Docs: expand SRS info

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

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 7ac7f5bdaa1ec5da9b766e3585814b927628f8d0..493c094cde59c939d584bfa8e955ec512d01b3ab 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -36461,8 +36461,6 @@ other MTAs, the way Exim handles line endings for all messages is now as
 follows:
 
 .ilist
-LF not preceded by CR is treated as a line ending.
-.next
 CR is treated as a line ending; if it is immediately followed by LF, the LF
 is ignored.
 .next
@@ -36477,7 +36475,10 @@ people trying to play silly games.
 .next
 If the first header line received in a message ends with CRLF, a subsequent
 bare LF in a header line is treated in the same way as a bare CR in a header
-line.
+line and a bare LF in a body line is replaced with a space.
+.next
+If the first header line received in a message does not end with CRLF, a subsequent
+LF not preceded by CR is treated as a line ending.
 .endlist
 
 
@@ -39060,7 +39061,7 @@ selection marked by asterisks:
 .irow &`deliver_time`&                   "time taken to attempt delivery"
 .irow &`delivery_size`&                          "add &`S=`&&'nnn'& to => lines"
 .irow &`dkim`&                         *       "DKIM verified domain on <= lines"
-.irow &`dkim_verbose`&                 &nbsp; "separate full DKIM verification result line, per signature"
+.irow &`dkim_verbose`&                 &nbsp; "separate full DKIM verification result line, per signature; DKIM signing"
 .irow &`dnslist_defer`&                        *       "defers of DNS list (aka RBL) lookups"
 .irow &`dnssec`&                       &nbsp; "DNSSEC secured lookups"
 .irow &`etrn`&                         *       "ETRN commands"
@@ -39186,6 +39187,10 @@ verifies successfully a tag of DKIM is added, with one of the verified domains.
 .cindex log "DKIM verification"
 .cindex DKIM "verification logging"
 &%dkim_verbose%&: A log entry is written for each attempted DKIM verification.
+.new
+Also, on message delivery lines signing information (domain and selector)
+is added, tagged with DKIM=.
+.wen
 .next
 .cindex "log" "dnslist defer"
 .cindex "DNS list" "logging defer"
@@ -42242,10 +42247,16 @@ The lookup will return the same result strings as can appear in
 
 .subsection "SRS (Sender Rewriting Scheme)" SECTSRS
 .cindex SRS "sender rewriting scheme"
+.cindex VERP "variable envelope return path"
 
 SRS can be used to modify sender addresses when forwarding so that
 SPF verification does not object to them.
-It operates by encoding the original envelope sender in a new
+It can also be used to identify a received bounce message as
+likely (or not) having been trigged by a message from the
+local system, and for identifying dead addresses in mailing lists.
+It is one implementation of a VERP (Variable Envelope Return Path) method.
+
+SRS operates by encoding the original envelope sender in a new
 sender local part and using a domain run by the forwarding site
 as the new domain for the sender.  Any DSN message should be returned
 to this new sender at the forwarding site, which can extract the