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authorPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2012-06-02 14:45:26 -0400
committerPhil Pennock <pdp@exim.org>2012-06-02 14:45:26 -0400
commit2a1b36b3082412c6723ec29c1fc1ef02589bd3b3 (patch)
tree6dfd17ded5deb6429113daa99837956f568c46d2 /doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
parent2126b083f98d6322d94cb7465c3c6669cb5878c9 (diff)
DSCP: take numeric values too.
Also fix doc claim that value is unexpanded. Also strip affix whitespace before numeric conversion and fixed string comparison.
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@@ -22102,13 +22102,14 @@ details.
.new
-.option dscp smtp string unset
+.option dscp smtp string&!! unset
.cindex "DCSP"
.cindex "DiffServ"
This option causes the DSCP value associated with a socket to be set to one
-of a number of fixed strings. The &%-bI:dscp%& option may be used to ask
-Exim which values it knows of. Common values include &`throughput`&,
-&`mincost`&, and on newer systems &`ef`&, &`af41`&, ...
+of a number of fixed strings or to numeric value.
+The &%-bI:dscp%& option may be used to ask Exim which names it knows of.
+Common values include &`throughput`&, &`mincost`&, and on newer systems
+&`ef`&, &`af41`&, etc. Numeric values may be in the range 0 to 0x3F.
The outbound packets from Exim will be marked with this value in the header
(for IPv4, the TOS field; for IPv6, the TCLASS field); there is no guarantee