Docs: minor tweaks

[users/heiko/exim.git] / doc / doc-docbook / spec.xfpt

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
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--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -12473,7 +12473,7 @@ the complete argument of the ETRN command (see section &<<SECTETRN>>&).
 .cindex "tainted data"
 If the origin of the data is an incoming message,
 the result of expanding this variable is tainted.
-When in untainted version is needed, one should be obtained from
+When an untainted version is needed, one should be obtained from
 looking up the value in a local (therefore trusted) database.
 Often &$domain_data$& is usable in this role.
 
@@ -17990,6 +17990,7 @@ syslog. The value must be no longer than 32 characters. See chapter
 
 .option syslog_timestamp main boolean true
 .cindex "syslog" "timestamps"
+.cindex timestamps syslog
 If &%syslog_timestamp%& is set false, the timestamps on Exim's log lines are
 omitted when these lines are sent to syslog. See chapter &<<CHAPlog>>& for
 details of Exim's logging.
@@ -29242,8 +29243,14 @@ certificate verification to the listed servers.  Verification either must
 or need not succeed respectively.
 
 The &%tls_verify_cert_hostnames%& option lists hosts for which additional
-checks are made: that the host name (the one in the DNS A record)
-is valid for the certificate.
+name checks are made on the server certificate.
+.new
+The match against this list is, as per other Exim usage, the
+IP for the host.  That is most closely associated with the
+name on the DNS A (or AAAA) record for the host.
+However, the name that needs to be in the certificate
+is the one at the head of any CNAME chain leading to the A record.
+.wen
 The option defaults to always checking.
 
 The &(smtp)& transport has two OCSP-related options:
@@ -31770,8 +31777,9 @@ send email. Details of how this works are given in section
 .cindex "header lines" "verifying header names only ASCII"
 .cindex "verifying" "header names only ASCII"
 This condition is relevant only in an ACL that is run after a message has been
-received, that is, in an ACL specified by &%acl_smtp_data%& or
-&%acl_not_smtp%&.  It checks all header names (not the content) to make sure
+received.
+This usually means an ACL specified by &%acl_smtp_data%& or &%acl_not_smtp%&.
+It checks all header names (not the content) to make sure
 there are no non-ASCII characters, also excluding control characters.  The
 allowable characters are decimal ASCII values 33 through 126.
 
@@ -31926,7 +31934,7 @@ Note that '/' is legal in local-parts; if the address may have such
 (eg. is generated from the received message)
 they must be protected from the options parsing by doubling:
 .code
-verify = sender=${sg{${address:$h_sender:}}{/}{//}}
+verify = sender=${listquote{/}{${address:$h_sender:}}}
 .endd
 .endlist