X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/0cf417c55570c6722e1eb1aace63843a3e281d58..870f6ba8a2945754a7f2f66097e3a64465fe1a04:/doc/doc-misc/WishList?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/doc-misc/WishList b/doc/doc-misc/WishList index a4a52a507..4f1f49e89 100644 --- a/doc/doc-misc/WishList +++ b/doc/doc-misc/WishList @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-misc/WishList,v 1.4 2004/10/27 10:47:33 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-misc/WishList,v 1.33 2005/05/12 08:26:09 ph10 Exp $ EXIM 4 WISH LIST ---------------- @@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ This would allow special handling of certain errors from certain hosts. In particular, it would allow failing of certain 4xx codes. This is now available for 4xx responses to RCPT commands. Is anything more -needed? +needed? Apparently, yes; there's been a request for a similar feature for MAIL +commands. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (148) 15-May-2000 S Warn recipient if message rejected for quota excession. @@ -577,15 +578,6 @@ size. Directory scanning is expensive; is there any scope for caching? It would seem not (you don't often get two addresses to the same user). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -(4) 01-Jan-02 S Option to reject if no From: or Date: header line - -Exim, in common with many other MTAs, inserts a From: or Date: header line if -one is missing. (It also inserts a blank Bcc:, but that is no longer needed by -RFC 2822 - it was by 822.) The suggestion is an option to give an error -instead. This could be done by making it possible to detect these insertions in -the acl_smtp_data ACL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - (6) 01-Jan-02 S Option to disable the use of -t Dave C. @@ -767,9 +759,11 @@ Client: We need a variant of 'exim -bs' which would connect to a specified host, send AUTH/ATRN, and then accept incoming messages as usual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -(50) 22-May-02 T Add comment (duplicate address) to Envelope-To: +(50) 22-May-02 S? Add comment (duplicate address) to Envelope-To: -This is just to minimize the confusion some people have. +This is just to minimize the confusion some people have. However, it is not +trivially easy to decide which to label as duplicates because of complications +with redirection. I'm not convinced it will actually reduce confusion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (51) 07-Jun-02 S Option to use another address in callout MAIL FROM @@ -880,6 +874,12 @@ cleanly. 22-Apr-04: Implemented for domains, addresses, and local parts. Hosts are too messy! + +The only sensible approach seems to be to allow IP address arguments only. +Anything else should be diagnosed as an error. However, if a name appears in +the list, a PTR lookup should be done. This may require a lot of refactoring +in the code, because of the current assumption that were are (almost) always +dealing with THE sending host. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (74) 22-Jul-02 M Extend -bV to do more semantic checking @@ -1319,6 +1319,10 @@ done.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (202) 10-Oct-03 S -bvsomething to do a callout after the verify + +For example: -bvc and -bvsc. The problem now (Nov 04) is that there are quite a +few possible callout options that can be specified in an ACL, and they would +have to be replicated here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (203) 14-Oct-03 S verify=something to easily check for header presence @@ -1372,7 +1376,9 @@ Unfortunately, this isn't quite as trivial as it seems. (215) 14-Nov-03 S A way of turning off message-submission fix-ups Globally, and perhaps also via an ACL control so that it can be done on a -per-message basis. +per-message basis. Is this still needed? Since this item was added to this +list, default fixups for non-local messages have been removed, and control = +submission has been added. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (215) 26-Nov-03 M/L Conversion of IDNA domain names for logging @@ -1413,14 +1419,10 @@ be able to set variables in routers like in acl's." This is effectively a radical suggestion for a complete re-design, and is therefore BIG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -(222) 19-Dec-03 S Iterative option for dnsdb - -A way of getting a dnsdb lookup to chop off components until something is -found: e.g. ${lookup dndsb-i{ns=a.b.c.d}} would look for nameservers for -a.b.c.d, then b.c.d, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - (223) 22-Dec-03 S Support SOA lookup in dnsdb lookups + +This could be like zns, and climb up the tree till it hits a zone. Would the +name of the zone be required? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (225) 22-Dec-03 M Add acl= to routers @@ -1474,7 +1476,8 @@ and last item with ease; doing this using {if ...} would be quite difficult!" (230) 30-Jan-04 M Find IP addresses of a domain's nameservers This needs some way of processing a list of things in a similar way, which -should perhaps be a more general facility. +should perhaps be a more general facility. // This can now be done using the +list facilities of dnsdb; verbose, but it can be done. // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (231) 30-Jan-04 ? -C has a number of problems when used for real @@ -1493,7 +1496,9 @@ course, security issues. This is not something I want to go into at present. (235) 02-Feb-04 T Make smtp_accept_count available as a variable This is for use in ACLs. Of course, it is a snapshot of the count at the -start of the receiving process. +start of the receiving process. As such, it could be confusing because if a +connection lasts a long time, the "true" value could be very different. For +this reason, I don't really like this idea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (236) 02-Feb-04 S String in local_scan that's added to the binary version string @@ -1520,7 +1525,8 @@ library, because there's no crypto code in Exim itself. (240) 23-Feb-04 ? Some way to know if a ip is a mx for a given domain Some kind of iterative operation for dnsdb might be a general way of providing -this. +this. // This can now be done using the list facilities of dnsdb; verbose, but +it can be done. // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (242) 01-Mar-04 ? Run a filter from an expansion condition @@ -1601,14 +1607,6 @@ A modifier that sets a delay between lines for multiline responses. Given that pids are reused non-cyclically these days, is this actually useful? