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@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ socket. Should be useful for debugging.</td>
<td><b>fromhost</b></td>
<td>hostname of the system the message was received from
(in a relay chain, this is the system immediately in front of us and
-not necessarily the original sender)</td>
+not necessarily the original sender). This is a DNS-resolved name, except
+if that is not possible or DNS resolution has been disabled.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><b>fromhost-ip</b></td>
+<td>The same as fromhost, but alsways as an IP address. Local inputs
+(like imklog) use 127.0.0.1 in this property.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>syslogtag</b></td>
@@ -286,4 +292,4 @@ to record severity and facility of a message)</li>
<li><a href="rsyslog_conf.html">Configuration file
syntax</a>, this is where you actually use the property replacer.</li>
</ul>
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+</body></html>