Extend ${readsocket to TCP sockets (modified John Jetmore's patch).

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.99 2006/04/10 08:14:58 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.100 2006/04/18 11:13:19 ph10 Exp $
 
 New Features in Exim
 --------------------
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ but have not yet made it into the main manual (which is most conveniently
 updated when there is a relatively large batch of changes). The doc/ChangeLog
 file contains a listing of all changes, including bug fixes.
 
+Version 4.62
+------------
+
+1. The ${readsocket expansion item now supports Internet domain sockets as well
+   as Unix domain sockets. If the first argument begins "inet:", it must be of
+   the form "inet:host:port". The port is mandatory; it may be a number or the
+   name of a TCP port in /etc/services. The host may be a name, or it may be an
+   IP address. An ip address may optionally be enclosed in square brackets.
+   This is best for IPv6 addresses. For example:
+
+     ${readsocket{inet:[::1]:1234}{<request data>}...
+
+   Only a single host name may be given, but if looking it up yield more than
+   one IP address, they are each tried in turn until a connection is made. Once
+   a connection has been made, the behaviour is as for ${readsocket with a Unix
+   domain socket.
+
+
 Version 4.61
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