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diff --git a/contrib/sendmail/libmilter/docs/design.html b/contrib/sendmail/libmilter/docs/design.html index 294f9a153d08c..3636fc8158f54 100644 --- a/contrib/sendmail/libmilter/docs/design.html +++ b/contrib/sendmail/libmilter/docs/design.html @@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ administrator to combine multiple independently-developed filters. <P> We expect to see both vendor-supplied, configurable mail filtering applications and a multiplicity of script-like filters designed by and -for MTA administrators. A certain degree of coding sophistication and -domain knowledge on the part of the filter provider is assumed. This -allows filters to exercise fine-grained control at the SMTP level. +for MTA administrators. +A certain degree of coding sophistication and +domain knowledge on the part of the filter provider is assumed. +This allows filters to exercise fine-grained control at the SMTP level. However, as will be seen in the example, many filtering applications -can be written with relatively little protocol knowledge. +can be written with relatively little protocol knowledge, +but a basic understanding (e.g., as documented in RFC 5321: +<EM>The dialog is purposely lock-step, one-at-a-time</EM>) +is necessary. <P> Given these expectations, the API is designed to achieve the following |