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authorTodd Lyons <tlyons@exim.org>2013-10-09 13:40:49 -0700
committerTodd Lyons <tlyons@exim.org>2013-10-09 13:47:52 -0700
commit85b2d6f34776c4dff364e601f52fe67b60f36ad4 (patch)
tree81bf36d75383bd7544fdba754471babbfe1b0089 /doc/doc-docbook
parentb10e4ec2bc7b74e062939d573cf9e93a9a939890 (diff)
Added missing .new/.wen in spec.xpftexim-4_82_RC3
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/doc-docbook')
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt141
1 files changed, 119 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 2598bc89e..ee4bbd62f 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
.set I "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"
.macro copyyear
-2012
+2013
.endmacro
. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -539,7 +539,6 @@ The &_.bz2_& file is usually a lot smaller than the &_.gz_& file.
.cindex "distribution" "signing details"
.cindex "distribution" "public key"
.cindex "public key for signed distribution"
-.new
The distributions will be PGP signed by an individual key of the Release
Coordinator. This key will have a uid containing an email address in the
&'exim.org'& domain and will have signatures from other people, including
@@ -553,6 +552,11 @@ At time of last update, releases were being made by Phil Pennock and signed with
key &'0x403043153903637F'&, although that key is expected to be replaced in 2013.
A trust path from Nigel's key to Phil's can be observed at
&url(https://www.security.spodhuis.org/exim-trustpath).
+
+.new
+Releases have also been authorized to be performed by Todd Lyons who signs with
+key &'0xC4F4F94804D29EBA'&. A direct trust path exists between previous RE Phil
+Pennock and Todd Lyons through a common associate.
.wen
The signatures for the tar bundles are in:
@@ -867,12 +871,14 @@ SOFTWARE.
.endblockquote
.next
+.new
.cindex "opendmarc" "acknowledgment"
The DMARC implementation uses the OpenDMARC library which is Copyrighted by
The Trusted Domain Project. Portions of Exim source which use OpenDMARC
derived code are indicated in the respective source files. The full OpenDMARC
license is provided in the LICENSE.opendmarc file contained in the distributed
source code.
+.wen
.next
Many people have contributed code fragments, some large, some small, that were
@@ -1376,8 +1382,7 @@ Setting the &%verify%& option actually sets two options, &%verify_sender%& and
&%verify_recipient%&, which independently control the use of the router for
sender and recipient verification. You can set these options directly if
you want a router to be used for only one type of verification.
-Note that cutthrough delivery is classed as a recipient verification
-for this purpose.
+.new "Note that cutthrough delivery is classed as a recipient verification for this purpose."
.next
If the &%address_test%& option is set false, the router is skipped when Exim is
run with the &%-bt%& option to test an address routing. This can be helpful
@@ -1387,7 +1392,7 @@ having to simulate the effect of the scanner.
.next
Routers can be designated for use only when verifying an address, as
opposed to routing it for delivery. The &%verify_only%& option controls this.
-Again, cutthrough delibery counts as a verification.
+.new "Again, cutthrough delivery counts as a verification."
.next
Individual routers can be explicitly skipped when running the routers to
check an address given in the SMTP EXPN command (see the &%expn%& option).
@@ -4007,11 +4012,13 @@ routing problem. Once &%-N%& has been used for a delivery attempt, it sticks to
the message, and applies to any subsequent delivery attempts that may happen
for that message.
+.new
.vitem &%-n%&
.oindex "&%-n%&"
This option is interpreted by Sendmail to mean &"no aliasing"&.
For normal modes of operation, it is ignored by Exim.
When combined with &%-bP%& it suppresses the name of an option from being output.
+.wen
.vitem &%-O%&&~<&'data'&>
.oindex "&%-O%&"
@@ -6942,6 +6949,7 @@ has two space-separated fields: an authorization code and a target host name.
The authorization code can be &"Y"& for yes, &"N"& for no, &"X"& for explicit
authorization required but absent, or &"?"& for unknown.
