Docs: add info on router variable evaluation order

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

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 2dd6e44be99e69f775b15578f8dfe3633ee58403..b23f33d42d208dd8f5f5d80a4dbca3757f1c52b6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -10147,7 +10147,7 @@ newline at the very end. For the &%header%& and &%bheader%& expansion, for
 those headers that contain lists of addresses, a comma is also inserted at the
 junctions between headers. This does not happen for the &%rheader%& expansion.
 
-.cindex "tainted data"
+.cindex "tainted data" "message headers"
 When the headers are from an incoming message,
 the result of expanding any of these variables is tainted.
 
@@ -13703,7 +13703,11 @@ filter file to set values that can be tested in users' filter files. For
 example, a system filter could set a value indicating how likely it is that a
 message is junk mail.
 
-.vitem &$spam_$&&'xxx'&
+.vitem &$spam_score$& &&&
+       &$spam_score_int$& &&&
+       &$spam_bar$& &&&
+       &$spam_report$& &&&
+       &$spam_action$&
 A number of variables whose names start with &$spam$& are available when Exim
 is compiled with the content-scanning extension. For details, see section
 &<<SECTscanspamass>>&.
@@ -14093,6 +14097,10 @@ taint mode of the Perl interpreter. You are encouraged to set this
 option to a true value. To avoid breaking existing installations, it
 defaults to false.
 
+.new
+&*Note*&: This is entirely separate from Exim's tainted-data tracking.
+.wen
+
 
 .section "Calling Perl subroutines" "SECID86"
 When the configuration file includes a &%perl_startup%& option you can make use
@@ -19720,6 +19728,10 @@ Values containing a list-separator should have them doubled.
 When a router runs, the strings are evaluated in order,
 to create variables which are added to the set associated with
 the address.
+.new
+This is done immediately after all the preconditions, before the
+evaluation of the &%address_data%& option.
+.wen
 The variable is set with the expansion of the value.
 The variables can be used by the router options
 (not including any preconditions)
@@ -27358,7 +27370,7 @@ conditions:
 .ilist
 The client host must match &%auth_advertise_hosts%& (default *).
 .next
-It the &%server_advertise_condition%& option is set, its expansion must not
+If the &%server_advertise_condition%& option is set, its expansion must not
 yield the empty string, &"0"&, &"no"&, or &"false"&.
 .endlist
 
@@ -27466,7 +27478,7 @@ encode '\0user@domain.com\0pas$$word'
 .endd
 gives an incorrect answer because of the unescaped &"@"& and &"$"& characters.
 
-If you have the &%mimencode%& command installed, another way to do produce
+If you have the &%mimencode%& command installed, another way to produce
 base64-encoded strings is to run the command
 .code
 echo -e -n `\0user\0password' | mimencode
@@ -38664,6 +38676,7 @@ routing email addresses, but it does apply to &"byname"& lookups.
 client's ident port times out.
 .next
 .cindex "log" "incoming interface"
+.cindex "log" "outgoing interface"
 .cindex "log" "local interface"
 .cindex "log" "local address and port"
 .cindex "TCP/IP" "logging local address and port"
@@ -38672,7 +38685,10 @@ client's ident port times out.
 to the &"<="& line as an IP address in square brackets, tagged by I= and
 followed by a colon and the port number. The local interface and port are also
 added to other SMTP log lines, for example, &"SMTP connection from"&, to
-rejection lines, and (despite the name) to outgoing &"=>"& and &"->"& lines.
+rejection lines, and (despite the name) to outgoing
+.new
+&"=>"&, &"->"&, &"=="& and &"**"& lines.
+.wen
 The latter can be disabled by turning off the &%outgoing_interface%& option.
 .next
 .cindex log "incoming proxy address"