Fix negated dnslists item bug; add == and =& features, courtesy Brad

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-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.114 2006/10/03 08:54:50 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.127 2007/01/17 11:17:58 ph10 Exp $

 
 New Features in Exim
 --------------------
 
 New Features in Exim
 --------------------


@@ -8,73 +8,166 @@ Before a formal release, there may be quite a lot of detail so that people can
 test from the snapshots or the CVS before the documentation is updated. Once
 the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list.
 
 test from the snapshots or the CVS before the documentation is updated. Once
 the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list.
 

+Version 4.67
+------------
+
+ 1. There is a new log selector called smtp_no_mail, which is not included in
+    the default setting. When it is set, a line is written to the main log
+    whenever an accepted SMTP connection terminates without having issued a
+    MAIL command. This includes both the case when the connection is dropped,
+    and the case when QUIT is used. Note that it does not include cases where
+    the connection is rejected right at the start (by an ACL, or because there
+    are too many connections, or whatever). These cases already have their own
+    log lines.
+
+    The log line that is written contains the identity of the client in the
+    usual way, followed by D= and a time, which records the duration of the
+    connection. If the connection was authenticated, this fact is logged
+    exactly as it is for an incoming message, with an A= item. If the
+    connection was encrypted, CV=, DN=, and X= items may appear as they do for
+    an incoming message, controlled by the same logging options.
+
+    Finally, if any SMTP commands were issued during the connection, a C= item
+    is added to the line, listing the commands that were used. For example,
+
+      C=EHLO,QUIT
+
+    shows that the client issued QUIT straight after EHLO. If there were fewer
+    than 20 commands, they are all listed. If there were more than 20 commands,
+    the last 20 are listed, preceded by "...". However, with the default
+    setting of 10 for smtp_accep_max_nonmail, the connection will in any case
+    be aborted before 20 non-mail commands are processed.
+
+ 2. When an item in a dnslists list is followed by = and & and a list of IP
+    addresses, in order to restrict the match to specific results from the DNS
+    lookup, the behaviour was not clear when the lookup returned more than one
+    IP address. For example, consider the condition
+
+      dnslists = a.b.c=127.0.0.1
+
+    What happens if the DNS lookup for the incoming IP address yields both
+    127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.2 by means of two separate DNS records? Is the
+    condition true because at least one given value was found, or is it false
+    because at least one of the found values was not listed? And how does this
+    affect negated conditions?
+
+    The behaviour of = and & has not been changed; however, the text below
+    documents it more clearly. In addition, two new additional conditions (==
+    and =&) have been added, to permit the "other" behaviour to be configured.
+
+    A DNS lookup may yield more than one record. Thus, the result of the lookup
+    for a dnslists check may yield more than one IP address. The question then
+    arises as to whether all the looked up addresses must be listed, or whether
+    just one is good enough. Both possibilities are provided for:
+
+    . If = or & is used, the condition is true if any one of the looked up
+      IP addresses matches one of the listed addresses. Consider:
+
+        dnslists = a.b.c=127.0.0.1
+
+      If the DNS lookup yields both 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.2, the condition is
+      true because 127.0.0.1 matches.
+
+    . If == or =& is used, the condition is true only if every one of the
+      looked up IP addresses matches one of the listed addresses. Consider:
+
+        dnslists = a.b.c==127.0.0.1
+
+      If the DNS lookup yields both 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.2, the condition is
+      false because 127.0.0.2 is not listed. You would need to have
+
+        dnslists = a.b.c==127.0.0.1,127.0.0.2
+
+      for the condition to be true.
+
+    When ! is used to negate IP address matching, it inverts the result, giving
+    the precise opposite of the behaviour above. Thus:
+
+    . If != or !& is used, the condition is true if none of the looked up IP
+      addresses matches one of the listed addresses. Consider:
+
+        dnslists = a.b.c!&0.0.0.1
+
+      If the DNS lookup yields both 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.2, the condition is
+      false because 127.0.0.1 matches.
+
+    . If !== or !=& is used, the condition is true there is at least one looked
+      up IP address that does not match. Consider:
+
+        dnslists = a.b.c!=&0.0.0.1
+
+      If the DNS lookup yields both 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.2, the condition is
+      true, because 127.0.0.2 does not match. You would need to have
+
+        dnslists = a.b.c!=&0.0.0.1,0.0.0.2
+
+      for the condition to be false.
+
+    When the DNS lookup yields only a single IP address, there is no difference
+    between = and == and between & and =&.
+
+
+Version 4.66
+------------
+
+No new features were added to 4.66.
+
+
+Version 4.65
+------------
+
+No new features were added to 4.65.
+