+.new
.cindex "A+" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
The pseudo-type A+ performs an A6 lookup (if configured) followed by an AAAA
and then an A lookup. All results are returned; defer processing
@@ -6949,6 +6957,7 @@ and then an A lookup. All results are returned; defer processing
.code
${lookup dnsdb {>; a+=$sender_helo_name}}
.endd
+.wen
.section "Multiple dnsdb lookups" "SECID67"
@@ -8297,6 +8306,7 @@ Both &`+include_unknown`& and &`+ignore_unknown`& may appear in the same
list. The effect of each one lasts until the next, or until the end of the
list.
+.new
To explain the host/ip processing logic a different way for the same ACL:
.ilist
@@ -8326,6 +8336,7 @@ If the first &%accept%& fails, Exim goes on to try the second one. See chapter
&`+ignore_unknown`&, which was discussed in depth in the first example in
this section.
.endlist
+.wen
@@ -8832,6 +8843,7 @@ This item inserts &"basic"& header lines. It is described with the &%header%&
expansion item below.
+.new
.vitem "&*${acl{*&<&'name'&>&*}{*&<&'arg'&>&*}...}*&"
.cindex "expansion" "calling an acl"
.cindex "&%acl%&" "call from expansion"
@@ -8846,6 +8858,7 @@ the result of the expansion.
If no message is set and the ACL returns accept or deny
the expansion result is an empty string.
If the ACL returns defer the result is a forced-fail. Otherwise the expansion fails.
+.wen
.vitem "&*${dlfunc{*&<&'file'&>&*}{*&<&'function'&>&*}{*&<&'arg'&>&*}&&&
@@ -9478,6 +9491,7 @@ can be the word &"fail"& (not in braces) to force expansion failure if the
command does not succeed. If both strings are omitted, the result is contents
of the standard output/error on success, and nothing on failure.
+.new
.vindex "&$run_in_acl$&"
The standard output/error of the command is put in the variable &$value$&.
In this ACL example, the output of a command is logged for the admin to
@@ -9491,6 +9505,7 @@ shell must be invoked directly, such as with:
.code
${run{/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/id >/tmp/id"}{yes}{yes}}
.endd
+.wen
.vindex "&$runrc$&"
The return code from the command is put in the variable &$runrc$&, and this
@@ -9652,6 +9667,7 @@ expansion item, which extracts the working address from a single RFC2822
address. See the &*filter*&, &*map*&, and &*reduce*& items for ways of
processing lists.
+.new
To clarify "list of addresses in RFC 2822 format" mentioned above, Exim follows
a strict interpretation of header line formatting. Exim parses the bare,
unquoted portion of an email address and if it finds a comma, treats it as an
@@ -9675,6 +9691,7 @@ Last:user@example.com
# exim -be '${addresses:From: "Last, First" <user@example.com>}'
user@example.com
.endd
+.wen
.vitem &*${base62:*&<&'digits'&>&*}*&
.cindex "&%base62%& expansion item"
@@ -9830,13 +9847,15 @@ be useful for processing the output of the MD5 and SHA-1 hashing functions.
+.new
.vitem &*${hexquote:*&<&'string'&>&*}*&
.cindex "quoting" "hex-encoded unprintable characters"
.cindex "&%hexquote%& expansion item"
This operator converts non-printable characters in a string into a hex
escape form. Byte values between 33 (!) and 126 (~) inclusive are left
as is, and other byte values are converted to &`\xNN`&, for example a
-byt value 127 is converted to &`\x7f`&.
+byte value 127 is converted to &`\x7f`&.
+.wen
.vitem &*${lc:*&<&'string'&>&*}*&
@@ -9864,6 +9883,7 @@ See the description of the general &%length%& item above for details. Note that
when &%length%& is used as an operator.
+.new
.vitem &*${listcount:*&<&'string'&>&*}*&
.cindex "expansion" "list item count"
.cindex "list" "item count"
@@ -9881,6 +9901,7 @@ If the optional type if given it must be one of "a", "d", "h" or "l"
and selects address-, domain-, host- or localpart- lists to search among respectively.
