Re: [pmg-devel] [PATCH pmg-docs] pmg-mail-filter: clarify matching of Who objects

[Friedrich Weber <f.weber@proxmox.com>]

On 06/02/2025 16:54, Friedrich Weber wrote:
> Thanks for the quick review!
> 
> On 06/02/2025 16:30, Stoiko Ivanov wrote:
>> [...]
>> On Thu,  6 Feb 2025 16:16:20 +0100
>> Friedrich Weber <f.weber@proxmox.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In particular, explain that Who objects match against Envelope From
>>> and Envelope To, not the From: and To: mail headers. This is
>>> occasionally a source of confusion in enterprise support.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Friedrich Weber <f.weber@proxmox.com>
>>> ---
>>>  pmg-mail-filter.adoc | 10 ++++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/pmg-mail-filter.adoc b/pmg-mail-filter.adoc
>>> index 235f156..65d28b6 100644
>>> --- a/pmg-mail-filter.adoc
>>> +++ b/pmg-mail-filter.adoc
>>> @@ -265,6 +265,16 @@ We have two important 'Who' objects called 'Blacklist' and
>>>  'Whitelist'. These are used in the default ruleset to globally block
>>>  or allow specific senders.
>>>  
>>> +Note that 'Who' objects match against the mail addresses given during the SMTP
>>> +dialog:
>> maybe also mention that this is the information you see in the
>> journal/logs by default?
> 
> Makes sense, will add!
> 
>>> +
>>> +* 'Who' objects in the 'FROM' category match against the mail address given in
>>> +  the `MAIL FROM` command (the Envelope From).
>>> +* 'Who' objects in the 'TO' category match against the mail address given in
>>> +  the `MAIL TO` command (the Envelope To).
>> the smtp-verb is RCPT (`RCPT TO`)
> 
> Urgh, sorry about that, thanks for spotting it.
> 
> Will send a v2.

sent a v2:

https://lore.proxmox.com/pmg-devel/20250217115517.40171-1-f.weber@proxmox.com/


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