Logging: millisecond timestamps. Bug 2102

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

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 4a239b73c9c33d58edaeb918bf1735b32c28cd7f..a4b1926ecfa3dede4b7755768bb9ebe518de0c35 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -12793,6 +12793,15 @@ argument, that is, the text that follows the command name, with leading white
 space removed. Following the introduction of &$smtp_command$&, this variable is
 somewhat redundant, but is retained for backwards compatibility.
 
+.new
+.vitem &$smtp_command_history$&
+.cindex SMTP "command history"
+.vindex "&$smtp_command_history$&"
+A comma-separated list (with no whitespace) of the most-recent SMTP commands
+received, in time-order left to right.  Only a limited number of commands
+are remembered.
+.wen
+
 .vitem &$smtp_count_at_connection_start$&
 .vindex "&$smtp_count_at_connection_start$&"
 This variable is set greater than zero only in processes spawned by the Exim
@@ -19469,6 +19478,10 @@ instead of TRY_AGAIN. That is why the default action is to try a DNS
 lookup first. Only if that gives a definite &"no such host"& is the local
 function called.
 
+&*Compatibility*&: From Exim 4.85 until fixed for 4.90, there was an
+inadvertent constraint that a transport name as an option had to be the last
+option specified.
+
 
 
 If no IP address for a host can be found, what happens is controlled by the
@@ -36105,6 +36118,7 @@ selection marked by asterisks:
 &` incoming_interface         `&  local interface on <= and => lines
 &` incoming_port              `&  remote port on <= lines
 &`*lost_incoming_connection   `&  as it says (includes timeouts)
+&` millisec                   `&  millisecond timestamps
 &` outgoing_interface         `&  local interface on => lines
 &` outgoing_port              `&  add remote port to => lines
 &`*queue_run                  `&  start and end queue runs
@@ -36269,6 +36283,14 @@ important with the widening use of NAT (see RFC 2505).
 &%lost_incoming_connection%&: A log line is written when an incoming SMTP
 connection is unexpectedly dropped.
 .next
+.new
+.cindex "log" "millisecond timestamps"
+.cindex millisecond logging
+.cindex timstamps "millisecond, in logs"
+&%millisec%&: Timestamps have a period and three decimal places of finer granularity
+appended to the seconds value.
+.wen
+.next
 .cindex "log" "outgoing interface"
 .cindex "log" "local interface"
 .cindex "log" "local address and port"