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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by nd...@apache.org on 2004/04/11 00:09:47 UTC
cvs commit: httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod core.xml
nd 2004/04/10 15:09:47
Modified: docs/manual/mod core.xml
Log:
add some notes about server admin URLs
Revision Changes Path
1.82 +9 -3 httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
Index: core.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod/core.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.81
retrieving revision 1.82
diff -u -u -r1.81 -r1.82
--- core.xml 2 Apr 2004 21:00:27 -0000 1.81
+++ core.xml 10 Apr 2004 22:09:47 -0000 1.82
@@ -2524,14 +2524,20 @@
<name>ServerAdmin</name>
<description>Email address that the server includes in error
messages sent to the client</description>
-<syntax>ServerAdmin <var>email-address</var></syntax>
+<syntax>ServerAdmin <var>email-address</var>|<var>URL</var></syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
</contextlist>
<usage>
- <p>The <directive>ServerAdmin</directive> sets the e-mail address
+ <p>The <directive>ServerAdmin</directive> sets the contact address
that the server includes in any error messages it returns to the
- client.</p>
+ client. If the httpd doesn't recognize the supplied argument as an URL, it
+ assumes, that it's an <var>email-address</var> and prepends it with
+ <code>mailto:</code> in hyperlink targets. However, it's recommended to
+ actually use an email address, since there are a lot of CGI scripts that
+ make that assumption. If you want to use an URL, it should point to another
+ server under your control. Otherwise users may not be able to contact you in
+ case of errors.</p>
<p>It may be worth setting up a dedicated address for this, e.g.</p>