conditions vertically, as the text says it is conventional.

--- a/spec.txt    2012-08-16 05:12:03.579664107 +0300
+++ b/spec.txt    2012-08-16 05:12:01.000000000 +0300
@@ -24620,7 +24620,7 @@ provides a means of specifying an "and"
 example:

 deny  dnslists = list1.example
-dnslists = list2.example
+      dnslists = list2.example

 If there are no conditions, the verb is always obeyed. Exim stops eval
uating
 the conditions and modifiers when it reaches a condition that fails. W
hat
@@ -24628,6 +24628,12 @@ happens then depends on the verb (and in
 all the conditions make sense at every testing point. For example, you
 cannot
 test a sender address in the ACL that is run for a VRFY command.

+As you can see from the example above, the conditions and modifiers ar
e
+written one to a line, with the first one possibly on the same line as
 the verb, and
+subsequent ones on following lines. If you have a very long condition,
 you can
+continue it onto several physical lines by the usual backslash continu
ation
+mechanism. It is conventional to align the conditions vertically.
+

 42.17 ACL verbs
 ---------------
@@ -24753,12 +24759,6 @@ The ACL verbs are as follows:

 At the end of each ACL there is an implicit unconditional deny.

-As you can see from the examples above, the conditions and modifiers a
re
-written one to a line, with the first one on the same line as the verb
, and
-subsequent ones on following lines. If you have a very long condition,
 you can
-continue it onto several physical lines by the usual backslash continu
ation
-mechanism. It is conventional to align the conditions vertically.
-

 42.18 ACL variables
 -------------------


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