From e127e6b32f8cf83123a5bcfa9431f4caeab80e22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florent Daigniere Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2021 18:58:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] clarify the documentation --- docs/configuration.rst | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst index 5f17b57e..5d8e87b1 100644 --- a/docs/configuration.rst +++ b/docs/configuration.rst @@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ go and fetch new email if available. Do not use too short delays if you do not want to be blacklisted by external services, but not too long delays if you want to receive your email in time. -The ``RECIPIENT_DELIMITER`` is a character used to delimit localpart from a -custom address part. For instance, if set to ``+``, users can use addresses -like ``localpart+custom@domain.tld`` to deliver mail to ``localpart@domain.tld``. +The ``RECIPIENT_DELIMITER`` is a list of characters used to delimit localpart +from a custom address part. For instance, if set to ``+-``, users can use +addresses like ``localpart+custom@example.com`` or ``localpart-custom@example.com`` +to deliver mail to ``localpart@example.com``. This is useful to provide external parties with different email addresses and later classify incoming mail based on the custom part.