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

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 7d8b908f81a18c638d71408d9c85179518c65082..4eb1dcb7abd8dd889bc760ce49569a607ae42d53 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 .set I   "    "
 
 .macro copyyear
 .set I   "    "
 
 .macro copyyear

-2016
+2017

 .endmacro
 
 . /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 .endmacro
 
 . /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


@@ -12607,6 +12607,13 @@ validating resolver (e.g. unbound, or bind with suitable configuration).
 If you have changed &%host_lookup_order%& so that &`bydns`& is not the first
 mechanism in the list, then this variable will be false.
 
 If you have changed &%host_lookup_order%& so that &`bydns`& is not the first
 mechanism in the list, then this variable will be false.
 

+.new
+This requires that your system resolver library support EDNS0 (and that
+DNSSEC flags exist in the system headers).  If the resolver silently drops
+all EDNS0 options, then this will have no effect.  OpenBSD's asr resolver
+is known to currently ignore EDNS0, documented in CAVEATS of asr_run(3).
+.wen
+

 
 .vitem &$sender_host_name$&
 .vindex "&$sender_host_name$&"
 
 .vitem &$sender_host_name$&
 .vindex "&$sender_host_name$&"


@@ -14665,6 +14672,7 @@ record in the authoritative section is used instead.
 .option dns_use_edns0 main integer -1
 .cindex "DNS" "resolver options"
 .cindex "DNS" "EDNS0"
 .option dns_use_edns0 main integer -1
 .cindex "DNS" "resolver options"
 .cindex "DNS" "EDNS0"

+.cindex "DNS" "OpenBSD

 If this option is set to a non-negative number then Exim will initialise the
 DNS resolver library to either use or not use EDNS0 extensions, overriding
 the system default. A value of 0 coerces EDNS0 off, a value of 1 coerces EDNS0
 If this option is set to a non-negative number then Exim will initialise the
 DNS resolver library to either use or not use EDNS0 extensions, overriding
 the system default. A value of 0 coerces EDNS0 off, a value of 1 coerces EDNS0


@@ -14672,6 +14680,12 @@ on.
 
 If the resolver library does not support EDNS0 then this option has no effect.
 
 
 If the resolver library does not support EDNS0 then this option has no effect.
 

+.new
+OpenBSD's asr resolver routines are known to ignore the EDNS0 option; this
+means that DNSSEC will not work with Exim on that platform either, unless Exim
+is linked against an alternative DNS client library.
+.wen
+

 
 .option drop_cr main boolean false
 This is an obsolete option that is now a no-op. It used to affect the way Exim
 
 .option drop_cr main boolean false
 This is an obsolete option that is now a no-op. It used to affect the way Exim


@@ -16871,6 +16885,9 @@ generates any deliveries to files or pipes, or any new mail messages, the
 appropriate &%system_filter_..._transport%& option(s) must be set, to define
 which transports are to be used. Details of this facility are given in chapter
 &<<CHAPsystemfilter>>&.
 appropriate &%system_filter_..._transport%& option(s) must be set, to define
 which transports are to be used. Details of this facility are given in chapter
 &<<CHAPsystemfilter>>&.

+.new
+A forced expansion failure results in no filter operation.
+.wen

 
 
 .option system_filter_directory_transport main string&!! unset
 
 
 .option system_filter_directory_transport main string&!! unset


@@ -28917,7 +28934,11 @@ message body.
 Cutthrough delivery is not supported via transport-filters or when DKIM signing
 of outgoing messages is done, because it sends data to the ultimate destination
 before the entire message has been received from the source.
 Cutthrough delivery is not supported via transport-filters or when DKIM signing
 of outgoing messages is done, because it sends data to the ultimate destination
 before the entire message has been received from the source.

-It is not supported for messages received with the SMTP PRDR option in use.
+It is not supported for messages received with the SMTP PRDR
+.new
+or CHUNKING
+.wen
+options in use.

 
 Should the ultimate destination system positively accept or reject the mail,
 a corresponding indication is given to the source system and nothing is queued.
 
 Should the ultimate destination system positively accept or reject the mail,
 a corresponding indication is given to the source system and nothing is queued.


@@ -29768,6 +29789,15 @@ to avoid doing it more than once per message.
 .cindex "&%verify%& ACL condition"
 This is a variation of the previous option, in which a modified address is
 verified as a sender.
 .cindex "&%verify%& ACL condition"
 This is a variation of the previous option, in which a modified address is
 verified as a sender.

+
+.new
+Note that '/' is legal in local-parts; if the address may have such
+(eg. is generated from the received message)
+they must be protected from the options parsing by doubling:
+.code
+verify = sender=${sg{${address:$h_sender:}}{/}{//}}
+.endd
+.wen

 .endlist
 
 
 .endlist
 
 


@@ -37893,9 +37923,8 @@ lock will be lost at the instant of rename.
 .next
 .vindex "&$body_linecount$&"
 If you change the number of lines in the file, the value of
 .next
 .vindex "&$body_linecount$&"
 If you change the number of lines in the file, the value of

-&$body_linecount$&, which is stored in the -H file, will be incorrect. At
-present, this value is not used by Exim, but there is no guarantee that this
-will always be the case.
+&$body_linecount$&, which is stored in the -H file, will be incorrect and can
+cause incomplete transmission of messages or undeliverable messages.

 .next
 If the message is in MIME format, you must take care not to break it.
 .next
 .next
 If the message is in MIME format, you must take care not to break it.
 .next