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authorSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>2008-03-10 18:43:23 +0000
committerSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>2008-03-10 18:43:23 +0000
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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2008-03-10 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+ * doc/mailfromd.texi: Spell check. Add missing acknowledgments.
+
+2008-03-10 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
-= Release 4.4 =-
2008-03-10 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
diff --git a/doc/mailfromd.texi b/doc/mailfromd.texi
index 9cf4871e..368f890d 100644
--- a/doc/mailfromd.texi
+++ b/doc/mailfromd.texi
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ Invoke external programs or other mail filters.
@unnumberedsec Short history of @command{mailfromd}.
The idea of the utility appeared in 2005, and its first version
-appeared soon afterwards. Back then it was a simple implementation of
+appeared soon afterward. Back then it was a simple implementation of
Sender Address Verification (@pxref{SAV}) for @samp{Sendmail} (hence
its name -- @command{mailfromd}) with rudimentary tuning
possibilities.
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ Another major feature was the @option{--dump-macros} option and
@option{macros} to @command{rc.mailfromd} script, that were intended
to facilitate the configuration on @samp{Sendmail} side.
- The development of 3.@i{x} (more propery, 3.1.@i{x}) series
+ The development of 3.@i{x} (more properly, 3.1.@i{x}) series
concentrated mainly on bug-fixes, while the main development was done
on the next branch.
@@ -481,9 +481,11 @@ and helpful comments for various versions of the program:
@cindex Brent Spencer
@cindex Jeff Ballard
@cindex Nacho Gonz@'alez L@'opez
+@cindex Phil Miller
@cindex Simon Christian
+@cindex Thomas Lynch
Alan Dobkin, Brent Spencer, Jeff Ballard, Nacho Gonz@'alez L@'opez,
-Simon Christian.
+Phil Miller, Simon Christian, Thomas Lynch.
@node Intro, Building, Preface, Top
@chapter Introduction to @command{mailfromd}
@@ -1019,10 +1021,10 @@ became @code{e_divzero}, etc. The @code{ioerr} exception code is renamed to
@cindex @code{OLD_EXCEPTION_CODES}, preprocessor symbol
For consistency, the following most often used codes are available without
-the @samp{e_} previx: success, not_found, failure, temp_failure. This
-makes most existing user scripts suitable for use with version 4.4
-without any modification. If your script refers to any exception
-codes other than these four, you can still use it by defining a
+the @samp{e_} prefix: @code{success}, @code{not_found}, @code{failure},
+@code{temp_failure}. This makes most existing user scripts suitable for use
+with version 4.4 without any modification. If your script refers to any
+exception codes other than these four, you can still use it by defining a
preprocessor symbol @code{OLD_EXCEPTION_CODES}, for example:
@smallexample
@@ -1043,7 +1045,7 @@ on some systems (notably on Solaris), so this release does not enable
it by default. The previous meaning of the @option{--enable-syslog-async}
configuration option is also restored. Use this option in order to
enable asynchronous syslog feature. To set default syslog
-implemetation, use @code{DEFAULT_SYSLOG_ASYNC} configuration variable
+implementation, use @code{DEFAULT_SYSLOG_ASYNC} configuration variable
(@pxref{syslog-async}).
@node 410-420
@@ -3456,7 +3458,7 @@ do
done
@end smallexample
-Problems begin when we need tp expand a constant in a
+Problems begin when we need to expand a constant in a
literal string. The only way to do so is by prefixing its name with a
@samp{%}, just as if it were variable, and that produces the
ambiguity.
@@ -5092,7 +5094,7 @@ None.
@item Invocation:
This header is called zero or more times, for each piece of the
message body obtained from the remote host.
-@item Araguments:
+@item Arguments:
@enumerate 1
@item @code{string}; Piece of body text. See @samp{Notes} below.
@item @code{number}; Length of @code{$1}, in bytes.
