Log queue_time and queue_time_overall exclusive of receive time. Bug 2672

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

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 437b13df0410c4e0c62abeb2b508876f834657f2..36be62f7a1ed408be112819b4a03b8d7f4ba475c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -38672,6 +38672,7 @@ selection marked by asterisks:
 &` outgoing_port              `&  add remote port to => lines
 &`*queue_run                  `&  start and end queue runs
 &` queue_time                 `&  time on queue for one recipient
+&`*queue_time_exclusive       `&  exclude recieve time from QT times
 &` queue_time_overall         `&  time on queue for whole message
 &` pid                        `&  Exim process id
 &` pipelining                 `&  PIPELINING use, on <= and => lines
@@ -38913,18 +38914,13 @@ Delivery "L" fields have an asterisk appended if used.
 .cindex "log" "queue time"
 &%queue_time%&: The amount of time the message has been in the queue on the
 local host is logged as QT=<&'time'&> on delivery (&`=>`&) lines, for example,
-&`QT=3m45s`&. The clock starts when Exim starts to receive the message, so it
-includes reception time as well as the delivery time for the current address.
-This means that it may be longer than the difference between the arrival and
-delivery log line times, because the arrival log line is not written until the
-message has been successfully received.
+&`QT=3m45s`&.
 If millisecond logging is enabled, short times will be shown with greater
 precision, eg. &`QT=1.578s`&.
 .next
 &%queue_time_overall%&: The amount of time the message has been in the queue on
 the local host is logged as QT=<&'time'&> on &"Completed"& lines, for
-example, &`QT=3m45s`&. The clock starts when Exim starts to receive the
-message, so it includes reception time as well as the total delivery time.
+example, &`QT=3m45s`&.
 .next
 .cindex "log" "receive duration"
 &%receive_time%&: For each message, the amount of real time it has taken to