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -(269) 26-May-04 U Run both a system and a user filter in test mode - - exim -bF systemfilter -bf userfilter -f sender@dom < message - -This would allow testing the way the userfilter handles the system -variables set by the systemfilter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - (270) 01-Jun-04 M Add headers at top and middle Various initiatives like SPF and DomainKeys require header lines to be added @@ -1661,7 +1659,8 @@ Similar to the bounce and delivery warn message files. (280) 23-Jun-04 M A way of adding a header line after callout defer_ok This would record that, e.g., a sender domain verified, but the callout -could not be done. +could not be done. There are ways of fudging this, using ACL variables and +"warn" statements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (285) 16-Jul-04 M Separate and independent log_selector for rejectlog @@ -1716,7 +1715,7 @@ include sockets as well as TCP/IP connections. Also, people want to make use of AUTH during the callout checking, on all types of connection. I suppose that means making TLS available as well. This probably means a rewrite of the code that actually does the callout. Should we use the relevant transport in a new -"callout" mode instead of keeping things separate? See also 253. +"callout" mode instead of keeping things separate? See also 253 and 323. And here's another submitted idea: "My actual suggestion is that if this model is followed, the parent process doesn't have to stop the callout process if it @@ -1731,28 +1730,210 @@ callout cache in time for the sender's next attempt." What about ** lines? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -(298) 25-Oct-04 S Debugging the daemon process only - -When there are daemon problems (e.g. it dies) it would be helpful to be able to -turn on debugging that did not get passed on to any subprocesses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - (299) 25-Oct-04 S Options to make Sieve "keep" pass to next router Currently, "keep" saves in the mailbox. Probably need two options, for implicit and explicit keep commands. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -(300) 25-Oct-04 S Option to lock out Sieve or Exim filter - -Currently, if allow_filter is set, either kind of filter is permitted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - (301) 27-Oct-04 M Use an "ACL" to filter logging This idea was for ACL syntax to be able to "accept" or "deny" individual log lines. This would make it possible to have, for example, per-host logging for certain things. See also 15 above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- HWM 301 ------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(302) 28-Oct-04 M Expand pass_router and redirect_router + +Doing this would mean postponing the validity checks till the router was +actually used instead of doing them at start up. It does not seem to be a +facility that will be widely used. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(303) 28-Oct-04 M Support SQL relay + +This would make it easier for packagers to support "generic SQL" without having +to choose which one. It can be slotted in using a MySQL interface without +modifying Exim, but native support would be nice. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(304) 02-Nov-04 M A way of seeing the whole message in Perl or ${run + +At present, the headers are available in $message_headers, but only part of +the body is visible. The only way to pass the whole body would be as a file +descriptor because it can be very large. See also (42). +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(305) 02-Nov-04 M A Perl transport + +The suggestion here is that an embedded Perl function takes responsibility for +doing the delivery. I am not at all keen on this. One way of doing it would be +to implement (244), which provides an "on success" string expansion. Then +anyone who wants this could run that on a transport that does nothing. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(306) 09-Nov-04 M Make the search type partial-lsearch*@ be useful + +At present, it treats the whole key as a domain for the partial search, then +does the *@ thing. A more sensible plan would be something like: + + user@company.com + *@company.com + user@*.company.com + *@*.company.com + * + +That is, try the local part and * at each of the partial domain values. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(307) 24-Nov-04 S Check the syntax of Message-ID: header lines + +This could be added to "verify=header_syntax" or, if the incompatibility is +felt to be too great, an additional condition, or a sub-option, could be added. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(308) 24-Nov-04 S Add $body_longlinecount and $header_longlinecount + +These variables would hold the number of physical lines in the body and header +that were longer than 998 bytes. This would be fiddly to implement because of +the way Exim currently reads the input. It isn't just a trivial patch. