Proxy clarification & nit fixes.

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

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 64807899824d0b976d5fc6388182364c7c7cb6d7..2be1373b080bad1323628cb82ca012a6c0f06bf2 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
 
 . /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


@@ -12257,7 +12257,7 @@ qualified host name. See also &$smtp_active_hostname$&.
        &$proxy_local_port$& &&&
        &$proxy_session$&
 These variables are only available when built with Proxy Protocol
        &$proxy_local_port$& &&&
        &$proxy_session$&
 These variables are only available when built with Proxy Protocol

-or Socks5 support
+or SOCKS5 support.

 For details see chapter &<<SECTproxyInbound>>&.
 
 .vitem &$prdr_requested$&
 For details see chapter &<<SECTproxyInbound>>&.
 
 .vitem &$prdr_requested$&


@@ -28934,7 +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.


@@ -36059,7 +36063,7 @@ The latter can be disabled by turning off the &%outgoing_interface%& option.
 &%proxy%&: The internal (closest to the system running Exim) IP address
 of the proxy, tagged by PRX=, on the &"<="& line for a message accepted
 on a proxied connection
 &%proxy%&: The internal (closest to the system running Exim) IP address
 of the proxy, tagged by PRX=, on the &"<="& line for a message accepted
 on a proxied connection

-or the &"=>"& line for a message delivered on a proxied connection..
+or the &"=>"& line for a message delivered on a proxied connection.

 See &<<SECTproxyInbound>>& for more information.
 .next
 .cindex "log" "incoming remote port"
 See &<<SECTproxyInbound>>& for more information.
 .next
 .cindex "log" "incoming remote port"


@@ -37919,9 +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


@@ -38550,6 +38553,13 @@ recorded in an ACL (example is below).
 Use of a proxy is enabled by setting the &%hosts_proxy%&
 main configuration option to a hostlist; connections from these
 hosts will use Proxy Protocol.
 Use of a proxy is enabled by setting the &%hosts_proxy%&
 main configuration option to a hostlist; connections from these
 hosts will use Proxy Protocol.

+Exim supports both version 1 and version 2 of the Proxy Protocol and
+automatically determines which version is in use.
+
+The Proxy Protocol header is the first data received on a TCP connection
+and is inserted before any TLS-on-connect handshake from the client; Exim
+negotiates TLS between Exim-as-server and the remote client, not between
+Exim and the proxy server.

 
 The following expansion variables are usable
 (&"internal"& and &"external"& here refer to the interfaces
 
 The following expansion variables are usable
 (&"internal"& and &"external"& here refer to the interfaces