INN commit: branches/2.5/doc/pod (newsfeeds.pod)
INN Commit
rra at isc.org
Mon Jul 1 08:21:58 UTC 2013
Date: Monday, July 1, 2013 @ 01:21:58
Author: eagle
Revision: 9500
Clarify distribution restrictions on articles with none
Note in the newsfeeds man page that restrictions on accepted
distributions will have no deffect if the article has no distribution
at all.
Modified:
branches/2.5/doc/pod/newsfeeds.pod
---------------+
newsfeeds.pod | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Modified: newsfeeds.pod
===================================================================
--- newsfeeds.pod 2013-07-01 08:21:36 UTC (rev 9499)
+++ newsfeeds.pod 2013-07-01 08:21:58 UTC (rev 9500)
@@ -189,10 +189,13 @@
tends to be somewhat confusing since the default subscription is prepended
and can be overridden by other patterns.
-If the C<ME> entry has a distribution sub-field, only articles that match
-that distribution list are accepted and all other articles are rejected.
-A common use for this is to put something like C</!local> in the C<ME>
-entry to reject local postings from other misconfigured sites.
+If the C<ME> entry has a distribution sub-field, only articles that
+match that distribution list are accepted and all other articles with a
+distribution are rejected. A common use for this is to put something
+like C</!local> in the C<ME> entry to reject local postings from other
+misconfigured sites. The distribution sub-field of C<ME> has no effect on
+the acceptance or rejection of articles that do not have a Distribution
+header field.
An empty C<ME> entry is possible, in which case no exclusion patterns will
be defined.
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