Otherwise all types are searched in an undefined order and the first
matching list is returned.
+.wen
.vitem &*${local_part:*&<&'string'&>&*}*&
@@ -10180,6 +10201,7 @@ In all cases, a relative comparator OP is testing if <&'string1'&> OP
10M, not if 10M is larger than &$message_size$&.
+.new
.vitem &*acl&~{{*&<&'name'&>&*}{*&<&'arg1'&>&*}&&&
{*&<&'arg2'&>&*}...}*&
.cindex "expansion" "calling an acl"
@@ -10194,6 +10216,7 @@ a value using a "message =" modifier the variable $value becomes
the result of the expansion, otherwise it is empty.
If the ACL returns accept the condition is true; if deny, false.
If the ACL returns defer the result is a forced-fail.
+.wen
.vitem &*bool&~{*&<&'string'&>&*}*&
.cindex "expansion" "boolean parsing"
@@ -10389,7 +10412,7 @@ ${if forany{<, $recipients}{match{$item}{^user3@}}{yes}{no}}
The value of &$item$& is saved and restored while &*forany*& or &*forall*& is
being processed, to enable these expansion items to be nested.
-To scan a named list, expand it with the &*listnamed*& operator.
+.new "To scan a named list, expand it with the &*listnamed*& operator."
.vitem &*ge&~{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}*& &&&
@@ -10934,6 +10957,7 @@ the value of &$authenticated_id$& is normally the login name of the calling
process. However, a trusted user can override this by means of the &%-oMai%&
command line option.
+.new
.vitem &$authenticated_fail_id$&
.cindex "authentication" "fail" "id"
.vindex "&$authenticated_fail_id$&"
@@ -10944,7 +10968,7 @@ available for processing in the ACL's, generally the quit or notquit ACL.
A message to a local recipient could still be accepted without requiring
authentication, which means this variable could also be visible in all of
the ACL's as well.
-
+.wen
.vitem &$authenticated_sender$&
@@ -11157,11 +11181,13 @@ inserting the message header line with the given name. Note that the name must
be terminated by colon or white space, because it may contain a wide variety of
characters. Note also that braces must &'not'& be used.
+.new
.vitem &$headers_added$&
.vindex "&$headers_added$&"
Within an ACL this variable contains the headers added so far by
the ACL modifier add_header (section &<<SECTaddheadacl>>&).
The headers are a newline-separated list.
+.wen
.vitem &$home$&
.vindex "&$home$&"
@@ -11833,11 +11859,13 @@ envelope sender.
.vindex "&$return_size_limit$&"
This is an obsolete name for &$bounce_return_size_limit$&.
+.new
.vitem &$router_name$&
.cindex "router" "name"
.cindex "name" "of router"
.vindex "&$router_name$&"
During the running of a router this variable contains its name.
+.wen
.vitem &$runrc$&
.cindex "return code" "from &%run%& expansion"
@@ -12153,6 +12181,7 @@ command in a filter file. Its use is explained in the description of that
command, which can be found in the separate document entitled &'Exim's
interfaces to mail filtering'&.
+.new
.vitem &$tls_in_bits$&
.vindex "&$tls_in_bits$&"
Contains an approximation of the TLS cipher's bit-strength
@@ -12251,6 +12280,7 @@ the outbound.
During outbound
SMTP deliveries, this variable reflects the value of the &%tls_sni%& option on
the transport.
+.wen
.vitem &$tod_bsdinbox$&
.vindex "&$tod_bsdinbox$&"
@@ -12293,11 +12323,13 @@ This variable contains the numerical value of the local timezone, for example:
This variable contains the UTC date and time in &"Zulu"& format, as specified
by ISO 8601, for example: 20030221154023Z.
+.new
.vitem &$transport_name$&
.cindex "transport" "name"
.cindex "name" "of transport"
.vindex "&$transport_name$&"
During the running of a transport, this variable contains its name.
