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+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.72 2005/09/19 11:56:11 ph10 Exp $
New Features in Exim
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PH/07 $smtp_command_argument is now set for all SMTP commands, not just the
non-message ones. This makes it possible to inspect the complete command
- for RCPT commands, for example.
+ for RCPT commands, for example. But see also PH/45 below.
PH/08 The ${eval expansion now supports % as a "remainder" operator.
(bcc) recipients. This check should not be used on its own for blocking
messages.
+PH/10 There is a new ACL control called "suppress_local_fixups". This applies
+ to locally submitted (non TCP/IP) messages, and is the complement of
+ "control = submission". It disables the fixups that are normally applied
+ to locally-submitted messages. Specifically:
+
+ (a) Any Sender: header line is left alone (in this respect, it's a
+ dynamic version of local_sender_retain).
+
+ (b) No Message-ID:, From:, or Date: headers are added.
+
+ (c) There is no check that From: corresponds to the actual sender.
+
+ This feature may be useful when a remotely-originated message is
+ accepted, passed to some scanning program, and then re-submitted for
+ delivery. It means that all four possibilities can now be specified:
+
+ (1) Locally submitted, fixups applies: the default.
+ (2) Locally submitted, no fixups applied: use control =
+ suppress_local_fixups.
+ (3) Remotely submitted, no fixups applied: the default.
+ (4) Remotely submitted, fixups applied: use control = submission.
+
+PH/11 There is a new log selector, "unknown_in_list", which provokes a log
+ entry when the result of a list match is failure because a DNS lookup
+ failed.
+
+PH/12 There is a new variable called $smtp_command which contains the full SMTP
+ command (compare $smtp_command_argument - see PH/07 above). This makes it
+ possible to distinguish between HELO and EHLO, and also between things
+ like "MAIL FROM:<>" and "MAIL FROM: <>".
+
+TF/01 There's a new script in util/ratelimit.pl which extracts sending
+ rates from log files, to assist with choosing appropriate settings
+ when deploying the ratelimit ACL condition.
+
+PH/13 A new letter, "H", is available in retry parameter sets. It is similar
+ to "G" (geometric increasing time intervals), except that the interval
+ before the next retry is randomized. Each time, the previous interval is
+ multiplied by the factor in order to get a maximum for the next interval.
+ The mininum interval is the first argument of the parameter, and an
+ actual interval is chosen randomly between them. Such a rule has been
+ found to be helpful in cluster configurations when all the members of the
+ cluster restart at once, and may synchronize their queue processing
+ times.
+
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rate limit. Conversely, if m and p are both small then messages must be
sent at an even rate.
- The key is used to look up the data used to calcluate the client's
+ The key is used to look up the data used to calculate the client's
average sending rate. This data is stored in a database maintained by
Exim in its spool directory alongside the retry database etc. For
example, you can limit the sending rate of each authenticated user,
Each ratelimit condition can have up to two options. The first option
specifies what Exim measures the rate of, and the second specifies how
- Exim handles excessively fast clients.
+ Exim handles excessively fast clients. The options are separated by a
+ slash, like the other parameters.
The per_mail option means that it measures the client's rate of sending
messages. This is the default if none of the per_* options is specified.
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