From: u34 Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:26:34 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Docs: add crossref X-Git-Tag: exim-4.98-RC0~40 X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff_plain/586d7aa579e3038e63c51669dce2cb0677f335e3 Docs: add crossref --- diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index f7ed7964a..8164dcd74 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -6901,8 +6901,8 @@ key is found. The first key that matches is used; there is no attempt to find a lookup types support only literal keys. &*Warning 2*&: In a host list, you must always use &(net-iplsearch)& so that -the implicit key is the host's IP address rather than its name (see section -&<>&). +the implicit key is the host's IP address rather than its name +(see section &<>&). &*Warning 3*&: Do not use an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address for a key; use the IPv4, in dotted-quad form. (Exim converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to this @@ -9235,8 +9235,9 @@ is not used. &*Reminder*&: With this kind of pattern, you must have host &'names'& as keys in the file, not IP addresses. If you want to do lookups based on IP -addresses, you must precede the search type with &"net-"& (see section -&<>&). There is, however, no reason why you could not use +addresses, you must precede the search type with &"net-"& +(see section &<>&). +There is, however, no reason why you could not use two items in the same list, one doing an address lookup and one doing a name lookup, both using the same file. @@ -12056,7 +12057,8 @@ where the first item in the list is the empty string. .next The item @[] matches any of the local host's interface addresses. .next -Single-key lookups are assumed to be like &"net-"& style lookups in host lists, +Single-key lookups are assumed to be like &"net-"& style lookups in host lists +(see section &<>&), even if &`net-`& is not specified. There is never any attempt to turn the IP address into a host name. The most common type of linear search for &*match_ip*& is likely to be &*iplsearch*&, in which the file can contain CIDR