+.wen
.vitem &$value$&
.vindex "&$value$&"
@@ -13220,10 +13252,12 @@ A more detailed analysis of the issues is provided by Dan Bernstein:
&url(http://cr.yp.to/smtp/8bitmime.html)
.endd
+.new
To log received 8BITMIME status use
.code
log_selector = +8bitmime
.endd
+.wen
.option acl_not_smtp main string&!! unset
.cindex "&ACL;" "for non-SMTP messages"
@@ -14804,7 +14838,9 @@ Possible options may include:
.next
&`no_tlsv1_2`&
.next
+.new
&`safari_ecdhe_ecdsa_bug`&
+.wen
.next
&`single_dh_use`&
.next
@@ -16099,6 +16135,7 @@ The available primes are:
Some of these will be too small to be accepted by clients.
Some may be too large to be accepted by clients.
+.new
The TLS protocol does not negotiate an acceptable size for this; clients tend
to hard-drop connections if what is offered by the server is unacceptable,
whether too large or too small, and there's no provision for the client to
@@ -16113,6 +16150,7 @@ used to set its &`DH_MAX_P_BITS`& upper-bound to 2236. This affects many
mail user agents (MUAs). The lower bound comes from Debian installs of Exim4
prior to the 4.80 release, as Debian used to patch Exim to raise the minimum
acceptable bound from 1024 to 2048.
+.wen
.option tls_on_connect_ports main "string list" unset
@@ -16181,8 +16219,10 @@ use OpenSSL with a directory.
See &<<SECTtlssni>>& for discussion of when this option might be re-expanded.
+.new
A forced expansion failure or setting to an empty string is equivalent to
being unset.
+.wen
.option tls_verify_hosts main "host list&!!" unset
@@ -16722,8 +16762,10 @@ The &%headers_add%& option is expanded after &%errors_to%&, but before
the expansion is forced to fail, the option has no effect. Other expansion
failures are treated as configuration errors.
+.new
Unlike most options, &%headers_add%& can be specified multiple times
for a router; all listed headers are added.
+.wen
&*Warning 1*&: The &%headers_add%& option cannot be used for a &(redirect)&
router that has the &%one_time%& option set.
@@ -17398,7 +17440,7 @@ Setting this option has the effect of setting &%verify_sender%& and
.oindex "&%-bv%&"
.cindex "router" "used only when verifying"
If this option is set, the router is used only when verifying an address,
-delivering in cutthrough mode or
+.new "delivering in cutthrough mode or"
testing with the &%-bv%& option, not when actually doing a delivery, testing
with the &%-bt%& option, or running the SMTP EXPN command. It can be further
restricted to verifying only senders or recipients by means of
@@ -19721,9 +19763,10 @@ so on when debugging driver configurations. For example, if a &%headers_add%&
option is not working properly, &%debug_print%& could be used to output the
variables it references. A newline is added to the text if it does not end with
one.
+.new
The variables &$transport_name$& and &$router_name$& contain the name of the
transport and the router that called it.
-
+.wen
.option delivery_date_add transports boolean false
.cindex "&'Delivery-date:'& header line"
@@ -19768,9 +19811,10 @@ routers. If the result of the expansion is an empty string, or if the expansion
is forced to fail, no action is taken. Other expansion failures are treated as
errors and cause the delivery to be deferred.
+.new
Unlike most options, &%headers_add%& can be specified multiple times
for a transport; all listed headers are added.
-
+.wen
.option headers_only transports boolean false
@@ -21827,6 +21871,7 @@ inserted in the argument list at that point &'as a separate argument'&. This
avoids any problems with spaces or shell metacharacters, and is of use when a
&(pipe)& transport is handling groups of addresses in a batch.
+.new
If &%force_command%& is enabled on the transport, Special handling takes place
for an argument that consists of precisely the text &`$address_pipe`&. It
is handled similarly to &$pipe_addresses$& above. It is expanded and each
@@ -21835,6 +21880,7 @@ argument is inserted in the argument list at that point
the only item in the argument; in fact, if it were then &%force_command%&
should behave as a no-op. Rather, it should be used to adjust the command
run while preserving the argument vector separation.
