On 2010-11-03 22:16:48 -0500, Noel Jones wrote: > On 11/3/2010 10:00 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >On 2010-11-03 21:40:54 -0500, Noel Jones wrote: > >>".domain.tld" only works if parent_domain_matches_subdomains does NOT > >>include smtpd_access maps. > > > >The man page says nothing like that. So, the documentation should be > >fixed. > > The vast majority of readers seem to interpret that section as intended.
I'd say that the vast majority of readers probably haven't tried ".domain.tld" (with an initial dot) or haven't even read the documentation, so that they didn't have to interpret the sentence on this point. And many people interpret "If A then B" as also meaning that "If not A then not B" (against mathematical logic), and this doesn't mean that they are correct. Also, perhaps other users use this form and don't know that it doesn't work, because AFAIK, one doesn't get any feedback (I haven't seen any warning) until the sender says that some mail has been rejected by some later rule. > You're welcome to post a documentation patch in a new thread, but I don't > think the behavior or its documentation has changed in ~10 years, so don't > hold your breath. Something difficult for users who don't know postfix internals. What happens if the ".domain.tld" form is used? Is it simply ignored? Or does anything else occur? > And next time behavior doesn't match your expectations, you might get more > sympathy if your message starts with "please clarify this for me" rather > than "serious bug". Actually if a documentation is incorrect/incomplete, it is a bug in the documentation. And FYI, the consequence was a lost mail. So, this is quite serious. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
