permit.squareBracketsInHostname

Accept hostnames enclosed in [].

This parameter applies to pmrfc3164: Parse RFC3164-formatted messages.

Name:

permit.squareBracketsInHostname

Scope:

module

Type:

boolean

Default:

module=off

Required?:

no

Introduced:

at least 8.x, possibly earlier

Description

This option allows hostnames wrapped in square brackets to be parsed without the brackets.

Module usage

parser(name="custom.rfc3164" type="pmrfc3164" permit.squareBracketsInHostname="on")

Notes

• Legacy docs referred to this as a binary option, which maps to a boolean.

See also

See also pmrfc3164: Parse RFC3164-formatted messages.

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