+.wen
After splitting up into arguments and expansion, the resulting command is run
in a subprocess directly from the transport, &'not'& under a shell. The
@@ -21988,6 +22034,7 @@ a bounce message is sent. If &%freeze_signal%& is set, the message will be
frozen in Exim's queue instead.
+.new
.option force_command pipe boolean false
.cindex "force command"
.cindex "&(pipe)& transport", "force command"
@@ -22004,6 +22051,7 @@ force_command
Note that &$address_pipe$& is handled specially in &%command%& when
&%force_command%& is set, expanding out to the original argument vector as
separate items, similarly to a Unix shell &`"$@"`& construct.
+.wen
.option ignore_status pipe boolean false
If this option is true, the status returned by the subprocess that is set up to
@@ -22366,8 +22414,10 @@ appropriate values for the outgoing connection, and these are the values that
are in force when any authenticators are run and when the
&%authenticated_sender%& option is expanded.
+.new
These variables are deprecated in favour of &$tls_in_cipher$& et. al.
and will be removed in a future release.
+.wen
.section "Private options for smtp" "SECID146"
@@ -22651,12 +22701,14 @@ that matches this list, even if the server host advertises PIPELINING support.
Exim will not try to start a TLS session when delivering to any host that
matches this list. See chapter &<<CHAPTLS>>& for details of TLS.
+.new
.option hosts_verify_avoid_tls smtp "host list&!!" *
.cindex "TLS" "avoiding for certain hosts"
Exim will not try to start a TLS session for a verify callout,
or when delivering in cutthrough mode,
to any host that matches this list.
Note that the default is to not use TLS.
+.wen
.option hosts_max_try smtp integer 5
@@ -24243,10 +24295,12 @@ client_condition = ${if !eq{$tls_out_cipher}{}}
.endd
+.new
.option client_set_id authenticators string&!! unset
When client authentication succeeds, this condition is expanded; the
result is used in the log lines for outbound messasges.
Typically it will be the user name used for authentication.
+.wen
.option driver authenticators string unset
@@ -24616,8 +24670,8 @@ to be returned. If the result of a successful expansion is an empty string,
expansion is &"1"&, &"yes"&, or &"true"&, authentication succeeds and the
generic &%server_set_id%& option is expanded and saved in &$authenticated_id$&.
For any other result, a temporary error code is returned, with the expanded
-string as the error text, and the failed id saved in
-&$authenticated_fail_id$&.
+string as the error text
+.new ", and the failed id saved in &$authenticated_fail_id$&."
&*Warning*&: If you use a lookup in the expansion to find the user's
password, be sure to make the authentication fail if the user is unknown.
@@ -25801,8 +25855,10 @@ example, OpenSSL uses the name DES-CBC3-SHA for the cipher suite which in other
contexts is known as TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA. Check the OpenSSL or GnuTLS
documentation for more details.
+.new
For outgoing SMTP deliveries, &$tls_out_cipher$& is used and logged
(again depending on the &%tls_cipher%& log selector).
+.wen
.section "Requesting and verifying client certificates" "SECID183"
@@ -26093,8 +26149,10 @@ install if the receiving end is a client MUA that can interact with a user.
.cindex "certificate" "self-signed"
You can create a self-signed certificate using the &'req'& command provided
with OpenSSL, like this:
+.new
. ==== Do not shorten the duration here without reading and considering
. ==== the text below. Please leave it at 9999 days.
+.wen
.code
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout file1 -out file2 \
-days 9999 -nodes
@@ -26107,6 +26165,7 @@ that you are prompted for, and any use that is made of the key causes more
prompting for the passphrase. This is not helpful if you are going to use
this certificate and key in an MTA, where prompting is not possible.
+.new
. ==== I expect to still be working 26 years from now. The less technical
. ==== debt I create, in terms of storing up trouble for my later years, the
. ==== happier I will be then. We really have reached the point where we
@@ -26122,6 +26181,7 @@ of the certificate or reconsider your platform deployment. (At time of
writing, reducing the duration is the most likely choice, but the inexorable
progression of time takes us steadily towards an era where this will not
be a sensible resolution).
