Testsuite: headers_remove globbing. Bug 159

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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index aed97644c4f650342d39624e76608dc99f248174..43199cf7ce5aa57cd99ace0a9affea594dfbe2b8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -18655,8 +18655,10 @@ This option specifies a list of text headers,
 colon-separated (by default, changeable in the usual way &<<SECTlistsepchange>>&),
 that is associated with any addresses that are accepted by the router.
 However, the option has no effect when an address is just being verified.
-Each list item is separately expanded, at routing time.
-If an item ends in *, it will match any header with the same prefix.
+Each list item is separately expanded, at transport time.
+.new
+If an item ends in *, it will match any header with the given prefix.
+.wen
 The way in which
 the text is used to remove header lines at transport time is described in
 section &<<SECTheadersaddrem>>&. Header lines are not actually removed until
@@ -18664,7 +18666,7 @@ the message is in the process of being transported. This means that references
 to header lines in string expansions in the transport's configuration still
 &"see"& the original header lines.
 
-The &%headers_remove%& option is expanded after &%errors_to%& and
+The &%headers_remove%& option is handled after &%errors_to%& and
 &%headers_add%&, but before &%transport%&. If an item expansion is forced to fail,
 the item has no effect. Other expansion failures are treated as configuration
 errors.
@@ -21843,15 +21845,21 @@ checked, since this option does not automatically suppress them.
 .option headers_remove transports list&!! unset
 .cindex "header lines" "removing"
 .cindex "transport" "header lines; removing"
-This option specifies a list of header names,
-colon-separated (by default, changeable in the usual way &<<SECTlistsepchange>>&);
-these headers are omitted from the message as it is transported, as described
-in section &<<SECTheadersaddrem>>&. Header removal can also be specified by
-routers.
+This option specifies a list of text headers,
+colon-separated (by default, changeable in the usual way &<<SECTlistsepchange>>&),
+to be removed from the message.
+However, the option has no effect when an address is just being verified.
 Each list item is separately expanded.
 If the result of the expansion is an empty string, or if the expansion
 is forced to fail, no action is taken. Other expansion failures are treated as
 errors and cause the delivery to be deferred.
+.new
+If an item ends in *, it will match any header with the given prefix.
+.wen
+
+Matching headers are omitted from the message as it is transported, as described
+in section &<<SECTheadersaddrem>>&. Header removal can also be specified by
+routers.
 
 Unlike most options, &%headers_remove%& can be specified multiple times
 for a transport; all listed headers are removed.