Add retry type "lookup". Bug 1566

[exim.git] / doc / doc-docbook / spec.xfpt

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index a647066ca2e5ebc9fd090ea97399f5117080d068..e124ab018a880b889c629a7411f442dbbf307f85 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -13288,6 +13288,7 @@ listed in more than one group.
 .row &%acl_smtp_mail%&               "ACL for MAIL"
 .row &%acl_smtp_mailauth%&           "ACL for AUTH on MAIL command"
 .row &%acl_smtp_mime%&               "ACL for MIME parts"
+.row &%acl_smtp_notquit%&            "ACL for non-QUIT terminations"
 .row &%acl_smtp_predata%&            "ACL for start of data"
 .row &%acl_smtp_quit%&               "ACL for QUIT"
 .row &%acl_smtp_rcpt%&               "ACL for RCPT"
@@ -13637,6 +13638,12 @@ This option is available when Exim is built with the content-scanning
 extension. It defines the ACL that is run for each MIME part in a message. See
 section &<<SECTscanmimepart>>& for details.
 
+.option acl_smtp_notquit main string&!! unset
+.cindex "not-QUIT, ACL for"
+This option defines the ACL that is run when an SMTP session
+ends without a QUIT command being received.
+See chapter &<<CHAPACL>>& for further details.
+
 .option acl_smtp_predata main string&!! unset
 This option defines the ACL that is run when an SMTP DATA command is
 received, before the message itself is received. See chapter &<<CHAPACL>>& for
@@ -17982,6 +17989,9 @@ There are a few cases where a &(dnslookup)& router will decline to accept
 an address; if such a router is expected to handle "all remaining non-local
 domains", then it is important to set &%no_more%&.
 
+The router will defer rather than decline if the domain
+is found in the &%fail_defer_domains%& router option.
+
 Reasons for a &(dnslookup)& router to decline currently include:
 .ilist
 The domain does not exist in DNS
@@ -18083,6 +18093,17 @@ This applies to all of the SRV, MX, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
 
 
 
+.option fail_defer_domains dnslookup "domain list&!!" unset
+.cindex "MX record" "not found"
+DNS lookups for domains matching &%fail_defer_domains%&
+which find no matching record will cause the router to defer
+rather than the default behaviour of decline.
+This maybe be useful for queueing messages for a newly created
+domain while the DNS configuration is not ready.
+However, it will result in any message with mistyped domains
+also being queued.
+
+
 .option mx_domains dnslookup "domain list&!!" unset
 .cindex "MX record" "required to exist"
 .cindex "SRV record" "required to exist"
@@ -24353,6 +24374,13 @@ A server unexpectedly closed the SMTP connection. There may, of course,
 legitimate reasons for this (host died, network died), but if it repeats a lot
 for the same host, it indicates something odd.
 
+.vitem %&lookup%&
+A DNS lookup for a host failed.
+Note that a &%dnslookup%& router will need to have matched
+its &%fail_defer_domains%& option for this retry type to be usable.
+Also note that a &%manualroute%& router will probably need
+its &%host_find_failed%& option set to &%defer&%.
+
 .vitem &%refused_MX%&
 A connection to a host obtained from an MX record was refused.