+.wen
A self-signed certificate made in this way is sufficient for testing, and
may be adequate for all your requirements if you are mainly interested in
@@ -26321,9 +26381,10 @@ before or after the data) correctly &-- they keep the message on their queues
and try again later, but that is their problem, though it does waste some of
your resources.
+.new
The &%acl_smtp_data%& ACL is run after both the &%acl_smtp_dkim%& and
the &%acl_smtp_mime%& ACLs.
-
+.wen
.section "The SMTP DKIM ACL" "SECTDKIMACL"
The &%acl_smtp_dkim%& ACL is available only when Exim is compiled with DKIM support
@@ -26333,9 +26394,11 @@ The ACL test specified by &%acl_smtp_dkim%& happens after a message has been
received, and is executed for each DKIM signature found in a message. If not
otherwise specified, the default action is to accept.
+.new
This ACL is evaluated before &%acl_smtp_mime%& and &%acl_smtp_data%&.
For details on the operation of DKIM, see chapter &<<CHAPdkim>>&.
+.wen
.section "The SMTP MIME ACL" "SECID194"
@@ -27171,10 +27234,12 @@ all the conditions are true, wherever it appears in an ACL command, whereas
effect.
+.new
.vitem &*remove_header*&&~=&~<&'text'&>
This modifier specifies one or more header names in a colon-separated list
that are to be removed from an incoming message, assuming, of course, that
the message is ultimately accepted. For details, see section &<<SECTremoveheadacl>>&.
+.wen
.vitem &*set*&&~<&'acl_name'&>&~=&~<&'value'&>
@@ -27183,6 +27248,7 @@ This modifier puts a value into one of the ACL variables (see section
&<<SECTaclvariables>>&).
+.new
.vitem &*udpsend*&&~=&~<&'parameters'&>
This modifier sends a UDP packet, for purposes such as statistics
collection or behaviour monitoring. The parameters are expanded, and
@@ -27196,12 +27262,12 @@ when:
udpsend = <; 2001:dB8::dead:beef ; 1234 ;\
$tod_zulu $sender_host_address
.endd
+.wen
.endlist
-
.section "Use of the control modifier" "SECTcontrols"
.cindex "&%control%& ACL modifier"
The &%control%& modifier supports the following settings:
@@ -27266,7 +27332,8 @@ This option requests delivery be attempted while the item is being received.
It is usable in the RCPT ACL and valid only for single-recipient mails forwarded
from one SMTP connection to another. If a recipient-verify callout connection is
requested in the same ACL it is held open and used for the data, otherwise one is made
-after the ACL completes. Note that routers are used in verify mode.
+after the ACL completes.
+.new "Note that routers are used in verify mode."
Should the ultimate destination system positively accept or reject the mail,
a corresponding indication is given to the source system and nothing is queued.
@@ -27300,13 +27367,11 @@ contexts):
.wen
-.new
.vitem &*control&~=&~dkim_disable_verify*&
.cindex "disable DKIM verify"
.cindex "DKIM" "disable verify"
This control turns off DKIM verification processing entirely. For details on
the operation and configuration of DKIM, see chapter &<<CHAPdkim>>&.
-.wen
.new
@@ -27564,7 +27629,9 @@ passing data between (for example) the MAIL and RCPT ACLs. If you want to do
this, you can use ACL variables, as described in section
&<<SECTaclvariables>>&.
+.new
The list of headers yet to be added is given by the &%$headers_added%& variable.
+.wen
The &%add_header%& modifier acts immediately as it is encountered during the
processing of an ACL. Notice the difference between these two cases:
@@ -27615,6 +27682,7 @@ system filter or in a router or transport.
+.new
.section "Removing header lines in ACLs" "SECTremoveheadacl"
.cindex "header lines" "removing in an ACL"
.cindex "header lines" "position of removed lines"
@@ -27682,7 +27750,7 @@ are honoured.
&*Warning*&: This facility currently applies only to header lines that are
present during ACL processing. It does NOT remove header lines that are added
in a system filter or in a router or transport.
