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+Implicit destination
+====================
+
+The 'implicit-dest' rule matches when the mailing list's posting address is
+not explicitly mentioned in the set of message recipients.
+
+    >>> from mailman.configuration import config
+    >>> mlist = config.db.list_manager.create(u'_xtest@example.com')
+    >>> rule = config.rules['implicit-dest']
+    >>> rule.name
+    'implicit-dest'
+
+This rule matches messages that have implicit destination, meaning that the
+mailing list's posting address isn't included in the explicit recipients.
+
+    >>> mlist.require_explicit_destination = True
+    >>> mlist.acceptable_aliases = u''
+    >>> msg = message_from_string("""\
+    ... From: aperson@example.org
+    ... Subject: An implicit message
+    ...
+    ... """)
+    >>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
+    True
+
+You can disable implicit destination checks for the mailing list.
+
+    >>> mlist.require_explicit_destination = False
+    >>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
+    False
+
+Even with some recipients, if the posting address is not included, the rule
+will match.
+
+    >>> mlist.require_explicit_destination = True
+    >>> msg['To'] = 'myfriend@example.com'
+    >>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
+    True
+
+Add the posting address as a recipient and the rule will no longer match.
+
+    >>> msg['Cc'] = '_xtest@example.com'
+    >>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
+    False
+
+Alternatively, if one of the acceptable aliases is in the recipients list,
+then the rule will not match.
+
+    >>> del msg['cc']
+    >>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
+    True
+    >>> mlist.acceptable_aliases = u'myfriend@example.com'
+    >>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
+    False
+
+A message gated from NNTP will obviously have an implicit destination.  Such
+gated messages will not be held for implicit destination because it's assumed
+that Mailman pulled it from the appropriate news group.
+
+    >>> rule.check(mlist, msg, dict(fromusenet=True))
+    False
+
+
+Alias patterns
+--------------
+
+It's also possible to specify an alias pattern, i.e. a regular expression to
+match against the recipients.  For example, we can say that if there is a
+recipient in the example.net domain, then the rule does not match.
+
+    >>> mlist.acceptable_aliases = u'^.*@example.net'
+    >>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
+    True
+    >>> msg['To'] = 'you@example.net'
+    >>> rule.check(mlist, msg, {})
+    False