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(309) 01-Dec-04 S/M Queue runners should get locks before forking + +If a queue-runner opened the -D file and took out the lock before forking, it +would waste fewer resources if the message was already being delivered. But how +often would this actually matter in practice? +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(310) 06-Dec-04 S After "personal" save what matched + +The idea is to save the email address that actually was found in the message +in a variable so it can be used (e.g. as the From: address in an autoreply). +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(311) 07-Dec-04 ? More flexible SMTP response codes + +The requestor wanted to be able to specify, for example, 551 in an ACL deny +instead of 550, and also vary the defer code. The first digit, however, should +remain fixed. In addition to main codes, enhanced status codes (RFC 2034) were +requested. (As far as I can tell, they have never been highly popular.) +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(312) 10-Dec-04 ? Shadow remote transports + +Unless a lot of work is done, this would be restricted to another remote +transport. A similar effect could therefore be achieved with "shadow_hosts" +which are like fallback_hosts but which operate on success. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(313) 21-Jan-05 ? Multiple queues + +Exim runs poorly if its queue gets too big. Various ways round this are all +to some extent kludges. There has been a suggestion of using multiple +directories instead of just "input". (Originally it was for a whole set of +spool directories, but that introduces complications with the hint files.) +On message arrival, somehow a selection of "input" must be made. Then queue +runners must be startable for the different "queues". Don't forget that the +"msglog" directory is also involved. Perhaps add a new level of indirection: +/var/spool/exim/queue1/{input,msglog}, /var/spool/exim/queue2/.... +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(314) 15-Feb-05 M Multiple headers_{add,remove} for routers + +If headers_{add,remove} could be specified multiple times, it would be easier +for those people that construct configs using .ifdef or .include, etc. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(315) 15-Feb-05 M String variables for use in filters. + +Currently, only numerical variables are supported. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(316) 21-Feb-05 M Put callout response into a variable + +When a callout fails, put the entire SMTP response into a variable. This is not +trivial because we probably should retain it in the cache as well. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(317) 25-Feb-05 S Delete the pid file when the daemon exits + +At least try to catch some of the exit routes from the daemon and either delete +or empty the pid file. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(318) 02-Mar-05 S Add current connection count to daemon's exiwhat output +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(319) 03-Mar-05 ? Allow file rather than directory for scanning call + +"I can call arbitrary scanning software by specifying the full path. I can pass +a directory to be scanned in the arguments. I'd like to be able to pass a +specific file name instead of a directory. I think this would allow me to call +Bogofilter at smtp time. Bogofilter requires a filename, not a directory. The +file would contain the complete email. I suppose there may be other scanning +solutions with a similar requirement." +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(320) 03-Mar-05 T Options to control daemon retry binding + +Currently the daemon tries 10 times at 30-second intervals to listen on an IP +address. The wish is for options to control these numbers. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(321) 07-Mar-05 S Run an ACL on a sync error + +... and possibly "accept" or "deny" it. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(322) 15-Mar-05 M Add a /defer_ok option to verify=reverse_host_lookup +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(323) 15-Mar-05 M Make callouts use smtp_data from the smtp transport + +This is yet another problem caused by duplicating the SMTP code between the +transport and the callout verification. See item 294 above. Merging the +transport and the callout code could prevent this kind of thing from happening. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(324) 04-Apr-05 ? Make -bP show ACLs + +This is in the Bugzilla as #10. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(325) 28-Apr-05 ? Support for quotas over 2G in appendfile. + +Things get bigger far more quickly than I ever imagine... +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(326) 03-May-05 ? Queue-only on memory shortage + +This is bugzilla #17. The idea is to have something like queue_only_load that +triggers on a shortage of main memory. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(327) 06-May-05 ? Break delay if connection drops + +Currently, "delay=5m" (e.g.) waits for 5 minutes. If we can detect that the +connection has died in the meantime, it would make sense to break the delay. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(328) 10-May-05 S After "unseen" routing, pass on header additions/deletions + +Currently, when an "unseen" router accepts an address, header additions and +deletions stick with that address, and the "clone" address that continues to be +routed starts off without any additions or removals. This request is for an +option to select other actions: retain header actions with the clone only, or +pass them on to both addresses. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(329) 12-May-05 S Create message ID at MAIL FROM time + +Currently, the ID is created only when Exim is about to create the data (-D) +file for an incoming message. In other words, after it knows it really is going +to accept the message. Creating the ID earlier would mean that rejection +messages in the log would be tagged with an ID, and this is seen as desirable +by some people. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +--- HWM 329 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- End of WishList ---------------------------------