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| author | Heiko Schlichting <heiko@fu-berlin.de> | 2013-04-02 21:06:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Todd Lyons <tlyons@exim.org> | 2014-04-29 17:06:33 -0700 |
| commit | d2af03f4c11273d6f52c9043119e24e732080885 (patch) | |
| tree | 29e7684c859f5c5db70db4c453ca6344993df1f0 /doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | |
| parent | 2b4a568dfa3d79a9a968984cf5b23829c084a951 (diff) | |
Bug 1454: Option -oMm for message reference
Includes docs and test suite
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 0e6a38bd9..623ce535a 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -4221,6 +4221,20 @@ option sets the IP interface address value. A port number may be included, using the same syntax as for &%-oMa%&. The interface address is placed in &$received_ip_address$& and the port number, if present, in &$received_port$&. +.vitem &%-oMm%&&~<&'message&~reference'&> +.oindex "&%-oMm%&" +.cindex "message reference" "message reference, specifying for local message" +See &%-oMa%& above for general remarks about the &%-oM%& options. The &%-oMm%& +option sets the message reference, e.g. message-id, and is logged during +delivery. This is useful when some kind of audit trail is required to tie +messages together. The format of the message reference is checked and will +abort if the format is invalid. The option will only be accepted if exim is +running in trusted mode, not as any regular user. + +The best example of a message reference is when Exim sends a bounce message. +The message reference is the message-id of the original message for which Exim +is sending the bounce. + .vitem &%-oMr%&&~<&'protocol&~name'&> .oindex "&%-oMr%&" .cindex "protocol, specifying for local message" |