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-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/NewStuff6
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt2
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index e953f9b53..d202cf16b 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ PP/19 DNS resolver init changes for NetBSD compatibility. (Risk of breakage
PP/20 Revert part of NM/04, it broke log_path containing %D expansions.
Left warnings. Added "eximon gdb" invocation mode.
+PP/21 Defaulting "accept_8bitmime" to true, not false.
+
Exim version 4.77
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diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 2872d241f..1c8190597 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ Version 4.78
Currently OpenSSL only.
+ 8. The existing "accept_8bitmime" option now defaults to true. This means
+ that Exim is deliberately not strictly RFC compliant. We're following
+ Dan Bernstein's advice in http://cr.yp.to/smtp/8bitmime.html by default.
+ Those who disagree, or know that they are talking to mail servers that,
+ even today, are not 8-bit clean, need to turn off this option.
+
Version 4.77
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diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt b/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt
index 52a24b198..20aeff965 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ release 4.00, and so no router options are shown as earlier than 4.00, though
in fact some of them were inherited from earlier versions.
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-accept_8bitmime boolean false main 1.60
+accept_8bitmime boolean true main 1.60 changed to true in 4.78
acl_not_smtp string* unset main 4.11
acl_not_smtp_mime string* unset main 4.51 with content scan
acl_smtp_auth string* unset main 4.00