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Commit: 84bc2d752a4aa3bc3a572dbeabe2a626889bdc27
Parent: bfb005ee42cc42f566874ded6f99bec420633076
Author: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
AuthorDate: Mon Sep 9 15:44:32 2024 +0100
Committer: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
CommitDate: Mon Sep 9 15:59:17 2024 +0100
Docs: tweak bulletpoints
---
doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 72ecedc91..18f92404a 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -41067,20 +41067,31 @@ will be used during message reception.
.next
A queue runner process retains root privilege throughout its execution. Its
job is to fork a controlled sequence of delivery processes.
+
.next
-A delivery process retains root privilege throughout most of its execution,
-but any actual deliveries (that is, the transports themselves) are run in
-subprocesses which always change to a non-root uid and gid. For local
-deliveries this is typically the uid and gid of the owner of the mailbox; for
-remote deliveries, the Exim uid and gid are used. Once all the delivery
+A delivery process retains root privilege throughout most of its execution.,
+including while the recipient addresses in a message are being routed.
+
+.ilist
+However, if a user's filter file has to be processed,
+this is done in a subprocess that runs under the individual user's uid and
+gid. A system filter is run as root unless &%system_filter_user%& is set.
+.endlist
+
+Any actual deliveries (that is, the transports themselves) are run in
+subprocesses which always change to a non-root uid and gid.
+.ilist
+For local
+deliveries this is typically the uid and gid of the owner of the mailbox.
+.next
+For remote deliveries, the Exim uid and gid are used.
+.endlist
+
+Once all the delivery
subprocesses have been run, a delivery process changes to the Exim uid and gid
while doing post-delivery tidying up such as updating the retry database and
generating bounce and warning messages.
-While the recipient addresses in a message are being routed, the delivery
-process runs as root. However, if a user's filter file has to be processed,
-this is done in a subprocess that runs under the individual user's uid and
-gid. A system filter is run as root unless &%system_filter_user%& is set.
.next
A process that is testing addresses (the &%-bt%& option) runs as root so that
the routing is done in the same environment as a message delivery.
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