how to include an explicit list of files

[Bruce Bauman]

I want to rsync files between two machines, but only a subset of the files on the server. I want to specify the subset explicitly via a list of files to the rsync daemon. I've tried:
 
filter = + */ \
          + foo/bar/file1 \
          + foo/bar/file2 \
          + bar/baz/file3 \
          - *
 
but this doesn't work - I end up with stuff like foo.obsolete/file4 when rsyncing. I can't use files-from because that's not allowed as an option to the daemon.
 
What am I doing wrong? I've read the documentation (repeatedly) but can't figure this out.
 
Thanks.
 
-- Bruce