@@ -5210,7 +5212,7 @@ blocks are executed is not defined. It is only warranted that all
@samp{begin} blocks are executed at startup and all @samp{end} blocks
are executed at shutdown. It is also warranted that all @samp{begin}
and @samp{end} blocks defined within a compilation unit (i.e. a single
-abstract source file, whith all @code{#include} and
+abstract source file, with all @code{#include} and
@code{#include_once} statements expanded in place) are executed in
order of their appearance in the unit.
@@ -5670,7 +5672,7 @@ than the field width, it will be padded with spaces on the left (or
right, if the left-adjustment flag has been given). Instead of a
decimal digit string one may write @samp{*} or @samp{*@var{m}$} (for
some decimal integer @var{m}) to specify that the field width is given
-in the next argument, or in the @var{m}-th argument, respectively,
+in the next argument, or in the @var{m}th argument, respectively,
which must be of numeric type. A negative field width is taken as a
@samp{-} flag followed by a positive field width. In no case does a
non-existent or small field width cause truncation of a field; if the
@@ -5682,7 +5684,7 @@ An optional precision, in the form of a period (@samp{.}) followed by
an optional decimal digit string. Instead of a decimal digit string
one may write @samp{*} or @samp{*@var{m}$} (for some decimal integer
@var{m}) to specify that the precision is given in the next argument,
-or in the @var{m}-th argument, respectively, which must be of numeric
+or in the @var{m}th argument, respectively, which must be of numeric
type. If the precision is given as just @samp{.}, or the precision is
negative, the precision is taken to be zero. This gives the minimum number
of digits to appear for @samp{d}, @samp{i}, @samp{o}, @samp{u},
@@ -6247,7 +6249,7 @@ type is}:
@end multitable
If the lookup key is present in the database and its expiration time
-is not yet reached, the coresponding answer from the database is
+is not yet reached, the corresponding answer from the database is
returned. Otherwise, the function performs actual @acronym{DNS} lookup, stores
the obtained data in the database and returns it.
@@ -7960,8 +7962,8 @@ do
Within a function body, optional arguments are referenced
exactly the same way as the mandatory ones. Attempt to dereference an
-optional argument for which no actual aparameter was supplied, results
-in an undefined value, so be sure to chech whether a parameter is
+optional argument for which no actual parameter was supplied, results
+in an undefined value, so be sure to check whether a parameter is
passed before dereferencing it.
@cindex return statement, defined
@@ -8655,7 +8657,7 @@ This may change in future releases.
@item variable -- variable
@cindex variable shadowing
@cindex shadowing, variable
-Defining a variable havinf the same name as an already defined one results
+Defining a variable having the same name as an already defined one results
in a warning message being displayed. The compilation succeeds. The
second variable @dfn{shadows} the first, that is any subsequent
references to the variable name will refer to the second variable.
@@ -9917,7 +9919,7 @@ compilation error.
@cindex m4
Before compiling the script file, @command{mailfromd} preprocesses
it. The built-in preprocessor handles only file inclusion
-(@pxref{include}), while the rest of traditional facililities, such as
+(@pxref{include}), while the rest of traditional facilities, such as
macro expansion, are supported via @command{m4}, which is used as an
external preprocessor.
@@ -9929,14 +9931,14 @@ acquainted with @command{m4} macro processor.
@flindex pp-setup
The external preprocessor is invoked with @option{-s} flag, instructing
-it to include line synchornizattion information in its output, which
+it to include line synchronization information in its output, which
is subsequently used by @acronym{MFL} compiler for purposes of error
reporting. The initial set of macro definitions is supplied in file
@file{pp-setup}, located in the library search path@footnote{It is
usually located in
@file{/usr/local/share/mailfromd/@value{VERSION}/include/pp-setup}.},
which is fed to the preprocessor input before the script file itself.
-The default @file{pp-setup} file renames all @command{m4} builtin
+The default @file{pp-setup} file renames all @command{m4} built-in
macro names so they all start with the prefix @samp{m4_}@footnote{This
is similar to GNU m4 @option{--prefix-builtin} options. This approach
was chosen to allow for using non-GNU @command{m4} implementations as

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