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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt | 17 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index 742243c2d..142d81e05 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ JH/18 Bug 1709: When built with TLS support, the tls_advertise_hosts option now HS/03 Add -bP config_file as a synonym for -bP configure_file, for consistency with the $config_file variable. +JH/19 Two additional event types: msg:rcpt:defer and msg:rcpt:host:defer. Both + in transport context, after the attempt, and per-recipient. The latter type + is per host attempted. The event data is the error message, and the errno + information encodes the lookup type (A vs. MX) used for the (first) host, + and the trailing two digits of the smtp 4xx reponse. + Exim version 4.86 ----------------- diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt index c93123c39..74614cd3f 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt +++ b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt @@ -798,6 +798,8 @@ expansion is done. The current list of events is: msg:complete after main per message msg:delivery after transport per recipient + msg:rcpt:host:defer after transport per recipient per host + msg:rcpt:defer after transport per recipient msg:host:defer after transport per attempt msg:fail:delivery after main per recipient msg:fail:internal after main per recipient @@ -811,16 +813,20 @@ variable to decide when to act. The value of the variable is a colon-separated list, defining a position in the tree of possible events; it may be used as a list or just matched on as a whole. There will be no whitespace. +New event types may be added in the future. + There is an auxilary variable, $event_data, for which the content is event_dependent: msg:delivery smtp confirmation mssage + msg:rcpt:host:defer error string + msg:rcpt:defer error string msg:host:defer error string tls:cert verification chain depth smtp:connect smtp banner -The msg:host:defer event populates one extra variable, $event_defer_errno. +The :defer events populate one extra variable, $event_defer_errno. The following variables are likely to be useful depending on the event type: @@ -848,7 +854,14 @@ event_action = ${if eq {msg:delivery}{$event_name} \ The string is expanded when each of the supported events occur and any side-effects of the expansion will happen. -Note that for complex operations an ACL expansion can be used. + +Note that for complex operations an ACL expansion can be used, +however due to the multiple contexts the Exim operates in +a) variables set in events raised from transports will not + be visible outside that transport call. +b) acl_m variables in a server context are lost on a new connection, + and after helo/ehlo/mail/starttls/rset commands + The expansion of the event_action option should normally |