-
+.wen
@@ -27717,11 +27785,13 @@ condition is on a &%warn%& verb. In that case, a &"defer"& return makes the
condition false. This means that further processing of the &%warn%& verb
ceases, but processing of the ACL continues.
+.new
If the argument is a named ACL, up to nine space-separated optional values
can be appended; they appear within the called ACL in $acl_arg1 to $acl_arg9,
and $acl_narg is set to the count of values.
Previous values of these variables are restored after the call returns.
The name and values are expanded separately.
+.wen
If the nested &%acl%& returns &"drop"& and the outer condition denies access,
the connection is dropped. If it returns &"discard"&, the verb must be
@@ -28966,8 +29036,10 @@ following SMTP commands are sent:
LHLO is used instead of HELO if the transport's &%protocol%& option is
set to &"lmtp"&.
+.new
The callout may use EHLO, AUTH and/or STARTTLS given appropriate option
settings.
+.wen
A recipient callout check is similar. By default, it also uses an empty address
for the sender. This default is chosen because most hosts do not make use of
@@ -29647,6 +29719,7 @@ Exim does not assume that there is a common filesystem with the remote host.
There is an option WITH_OLD_CLAMAV_STREAM in &_src/EDITME_& available, should
you be running a version of ClamAV prior to 0.95.
+.new
The final example shows that multiple TCP targets can be specified. Exim will
randomly use one for each incoming email (i.e. it load balances them). Note
that only TCP targets may be used if specifying a list of scanners; a UNIX
@@ -29655,11 +29728,13 @@ unavailable, Exim will try the remaining one(s) until it finds one that works.
When a clamd server becomes unreachable, Exim will log a message. Exim does
not keep track of scanner state between multiple messages, and the scanner
selection is random, so the message will get logged in the mainlog for each
-email that the down scanner gets chosen first:
+email that the down scanner gets chosen first (message wrapped to be readable):
.code
-2013-10-09 14:30:39 1VTumd-0000Y8-BQ malware acl condition: clamd:\
- connection to localhost, port 3310 failed (Connection refused)
+2013-10-09 14:30:39 1VTumd-0000Y8-BQ malware acl condition:
+ clamd: connection to localhost, port 3310 failed
+ (Connection refused)
.endd
+.wen
If the option is unset, the default is &_/tmp/clamd_&. Thanks to David Saez for
contributing the code for this scanner.
@@ -31876,9 +31951,11 @@ headers_add = X-added-header: added by $primary_hostname\n\
.endd
Exim does not check the syntax of these added header lines.
+.new
Multiple &%headers_add%& options for a single router or transport can be
specified; the values will be concatenated (with a separating newline
added) before expansion.
+.wen
The result of expanding &%headers_remove%& must consist of a colon-separated
list of header names. This is confusing, because header names themselves are
@@ -33755,7 +33832,9 @@ timestamp. The flags are:
&`<=`& message arrival
&`=>`& normal message delivery
&`->`& additional address in same delivery
+.new
&`>>`& cutthrough message delivery
+.wen
&`*>`& delivery suppressed by &%-N%&
&`**`& delivery failed; address bounced
&`==`& delivery deferred; temporary problem
@@ -33855,10 +33934,12 @@ intermediate address(es) exist between the original and the final address, the
last of these is given in parentheses after the final address. The R and T
fields record the router and transport that were used to process the address.
+.new
If SMTP AUTH was used for the delivery there is an additional item A=
followed by the name of the authenticator that was used.
If an authenticated identification was set up by the authenticator's &%client_set_id%&
option, this is logged too, separated by a colon from the authenticator name.
+.wen
If a shadow transport was run after a successful local delivery, the log line
for the successful delivery has an item added on the end, of the form
@@ -33875,11 +33956,13 @@ flagged with &`->`& instead of &`=>`&. When two or more messages are delivered
down a single SMTP connection, an asterisk follows the IP address in the log
lines for the second and subsequent messages.
