svn commit: r1907763 - /spamassassin/trunk/sa-update.raw

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Author: billcole
Date: Sun Feb 19 20:01:14 2023
New Revision: 1907763

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1907763&view=rev
Log:
Documenting the FAQ regarding updates being a zone cut, not a name

Modified:
    spamassassin/trunk/sa-update.raw

Modified: spamassassin/trunk/sa-update.raw
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/spamassassin/trunk/sa-update.raw?rev=1907763&r1=1907762&r2=1907763&view=diff
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--- spamassassin/trunk/sa-update.raw (original)
+++ spamassassin/trunk/sa-update.raw Sun Feb 19 20:01:14 2023
@@ -2056,6 +2056,19 @@ configuration, based on channels.  The d
 I<updates.spamassassin.org>, which has updated rules since the previous
 release.
 
+NOTE: channel names are domain names, but DO NOT typically have any DNS
+records other than (maybe) NS records. There is a tree of records below that
+name which denote the SpamAssassin version and resolve that name to the 
+version number of the latest rules, e.g. to find the latest update
+version number for SpamAssassin v4.0.0:
+
+  $ host -t txt 0.0.4.updates.spamassassin.org 
+  0.0.4.updates.spamassassin.org is an alias for 3.3.3.updates.spamassassin.org.
+  3.3.3.updates.spamassassin.org descriptive text "1907730"
+
+That also illuminates the fact that the current ruleset is supposed to be 
+backward-compatible to v3.3.3. 
+
 Update archives are verified using GPG signatures by default.  If GPG is
 disabled (not recommended), file integrity is checked with SHA512 or SHA256
 checksums.