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--- filter.xfpt 27 Apr 2006 15:19:27 -0000 1.3
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-. $Cambridge: exim/exim-doc/doc-docbook/filter.xfpt,v 1.3 2006/04/27 15:19:27 ph10 Exp $
+. $Cambridge: exim/exim-doc/doc-docbook/filter.xfpt,v 1.4 2006/07/31 13:28:49 ph10 Exp $
. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
. This is the primary source of the document that describes Exim's filtering
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
<bookinfo>
<title>Exim's interfaces to mail filtering</title>
<titleabbrev>Exim filtering</titleabbrev>
-<date>27 April 2006</date>
+<date>31 July</date>
<author><firstname>Philip</firstname><surname>Hazel</surname></author>
<authorinitials>PH</authorinitials>
<revhistory><revision>
- <revnumber>4.62</revnumber>
- <date>27 April 2006</date>
+ <revnumber>4.63</revnumber>
+ <date>31 July 2006</date>
<authorinitials>PH</authorinitials>
</revision></revhistory>
<copyright><year>2006</year><holder>University of Cambridge</holder></copyright>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
.chapter "Forwarding and filtering in Exim"
This document describes the user interfaces to Exim's in-built mail filtering
facilities, and is copyright © University of Cambridge 2006. It
-corresponds to Exim version 4.62.
+corresponds to Exim version 4.63.
@@ -824,12 +824,14 @@
(duplicate &(save)& commands are ignored).
If the file name does not start with a / character, the contents of the
-&$home$& variable are prepended, unless it is empty. In conventional
-configurations, this variable is normally set in a user filter to the user's
-home directory, but the system administrator may set it to some other path. In
-some configurations, &$home$& may be unset, in which case a non-absolute path
-name may be generated. Such configurations convert this to an absolute path
-when the delivery takes place. In a system filter, &$home$& is never set.
+&$home$& variable are prepended, unless it is empty, &new("or the system
+administrator has disabled this feature.") In conventional configurations, this
+variable is normally set in a user filter to the user's home directory, but the
+system administrator may set it to some other path. In some configurations,
+&$home$& may be unset, &new("or prepending may be disabled,") in which case a
+non-absolute path name may be generated. Such configurations convert this to an
+absolute path when the delivery takes place. In a system filter, &$home$& is
+never set.
The user must of course have permission to write to the file, and the writing
of the file takes place in a process that is running as the user, under the
