X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/b677cf473d181346393a357ca8336c223f5cdabe..e3090e6b15f8c437d700898cbc58120781be5173:/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 6022d7642..316860aae 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -6742,11 +6742,11 @@ Exim variables you need to construct the database query. For the string-expansion kind of lookups, the query is given in the first bracketed argument of the &${lookup ...}$& expansion. -For the list-argument kind of lookup the quury is given by the remainder of the +For the list-argument kind of lookup the query is given by the remainder of the list item after the first semicolon. .cindex "tainted data" "quoting for lookups" -If tainted data is used in the query then it should be quuted by +If tainted data is used in the query then it should be quoted by using the &*${quote_*&<&'lookup-type'&>&*:*&<&'string'&>&*}*& expansion operator appropriate for the lookup. .endlist @@ -8156,13 +8156,20 @@ option, you can still update it by a query of this form: ${lookup pgsql,servers=master/db/name/pw {UPDATE ...} } .endd -An older syntax places the servers specification before the query, +.new +A now-deprecated syntax places the servers specification before the query, semicolon separated: .code ${lookup mysql{servers=master; UPDATE ...} } .endd -The new version avoids potential issues with tainted -arguments in the query, for explicit expansion. +The new version avoids issues with tainted +arguments explicitly expanded as part of the query. +The entire string within the braces becomes tainted, +including the server sepcification - which is not permissible. +If the older sytax is used, a warning message will be logged. +This syntax will be removed in a future release. +.wen + &*Note*&: server specifications in list-style lookups are still problematic. @@ -8339,6 +8346,9 @@ type of match and is given below as the &*value*& information. .section "Expansion of lists" "SECTlistexpand" .cindex "expansion" "of lists" Each list is expanded as a single string before it is used. +.cindex "tainted data" tracking +&*Note*&: As a result, if any componend was tainted then the +entire result string becomes tainted. &'Exception: the router headers_remove option, where list-item splitting is done before string-expansion.'& @@ -9534,6 +9544,9 @@ start of a portion of the string that is interpreted and replaced as described below in section &<>& onwards. Backslash is used as an escape character, as described in the following section. +.cindex "tainted data" tracking +If any porttion of the result string is tainted, the entire result is. + Whether a string is expanded depends upon the context. Usually this is solely dependent upon the option for which a value is sought; in this documentation, options for which string expansion is performed are marked with † after @@ -14959,6 +14972,7 @@ See also the &'Policy controls'& section above. .row &%dsn_advertise_hosts%& "advertise DSN extensions to these hosts" .row &%ignore_fromline_hosts%& "allow &""From ""& from these hosts" .row &%ignore_fromline_local%& "allow &""From ""& from local SMTP" +.row &%limits_advertise_hosts%& "advertise LIMITS to these hosts" .row &%pipelining_advertise_hosts%& "advertise pipelining to these hosts" .row &%pipelining_connect_advertise_hosts%& "advertise pipelining to these hosts" .row &%prdr_enable%& "advertise PRDR to all hosts" @@ -15706,9 +15720,9 @@ the ACL once for each signature in the message. See section &<>&. -.option dmarc_forensic_sender main string&!! unset -.option dmarc_history_file main string unset -.option dmarc_tld_file main string unset +.option dmarc_forensic_sender main string&!! unset &&& + dmarc_history_file main string unset &&& + dmarc_tld_file main string unset .cindex DMARC "main section options" These options control DMARC processing. See section &<>& for details. @@ -16543,6 +16557,18 @@ has been built with LDAP support. +.new +.option limits_advertise_hosts main "host list&!!" * +.cindex LIMITS "suppressing advertising" +.cindex "ESMTP extensions" LIMITS +This option can be used to suppress the advertisement of the SMTP +LIMITS extension (RFC 9422) to specific hosts. +If permitted, Exim as a servier will advertise in the EHLO response +the limit for RCPT commands set by the &%recipients_max%& option (if it is set) +and the limit for MAIL commands set by the &%smtp_accept_max_per_connection%& +option. +,wen + .option local_from_check main boolean true .cindex "&'Sender:'& header line" "disabling addition of" .cindex "&'From:'& header line" "disabling checking of" @@ -16640,15 +16666,21 @@ See also the ACL modifier &`control = suppress_local_fixups`&. Section .option localhost_number main string&!! unset .cindex "host" "locally unique number for" .cindex "message ids" "with multiple hosts" +.cindex multiple "systems sharing a spool" +.cindex "multiple hosts" "sharing a spool" +.cindex "shared spool directory" +.cindex "spool directory" sharing .vindex "&$localhost_number$&" Exim's message ids are normally unique only within the local host. If -uniqueness among a set of hosts is required, each host must set a different +uniqueness among a set of hosts is required +(eg. because they share a spool directory), +each host must set a different value for the &%localhost_number%& option. The string is expanded immediately after reading the configuration file (so that a number can be computed from the host name, for example) and the result of the expansion must be a number in the range 0&--16 (or 0&--10 on operating systems with case-insensitive file systems). This is available in subsequent string expansions via the variable -&$localhost_number$&. When &%localhost_number is set%&, the final two +&$localhost_number$&. When &%localhost_number%& is set, the final four characters of the message id, instead of just being a fractional part of the time, are computed from the time and the local host number as described in section &<>&. @@ -17440,16 +17472,26 @@ or if the message was submitted locally (not using TCP/IP), and the &%-bnq%& option was not set. -.option recipients_max main integer 50000 +.option recipients_max main integer&!! 50000 .cindex "limit" "number of recipients" .cindex "recipient" "maximum number" -If this option is set greater than zero, it specifies the maximum number of +If the value resulting from expanding this option +is set greater than zero, it specifies the maximum number of original recipients for any message. Additional recipients that are generated by aliasing or forwarding do not count. SMTP messages get a 452 response for all recipients over the limit; earlier recipients are delivered as normal. Non-SMTP messages with too many recipients are failed, and no deliveries are done. +.new +For SMTP message the expansion is done after the connection is +accepted (but before any SMTP conversation) and may depend on +the IP addresses and port numbers of the connection. +&*Note*&: If an expansion is used for the option, +care should be taken that a resonable value results for +non-SMTP messages. +.wen + .cindex "RCPT" "maximum number of incoming" &*Note*&: The RFCs specify that an SMTP server should accept at least 100 RCPT commands in a single message. @@ -25337,6 +25379,13 @@ over a single TCP/IP connection. If the value is zero, there is no limit. For testing purposes, this value can be overridden by the &%-oB%& command line option. +.new +.cindex "ESMTP extensions" LIMITS +If the peer advertises a LIMITS extension with a MAILMAX value, +and either TLSS is in use or was not advertised, +that value also constrains the result of this option. +.wen + .option dane_require_tls_ciphers smtp string&!! unset .cindex "TLS" "requiring specific ciphers for DANE" @@ -25913,11 +25962,20 @@ each set of addresses is treated independently, and so can cause parallel connections to the same host if &%remote_max_parallel%& permits this. +.new +.cindex "ESMTP extensions" LIMITS +If the peer advertises a LIMITS extension with a RCPTMAX value, +and either TLSS is in use or was not advertised, +that value also constrains the result of this option +and no parallel connections will be caused on meeting the RCPTMAX limit. +.wen + .option message_linelength_limit smtp integer 998 .cindex "line length" limit This option sets the maximum line length, in bytes, that the transport will send. Any messages with lines exceeding the given value +(before a transport filter, if any) will fail and a failure-DSN ("bounce") message will if possible be returned to the sender. The default value is that defined by the SMTP standards. @@ -25943,6 +26001,14 @@ If the connection is DANE-enabled then this option is ignored; only messages having the domain used for the DANE TLSA lookup are sent on the connection. +.new +.cindex "ESMTP extensions" LIMITS +If the peer advertises a LIMITS extension with a RCPTDOMAINMAX value, +and either TLSS is in use or was not advertised, +this option is regarded as being false. +.wen + + .option port smtp string&!! "see below" .cindex "port" "sending TCP/IP" .cindex "TCP/IP" "setting outgoing port" @@ -36454,8 +36520,6 @@ other MTAs, the way Exim handles line endings for all messages is now as follows: .ilist -LF not preceded by CR is treated as a line ending. -.next CR is treated as a line ending; if it is immediately followed by LF, the LF is ignored. .next @@ -36470,7 +36534,10 @@ people trying to play silly games. .next If the first header line received in a message ends with CRLF, a subsequent bare LF in a header line is treated in the same way as a bare CR in a header -line. +line and a bare LF in a body line is replaced with a space. +.next +If the first header line received in a message does not end with CRLF, a subsequent +LF not preceded by CR is treated as a line ending. .endlist @@ -39053,7 +39120,7 @@ selection marked by asterisks: .irow &`deliver_time`&   "time taken to attempt delivery" .irow &`delivery_size`&   "add &`S=`&&'nnn'& to => lines" .irow &`dkim`& * "DKIM verified domain on <= lines" -.irow &`dkim_verbose`&   "separate full DKIM verification result line, per signature" +.irow &`dkim_verbose`&   "separate full DKIM verification result line, per signature; DKIM signing" .irow &`dnslist_defer`& * "defers of DNS list (aka RBL) lookups" .irow &`dnssec`&   "DNSSEC secured lookups" .irow &`etrn`& * "ETRN commands" @@ -39097,7 +39164,7 @@ selection marked by asterisks: .irow &`tls_peerdn`&   "TLS peer DN on <= and => lines" .irow &`tls_resumption`&   "append * to cipher field" .irow &`tls_sni`&   "TLS SNI on <= lines" -.irow &`unknown_in_list`&   "DNS lookup failed in list match" +.irow &`unknown_in_list`&   "lookup failed in list match" .irow &`all`&   "&*all of the above*&" .endtable See also the &%slow_lookup_log%& main configuration option, @@ -39179,6 +39246,10 @@ verifies successfully a tag of DKIM is added, with one of the verified domains. .cindex log "DKIM verification" .cindex DKIM "verification logging" &%dkim_verbose%&: A log entry is written for each attempted DKIM verification. +.new +Also, on message delivery lines signing information (domain and selector) +is added, tagged with DKIM=. +.wen .next .cindex "log" "dnslist defer" .cindex "DNS list" "logging defer" @@ -39516,7 +39587,8 @@ added to the log line, preceded by SNI=. .next .cindex "log" "DNS failure in list" &%unknown_in_list%&: This setting causes a log entry to be written when the -result of a list match is failure because a DNS lookup failed. +result of a list match is failure because a DNS lookup failed, or because +a bad IP address was in the list. .endlist @@ -41733,10 +41805,11 @@ name will be appended. .option dkim_timestamps smtp integer&!! unset This option controls the inclusion of timestamp information in the signature. If not set, no such information will be included. -Otherwise, must be an unsigned number giving an offset in seconds from the current time -for the expiry tag -(eg. 1209600 for two weeks); -both creation (t=) and expiry (x=) tags will be included. +.new +Otherwise, must be an unsigned number giving an offset in seconds from the +current time for the expiry tag (e.g. 1209600 for two weeks); both creation +(t=) and expiry (x=) tags will be included unless the offset is 0 (no expiry). +.wen RFC 6376 lists these tags as RECOMMENDED. @@ -42234,10 +42307,16 @@ The lookup will return the same result strings as can appear in .subsection "SRS (Sender Rewriting Scheme)" SECTSRS .cindex SRS "sender rewriting scheme" +.cindex VERP "variable envelope return path" SRS can be used to modify sender addresses when forwarding so that SPF verification does not object to them. -It operates by encoding the original envelope sender in a new +It can also be used to identify a received bounce message as +likely (or not) having been trigged by a message from the +local system, and for identifying dead addresses in mailing lists. +It is one implementation of a VERP (Variable Envelope Return Path) method. + +SRS operates by encoding the original envelope sender in a new sender local part and using a domain run by the forwarding site as the new domain for the sender. Any DSN message should be returned to this new sender at the forwarding site, which can extract the