Modified username_extension masquerading to only use the extended address on

[mmh] / man / mh-tailor.man

diff --git a/man/mh-tailor.man b/man/mh-tailor.man
index 53c0875..611b66d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mh-tailor.man
+++ b/man/mh-tailor.man
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ versions of sendmail for which "plussed user" processing is active can set
 \fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR to "+\fIstring\fR".  These MTA features are useful
 because they allow one to use different email addresses in different situations
 (to aid in automatic mail filtering or in determining where spammers got one's
 \fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR to "+\fIstring\fR".  These MTA features are useful
 because they allow one to use different email addresses in different situations
 (to aid in automatic mail filtering or in determining where spammers got one's

-address) while only actually having a single account.
+address) while only actually having a single account.  Note that
+\fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR is only appended to the username when \fIpost\fR is
+generating "[Resent\-]From:" lines and the SMTP envelope "From:".  \fIinc\fR,
+for instance, will not try to read from a maildrop file called "dan\-www" (to
+recall the earlier example).

 
 "draft_from" controls the most powerful type of address masquerading.  Normally,
 when a user explicitly specifies a "From:" header in a draft, \fInmh\fR uses it
 
 "draft_from" controls the most powerful type of address masquerading.  Normally,
 when a user explicitly specifies a "From:" header in a draft, \fInmh\fR uses it