 
 Version 4.64
 ------------
 
 
 Version 4.64
 ------------
 

-1. ACL variables can now be given arbitrary names, as long as they start with
-   "acl_c" or "acl_m" (for connection variables and message variables), are
-   at least six characters long, with the sixth character being either a digit
-   or an underscore. The rest of the name can contain alphanumeric characters
-   and underscores. This is a compatible change because the old set of
-   variables such as acl_m12 are a subset of the allowed names. There may now
-   be any number of ACL variables. For example:
-
-     set acl_c13   = value for original ACL variable
-     set acl_c13b  = whatever
-     set acl_m_foo = something
-
-   What happens if a syntactically valid but undefined ACL variable is
-   referenced depends on the setting of the strict_acl_vars option. If it is
-   false (the default), an empty string is substituted; if it is true, an error
-   is generated. This affects all ACL variables, including the "old" ones such
-   as acl_c4. (Previously there wasn't the concept of an undefined ACL
-   variable.)
-
-   The implementation has been done in such a way that spool files containing
-   ACL variable settings written by previous releases of Exim are compatible
-   and can be read by the new release. If only the original numeric names are
-   used, spool files written by the new release can be read by earlier
-   releases.
-
-2. There is a new ACL modifier called log_reject_target. It makes it possible
-   to specify which logs are used for messages about ACL rejections. Its
-   argument is a list of words which can be "main", "reject", or "panic". The
-   default is "main:reject". The list may be empty, in which case a rejection
-   is not logged at all. For example, this ACL fragment writes no logging
-   information when access is denied:
-
-     deny <some conditions>
-          log_reject_target =
-
-   The modifier can be used in SMTP and non-SMTP ACLs. It applies to both
-   permanent and temporary rejections.
-
-3. There is a new authenticator called "dovecot". This is an interface to the
-   authentication facility of the Dovecot POP/IMAP server, which can support a
-   number of authentication methods. If you are using Dovecot to authenticate
-   POP/IMAP clients, it might be helpful to use the same mechanisms for SMTP
-   authentication. This is a server authenticator only. The only option is
-   server_socket, which must specify the socket which is the interface to
-   Dovecot authentication. The public_name option must specify an
-   authentication mechanism that Dovecot is configured to support. You can have
-   several authenticators for different mechanisms. For example:
-
-     dovecot_plain:
-       driver = dovecot
-       public_name = PLAIN
-       server_name = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
-       server_setid = $auth1
-
-     dovecot_ntlm:
-       driver = dovecot
-       public_name = NTLM
-       server_name = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
-       server_setid = $auth1
-
-4. The variable $message_headers_raw provides a concatenation of all the
-   messages's headers without any decoding. This is in contrast to
-   $message_headers, which does RFC2047 encoding on the header contents.
+ 1. ACL variables can now be given arbitrary names, as long as they start with
+    "acl_c" or "acl_m" (for connection variables and message variables), are at
+    least six characters long, with the sixth character being either a digit or
+    an underscore.
+
+ 2. There is a new ACL modifier called log_reject_target. It makes it possible
+    to specify which logs are used for messages about ACL rejections.
+
+ 3. There is a new authenticator called "dovecot". This is an interface to the
+    authentication facility of the Dovecot POP/IMAP server, which can support a
+    number of authentication methods.
+
+ 4. The variable $message_headers_raw provides a concatenation of all the
+    messages's headers without any decoding. This is in contrast to
+    $message_headers, which does RFC2047 decoding on the header contents.
+
+ 5. In a DNS black list, if two domain names, comma-separated, are given, the
+    second is used first to do an initial check, making use of any IP value
+    restrictions that are set. If there is a match, the first domain is used,
+    without any IP value restrictions, to get the TXT record.
+
+ 6. All authenticators now have a server_condition option.
+
+ 7. There is a new command-line option called -Mset. It is useful only in
+    conjunction with -be (that is, when testing string expansions). It must be
+    followed by a message id; Exim loads the given message from its spool
+    before doing the expansions.
+
+ 8. Another similar new command-line option is called -bem. It operates like
+    -be except that it must be followed by the name of a file that contains a
+    message.
+
+ 9. When an address is delayed because of a 4xx response to a RCPT command, it
+    is now the combination of sender and recipient that is delayed in
+    subsequent queue runs until its retry time is reached.
+
+10. Unary negation and the bitwise logical operators and, or, xor, not, and
+    shift, have been added to the eval: and eval10: expansion items.
+
+11. The variables $interface_address and $interface_port have been renamed
+    as $received_ip_address and $received_port, to make it clear that they
+    relate to message reception rather than delivery. (The old names remain
+    available for compatibility.)
+
+12. The "message" modifier can now be used on "accept" and "discard" acl verbs
+    to vary the message that is sent when an SMTP command is accepted.

 
 
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