DKIM: signing with t but no x timestamp. Bug 2851

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

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 2c90ec5f3ef4bf877f999beddf30fd60e5c9e688..57b242a4e1b3e26ec2c7185c49adcf11c10269ce 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -15706,9 +15706,9 @@ the ACL once for each signature in the message.
 See section &<<SECDKIMVFY>>&.
 
 
-.option dmarc_forensic_sender main string&!! unset
-.option dmarc_history_file main string unset
-.option dmarc_tld_file main string unset
+.option dmarc_forensic_sender main string&!! unset &&&
+        dmarc_history_file main string unset &&&
+        dmarc_tld_file main string unset
 .cindex DMARC "main section options"
 These options control DMARC processing.
 See section &<<SECDMARC>>& for details.
@@ -41746,10 +41746,11 @@ name will be appended.
 .option dkim_timestamps smtp integer&!! unset
 This option controls the inclusion of timestamp information in the signature.
 If not set, no such information will be included.
-Otherwise, must be an unsigned number giving an offset in seconds from the current time
-for the expiry tag
-(eg. 1209600 for two weeks);
-both creation (t=) and expiry (x=) tags will be included.
+.new
+Otherwise, must be an unsigned number giving an offset in seconds from the
+current time for the expiry tag (e.g. 1209600 for two weeks); both creation
+(t=) and expiry (x=) tags will be included unless the offset is 0 (no expiry).
+.wen
 
 RFC 6376 lists these tags as RECOMMENDED.
 
@@ -42247,10 +42248,16 @@ 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