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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/NewStuff | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt | 1 |
4 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 2a01a1e5b..2202e6b75 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -3386,6 +3386,23 @@ This option acts like &%-bv%&, but verifies the address as a sender rather than a recipient address. This affects any rewriting and qualification that might happen. +.vitem &%-bw%& +.oindex "&%-bw%&" +.cindex "daemon" +.cindex "inetd" +.cindex "inetd" "wait mode" +This option runs Exim as a daemon, awaiting incoming SMTP connections, +similarly to the &%-bd%& option. All port specifications on the command-line +and in the configuration file are ignored. Queue-running may not be specified. + +In this mode, Exim expects to be passed a socket as fd 0 (stdin) which is +listening for connections. This permits the system to start up and have +inetd (or equivalent) listen on the SMTP ports, starting an Exim daemon for +each port only when the first connection is received. + +If the option is given as &%-bw%&<&'time'&> then the time is a timeout, after +which the daemon will exit, which should cause inetd to listen once more. + .vitem &%-C%&&~<&'filelist'&> .oindex "&%-C%&" .cindex "configuration file" "alternate" diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index d202cf16b..de7c17878 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ PP/20 Revert part of NM/04, it broke log_path containing %D expansions. PP/21 Defaulting "accept_8bitmime" to true, not false. +PP/22 Added -bw for inetd wait mode support. + Exim version 4.77 ----------------- diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index 1c8190597..432bbd220 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ Version 4.78 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. + 9. Exim can now be started with -bw (with an optional timeout, given as + -bw<timespec>). With this, stdin at startup is a socket that is + already listening for connections. This has a more modern name of + "socket activation", but forcing the activated socket to fd 0. We're + interested in adding more support for modern variants. + Version 4.77 ------------ diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt b/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt index 20aeff965..c9629688a 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt +++ b/doc/doc-txt/OptionLists.txt @@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ provide compatibility with Sendmail. -bV Verify version number -bv Test recipient address verification -bvs Test sender address verification +-bw + Inetd wait mode -C + Use alternate configuration file -D + Define macro for configuration file -d + Turn on debugging output |