+.new
.cindex "delivery" "cutthrough; logging"
.cindex "cutthrough" "logging"
When delivery is done in cutthrough mode it is flagged with &`>>`& and the log
line precedes the reception line, since cutthrough waits for a possible
rejection from the destination in case it can reject the sourced item.
+.wen
The generation of a reply message by a filter file gets logged as a
&"delivery"& to the addressee, preceded by &">"&.
@@ -34057,7 +34140,9 @@ log_selector = +arguments -retry_defer
The list of optional log items is in the following table, with the default
selection marked by asterisks:
.display
+.new
&` 8bitmime `& received 8BITMIME status
+.wen
&`*acl_warn_skipped `& skipped &%warn%& statement in ACL
&` address_rewrite `& address rewriting
&` all_parents `& all parents in => lines
@@ -34087,10 +34172,14 @@ selection marked by asterisks:
&`*sender_verify_fail `& sender verification failures
&`*size_reject `& rejection because too big
&`*skip_delivery `& delivery skipped in a queue run
+.new
&`*smtp_confirmation `& SMTP confirmation on => lines
+.wen
&` smtp_connection `& SMTP connections
&` smtp_incomplete_transaction`& incomplete SMTP transactions
+.new
&` smtp_mailauth `& AUTH argument to MAIL commands
+.wen
&` smtp_no_mail `& session with no MAIL commands
&` smtp_protocol_error `& SMTP protocol errors
&` smtp_syntax_error `& SMTP syntax errors
@@ -34106,6 +34195,7 @@ selection marked by asterisks:
More details on each of these items follows:
.ilist
+.new
.cindex "8BITMIME"
.cindex "log" "8BITMIME"
&%8bitmime%&: This causes Exim to log any 8BITMIME status of received messages,
@@ -34113,6 +34203,7 @@ which may help in tracking down interoperability issues with ancient MTAs
that are not 8bit clean. This is added to the &"<="& line, tagged with
&`M8S=`& and a value of &`0`&, &`7`& or &`8`&, corresponding to "not given",
&`7BIT`& and &`8BITMIME`& respectively.
+.wen
.next
.cindex "&%warn%& ACL verb" "log when skipping"
&%acl_warn_skipped%&: When an ACL &%warn%& statement is skipped because one of
@@ -34359,10 +34450,12 @@ the last 20 are listed, preceded by &"..."&. However, with the default
setting of 10 for &%smtp_accep_max_nonmail%&, the connection will in any case
have been aborted before 20 non-mail commands are processed.
.next
+.new
&%smtp_mailauth%&: A third subfield with the authenticated sender,
colon-separated, is appended to the A= item for a message arrival or delivery
log line, if an AUTH argument to the SMTP MAIL command (see &<<SECTauthparamail>>&)
was accepted or used.
+.wen
.next
.cindex "log" "SMTP protocol error"
.cindex "SMTP" "logging protocol error"
@@ -35766,6 +35859,7 @@ are given in chapter &<<CHAPappendfile>>&.
+.new
.section "Running local commands" "SECTsecconslocalcmds"
There are a number of ways in which an administrator can configure Exim to run
commands based upon received, untrustworthy, data. Further, in some
@@ -35807,6 +35901,7 @@ real-world security vulnerabilities caused by its use with untrustworthy data
injected in, for SQL injection attacks.
Consider the use of the &%inlisti%& expansion condition instead.
.endlist
+.wen
@@ -36564,11 +36659,13 @@ Add to &_src/config.h.defaults_& the line:
Edit &_src/drtables.c_&, adding conditional code to pull in the private header
and create a table entry as is done for all the other drivers and lookup types.
.next
+.new
Edit &_scripts/lookups-Makefile_& if this is a new lookup; there is a for-loop
near the bottom, ranging the &`name_mod`& variable over a list of all lookups.
Add your &`NEWDRIVER`& to that list.
As long as the dynamic module would be named &_newdriver.so_&, you can use the
simple form that most lookups have.
+.wen
.next
Edit &_Makefile_& in the appropriate sub-directory (&_src/routers_&,
&_src/transports_&, &_src/auths_&, or &_src/lookups_&); add a line for the new