Document behaviour of message_size_limit=0 (main config setting, not transport)

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@@ -10610,6 +10610,15 @@ is empty and &$authentication_failed$& is set to &"1"&). Failure includes any
 negative response to an AUTH command, including (for example) an attempt to use
 an undefined mechanism.
 
+.new
+.vitem &$av_failed$&
+.cindex "content scanning" "AV scanner failure"
+This variable is available when Exim is compiled with the content-scanning
+extension. It is set to &"0"& by default, but will be set to &"1"& if any
+problem occurs with the virus scanner (specified by &%av_scanner%&) during
+the ACL malware condition.
+.wen
+
 .vitem &$body_linecount$&
 .cindex "message body" "line count"
 .cindex "body of message" "line count"
@@ -14160,6 +14169,10 @@ probably safest to just set it to a little larger than this value.  Eg, with a
 default Exim message size of 50M and a default ClamAV StreamMaxLength of 10M,
 some problems may result.
 
+A value of 0 will disable size limit checking; Exim will still advertise the
+SIZE extension in an EHLO response, but without a limit, so as to permit
+SMTP clients to still indicate the message size along with the MAIL verb.
+
 
 .option move_frozen_messages main boolean false
 .cindex "frozen messages" "moving"
@@ -19946,13 +19959,16 @@ This option applies only to deliveries in maildir format, and is described in
 section &<<SECTmaildirdelivery>>& below.
 
 
-.option maildir_use_size_file appendfile boolean false
+.new
+.option maildir_use_size_file appendfile&!! boolean false
 .cindex "maildir format" "&_maildirsize_& file"
-Setting this option true enables support for &_maildirsize_& files. Exim
+The result of string expansion for this option must be a valid boolean value.
+If it is true, it enables support for &_maildirsize_& files. Exim
 creates a &_maildirsize_& file in a maildir if one does not exist, taking the
 quota from the &%quota%& option of the transport. If &%quota%& is unset, the
 value is zero. See &%maildir_quota_directory_regex%& above and section
 &<<SECTmaildirdelivery>>& below for further details.
+.wen
 
 .option maildirfolder_create_regex appendfile string unset
 .cindex "maildir format" "&_maildirfolder_& file"
@@ -22044,12 +22060,22 @@ is deferred.
 
 .option protocol smtp string smtp
 .cindex "LMTP" "over TCP/IP"
+.cindex "ssmtp protocol" "outbound"
+.cindex "TLS" "SSL-on-connect outbound"
+.vindex "&$port$&"
 If this option is set to &"lmtp"& instead of &"smtp"&, the default value for
 the &%port%& option changes to &"lmtp"&, and the transport operates the LMTP
 protocol (RFC 2033) instead of SMTP. This protocol is sometimes used for local
 deliveries into closed message stores. Exim also has support for running LMTP
 over a pipe to a local process &-- see chapter &<<CHAPLMTP>>&.
 
+.new
+If this option is set to &"smtps"&, the default vaule for the &%port%& option
+changes to &"smtps"&, and the transport initiates TLS immediately after
+connecting, as an outbound SSL-on-connect, instead of using STARTTLS to upgrade.
+The Internet standards bodies strongly discourage use of this mode.
+.wen
+
 
 .option retry_include_ip_address smtp boolean true
 Exim normally includes both the host name and the IP address in the key it
@@ -27323,7 +27349,7 @@ checks.
 
 The &%per_*%& options described above do not make sense in some ACLs. If you
 use a &%per_*%& option in an ACL where it is not normally permitted then the
-update mode defaults to &%readonly%& and you cannot specify the &%strict&% or
+update mode defaults to &%readonly%& and you cannot specify the &%strict%& or
 &%leaky%& modes. In other ACLs the default update mode is &%leaky%& (see the
 next section) so you must specify the &%readonly%& option explicitly.
 
@@ -27377,7 +27403,7 @@ go over the limit is not added to the set, in the same way that the client's
 recorded rate is not updated in the same situation.
 
 When you combine the &%unique=%& and &%readonly%& options, the specific
-%&unique=%& value is ignored, and Exim just retrieves the client's stored
+&%unique=%& value is ignored, and Exim just retrieves the client's stored
 rate.
 
 The &%unique=%& mechanism needs more space in the ratelimit database than the