in chapter &<<CHAPinterfaces>>&. When &%-oX%& is used to start a daemon, no pid
file is written unless &%-oP%& is also present to specify a pid filename.
+.new
+.vitem &%-oY%&
+.oindex &%-oY%&
+.cindex "daemon notifier socket"
+This option controls the creation of an inter-process communications endpoint
+by the Exim daemon.
+It is only relevant when the &%-bd%& (start listening daemon) option is also
+given.
+Normally the daemon creates this socket, unless a &%-oX%& and &*no*& &%-oP%&
+option is also present.
+If this option is given then the socket will not be created. This could be
+required if the system is running multiple daemons.
+
+The socket is currently used for
+.ilist
+fast ramp-up of queue runner processes
+.next
+obtaining a current queue size
+.endlist
+.wen
+
.vitem &%-pd%&
.oindex "&%-pd%&"
.cindex "Perl" "starting the interpreter"
The lookup type may optionally be followed by a comma
and a comma-separated list of options.
Each option is a &"name=value"& pair.
-Whether an option is meaningful depands on the lookup type.
+Whether an option is meaningful depends on the lookup type.
All lookups support the option &"cache=no_rd"&.
If this is given then the cache that Exim manages for lookup results
-is not checked before diong the lookup.
+is not checked before doing the lookup.
The result of the lookup is still written to the cache.
.wen
.section "Local part lists" "SECTlocparlis"
.cindex "list" "local part list"
.cindex "local part" "list"
+These behave in the same way as domain and host lists, with the following
+changes:
+
Case-sensitivity in local part lists is handled in the same way as for address
lists, as just described. The &"+caseful"& item can be used if required. In a
setting of the &%local_parts%& option in a router with &%caseful_local_part%&
is done by calling the &[stat()]& function. The use of the &%exists%& test in
users' filter files may be locked out by the system administrator.
+.new
+&*Note:*& Testing a path using this condition is not a sufficient way of
+de-tainting it.
+.wen
+
.vitem &*first_delivery*&
.cindex "delivery" "first"
.cindex "first delivery"
.cindex "spool" "number of messages"
This variable contains the number of messages queued.
It is evaluated on demand, but no more often than once every minute.
+If there is no daemon notifier socket open, the value will be
+an empty string.
.vitem &$r_...$&
.vindex &$r_...$&
The option is expanded before use.
If the platform supports Linux-style abstract socket names, the result
is used with a nul byte prefixed.
-Otherwise, it should be a full path name and use a directory accessible
+Otherwise,
+.new "if nonempty,"
+it should be a full path name and use a directory accessible
to Exim.
-If the Exim command line uses a &%-oX%& option and does not use &%-oP%&
+.new
+If this option is set as empty,
+or the command line &%-oY%& option is used, or
+.wen
+the command line uses a &%-oX%& option and does not use &%-oP%&,
then a notifier socket is not created.
.cindex "TLS" SNI
.cindex SNI "setting in client"
.vindex "&$tls_sni$&"
-If this option is set then it sets the $tls_out_sni variable and causes any
+If this option is set
+.new
+and the connection is not DANE-validated
+.wen
+then it sets the $tls_out_sni variable and causes any
TLS session to pass this value as the Server Name Indication extension to
the remote side, which can be used by the remote side to select an appropriate
certificate and private key for the session.
only point of caution. The &$tls_out_sni$& variable will be set to this string
for the lifetime of the client connection (including during authentication).
+.new
+If DAVE validated the connection attempt then the value of the &%tls_sni%& option
+is forced to the domain part of the recipient address.
+.wen
+
Except during SMTP client sessions, if &$tls_in_sni$& is set then it is a string
received from a client.
It can be logged with the &%log_selector%& item &`+tls_sni`&.
It also allows the server to declare (implicitly) that connections to it should use TLS. An MITM could simply
fail to pass on a server's STARTTLS.
-DANE scales better than having to maintain (and side-channel communicate) copies of server certificates
+DANE scales better than having to maintain (and communicate via side-channel) copies of server certificates
for every possible target server. It also scales (slightly) better than having to maintain on an SMTP
client a copy of the standard CAs bundle. It also means not having to pay a CA for certificates.
tls_verify_certificates
tls_crl
tls_verify_cert_hostnames
+ tls_sni
.endd
If DANE is not usable, whether requested or not, and CA-anchored
&'reject '& The DMARC check failed and the library recommends rejecting the email.
&'quarantine '& The DMARC check failed and the library recommends keeping it for further inspection.
&'none '& The DMARC check passed and the library recommends no specific action, neutral.
-&'norecord '& No policy section in the DMARC record for this sender domain.
+&'norecord '& No policy section in the DMARC record for this RFC5322.From field
&'nofrom '& Unable to determine the domain of the sender.
&'temperror '& Library error or dns error.
&'off '& The DMARC check was disabled for this email.
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