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diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index e1992752f..d5a78abcb 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.161 2005/06/17 10:20:30 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.162 2005/06/17 10:47:05 ph10 Exp $ Change log file for Exim from version 4.21 ------------------------------------------- @@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ PH/18 If the "use_postmaster" option was set for a recipient callout together FROM address for the random test, but not for the subsequent recipient test. It is now used for both. +PH/19 Applied Michael Haardt's patch to update Sieve to RFC3028bis. "The + patch removes a few documentation additions to RFC 3028, because the + latest draft now contains them. It adds the new en;ascii-case comparator + and a new error check for 8bit text in MIME parts. Comparator and + require names are now matched exactly. I enabled the subaddress + extension, but it is not well tested yet (read: it works for me)." + Exim version 4.51 ----------------- diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/README.SIEVE b/doc/doc-txt/README.SIEVE index 04383f6e5..d63bed7c9 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/README.SIEVE +++ b/doc/doc-txt/README.SIEVE @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/README.SIEVE,v 1.4 2005/05/03 10:02:27 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/README.SIEVE,v 1.5 2005/06/17 10:47:05 ph10 Exp $ Notes on the Sieve implementation for Exim @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ then there is no way around it. Exim Implementation -The Exim Sieve implementation offers the core as defined by RFC 3028, the -"envelope" (RFC 3028), the "fileinto" (RFC 3028), the "copy" (RFC 3894) -and the "vacation" (draft-ietf-sieve-vacation-01.txt) extension, +The Exim Sieve implementation offers the core as defined by RFC 3028bis, +the "envelope" (RFC 3028), the "fileinto" (RFC 3028), the "copy" (RFC +3894) and the "vacation" (draft-ietf-sieve-vacation-02.txt) extension, the "i;ascii-numeric" comparator, but not the "reject" extension. Exim does not support MDMs, so adding it just to the sieve filter makes little sense. @@ -141,17 +141,6 @@ This implementation treats them literally, as it does if the word is correct, but its character set can not be converted to UTF-8. -Address Test For Multiple Addresses Per Header - -A header may contain multiple addresses. RFC 3028 does not explicitly -specify how to deal with them, but since the "address" test checks if -anything matches anything else, matching one address suffices to -satify the condition. That makes it impossible to test if a header -contains a certain set of addresses and no more, but it is more logical -than letting the test fail if the header contains an additional address -besides the one the test checks for. - - Semantics Of Keep The keep command is equivalent to fileinto "inbox": It saves the @@ -180,19 +169,11 @@ virtual mail domains it is probably not what the user expects it to be. String Arguments There has been confusion if the string arguments to "require" are to be -matched case-sensitive or not. This implementation matches them with -the match type ":is" (default, see section 2.7.1) and the comparator -"i;ascii-casemap" (default, see section 2.7.3). The RFC defines the -command defaults clearly, so any different implementations violate RFC -3028. The same is valid for comparator names, also specified as strings. - - -Number Units - -There is a mistake in RFC 3028: The suffix G denotes gibi-, not tebibyte. -The mistake os obvious, because RFC 3028 specifies G to denote 2^30 -(which is gibi, not tebi), and that's what this implementation uses as -scaling factor for the suffix G. +matched case-sensitive or not. The comparator default is case-insensitive +comparison, but "require" does not allow to specify a comparator, so +this default does not apply. Lacking a clear specification, matching +the strings exactly makes most sense. The same is valid for comparator +names, also specified as strings. Sieve Syntax and Semantics @@ -367,19 +348,13 @@ the UTF-8 reason is processed to compose the resulting message. Default Subject -The draft specifies that the default message subject is "Re: " -plus the old subject, stripped by any leading "Re: " strings. -This string is to be taken literally, unlike some software which -matches a regular expression like "[rR][eE]: *". Using this -subject is dangerous, because many mailing lists verify addresses -by sending a secret key in the subject of a message, asking to -reply to the message for confirmation. Using the default vacation -subject confirms any subscription request of this kind, allowing -to subscribe a third party to any mailing list, either to annoy -the user or to declare spam as legitimate mail by proving to -use opt-in. The draft specifies to use "Re: " in front of the -subject, but this implementation uses "Auto: ", as suggested in -RFC 3834, section 3.1.5. +The draft specifies that the default message subject is "Auto: " plus +the old subject. Using this subject is dangerous, because many mailing +lists verify addresses by sending a secret key in the subject of a +message, asking to reply to the message for confirmation. Using the +default vacation subject confirms any subscription request of this kind, +allowing to subscribe a third party to any mailing list, either to annoy +the user or to declare spam as legitimate mail by proving to use opt-in. Rate Limiting Responses @@ -404,11 +379,3 @@ Global Reply Address Blacklist The draft requires that each implementation offers a global black list of addresses that will never be replied to. Exim offers this as option "never_mail" in the autoreply transport. - - -Interaction With Other Sieve Elements - -The draft describes the interaction with vacation, discard, keep, -fileinto and redirect. It MUST describe compatibility with other -actions, but doesn't. In this implementation, vacation is compatible -with any other action. |