Add control=no_pipelining.

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-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.128 2007/01/18 15:35:42 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.131 2007/01/30 11:45:20 ph10 Exp $
 
 New Features in Exim
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@@ -175,6 +175,34 @@ Version 4.67
     preference order for the cipher algorithms. The first one in the client's
     list that is also advertised by the server is tried first.
 
+ 4. There is a new compile-time option called ENABLE_DISABLE_FSYNC. You must
+    not set this option unless you really, really, really understand what you
+    are doing. No pre-compiled distributions of Exim should ever set this
+    option. When it is set, Exim compiles a runtime option called
+    disable_fsync. If this is set true, Exim no longer calls fsync() to force
+    updated files' data to be written to disc. Unexpected events such as
+    crashes and power outages may cause data to be lost or scrambled. Beware.
+
+    When ENABLE_DISABLE_FSYNC is not set, a reference to disable_fsync in a
+    runtime configuration generates an "unknown option" error.
+
+ 5. There is a new variable called $smtp_count_at_connection_start. The name
+    is deliberately long, in order to emphasize what the contents are. This
+    variable is set greater than zero only in processes spawned by the Exim
+    daemon for handling incoming SMTP connections. When the daemon accepts a
+    new connection, it increments this variable. A copy of the variable is
+    passed to the child process that handles the connection, but its value is
+    fixed, and never changes. It is only an approximation of how many incoming
+    connections there actually are, because many other connections may come and
+    go while a single connection is being processed. When a child process
+    terminates, the daemon decrements the variable.
+
+ 6. There's a new control called no_pipelining, which does what its name
+    suggests. It turns off the advertising of the PIPELINING extension to SMTP.
+    To be useful, this control must be obeyed before Exim sends its response to
+    an EHLO command. Therefore, it should normally appear in an ACL controlled
+    by acl_smtp_connect or acl_smtp_helo.
+
 
 Version 4.66
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