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authorPeter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org>2002-10-25 10:47:54 +0000
committerPeter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org>2002-10-25 10:47:54 +0000
commit2cf545f50a2008c2550d9d631105de7d93929525 (patch)
treec15935fb8d76d085dd180a546185028ce7b756be /doc
parent7a9b25a7a1202a3da71c22f34cd2f1efce64a586 (diff)
Also support setups without user defined mailboxes (recipient_delimiter set to '')
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diff --git a/doc/pingd.conf.pod b/doc/pingd.conf.pod
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--- a/doc/pingd.conf.pod
+++ b/doc/pingd.conf.pod
@@ -65,8 +65,24 @@ It is used in several templates.
The B<recipient_delimiter> parameter specifies the separator between user names
and address extensions (user+foo).
+If it is an empty string Echolot does not make use of user defined mailboxes
+but rather encodes the message type et al in a Comment/Realname part of an
+address.
+
+The use of recipient_delimiter is strongly recommended if your MTA setup
+supports it.
+
Default: 'recipient_delimiter' => '+',
Example: 'recipient_delimiter' => '-',
+ 'recipient_delimiter' => '',
+
+Example addresses:
+
+with + as a recipient delimiter:
+ pinger+conf.1=1035540778=1dd23d97@example.org
+
+without recipient delimiter:
+ pinger@example.org (conf.2=1035541597=3baa2ae5)
=item B<dev_random>