Added $max_received_linelength.

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-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.126 2007/01/15 15:59:22 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.152 2007/06/22 14:38:58 ph10 Exp $

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


@@ -8,35 +8,149 @@ 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 4.68
+------------
+
+ 1. The body_linecount and body_zerocount C variables are now exported in the
+    local_scan API.
+
+ 2. When a dnslists lookup succeeds, the key that was looked up is now placed
+    in $dnslist_matched. When the key is an IP address, it is not reversed in
+    this variable (though it is, of course, in the actual lookup). In simple
+    cases, for example:
+
+      deny dnslists = spamhaus.example
+
+    the key is also available in another variable (in this case,
+    $sender_host_address). In more complicated cases, however, this is not
+    true. For example, using a data lookup might generate a dnslists lookup
+    like this:
+
+      deny dnslists = spamhaus.example/<|192.168.1.2|192.168.6.7|...
+
+    If this condition succeeds, the value in $dnslist_matched might be
+    192.168.6.7 (for example).
+
+ 3. Authenticators now have a client_condition option. When Exim is running as
+    a client, it skips an authenticator whose client_condition expansion yields
+    "0", "no", or "false". This can be used, for example, to skip plain text
+    authenticators when the connection is not encrypted by a setting such as:
+
+      client_condition = ${if !eq{$tls_cipher}{}}
+
+    Note that the 4.67 documentation states that $tls_cipher contains the
+    cipher used for incoming messages. In fact, during SMTP delivery, it
+    contains the cipher used for the delivery. The same is true for
+    $tls_peerdn.
+
+ 4. There is now a -Mvc <message-id> option, which outputs a copy of the
+    message to the standard output, in RFC 2822 format. The option can be used
+    only by an admin user.
+
+ 5. There is now a /noupdate option for the ratelimit ACL condition. It
+    computes the rate and checks the limit as normal, but it does not update
+    the saved data. This means that, in relevant ACLs, it is possible to lookup
+    the existence of a specified (or auto-generated) ratelimit key without
+    incrementing the ratelimit counter for that key.
+
+    In order for this to be useful, another ACL entry must set the rate
+    for the same key somewhere (otherwise it will always be zero).
+
+    Example:
+
+    acl_check_connect:
+      # Read the rate; if it doesn't exist or is below the maximum
+      # we update it below
+      deny ratelimit = 100 / 5m / strict / noupdate
+           log_message = RATE: $sender_rate / $sender_rate_period \
+                         (max $sender_rate_limit)
+
+      [... some other logic and tests...]
+
+      warn ratelimit = 100 / 5m / strict / per_cmd
+           log_message = RATE UPDATE: $sender_rate / $sender_rate_period \
+                         (max $sender_rate_limit)
+           condition = ${if le{$sender_rate}{$sender_rate_limit}}
+
+      accept
+
+ 6. The variable $max_received_linelength contains the number of bytes in the
+    longest line that was received as part of the message, not counting the
+    line termination character(s).
+
+

 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
 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.
+    MAIL command.
+
+ 2. When an item in a dnslists list is followed by = and & and a list of IP
+    addresses, the behaviour was not clear when the lookup returned more than
+    one IP address. This has been solved by the addition of == and =& for "all"
+    rather than the default "any" matching.
+
+ 3. Up till now, the only control over which cipher suites GnuTLS uses has been
+    for the cipher algorithms. New options have been added to allow some of the
+    other parameters to be varied.
+
+ 4. There is a new compile-time option called ENABLE_DISABLE_FSYNC. When it is
+    set, Exim compiles a runtime option called disable_fsync.
+
+ 5. There is a new variable called $smtp_count_at_connection_start.
+
+ 6. There's a new control called no_pipelining.
+
+ 7. There are two new variables called $sending_ip_address and $sending_port.
+    These are set whenever an SMTP connection to another host has been set up.
+
+ 8. The expansion of the helo_data option in the smtp transport now happens
+    after the connection to the server has been made.
+
+ 9. There is a new expansion operator ${rfc2047d: that decodes strings that
+    are encoded as per RFC 2047.
+
+10. There is a new log selector called "pid", which causes the current process
+    id to be added to every log line, in square brackets, immediately after the
+    time and date.
+
+11. Exim has been modified so that it flushes SMTP output before implementing
+    a delay in an ACL. It also flushes the output before performing a callout,
+    as this can take a substantial time. These behaviours can be disabled by
+    obeying control = no_delay_flush or control = no_callout_flush,
+    respectively, at some earlier stage of the connection.
+
+12. There are two new expansion conditions that iterate over a list. They are
+    called forany and forall.
+
+13. There's a new global option called dsn_from that can be used to vary the
+    contents of From: lines in bounces and other automatically generated
+    messages ("delivery status notifications" - hence the name of the option).
+
+14. The smtp transport has a new option called hosts_avoid_pipelining.
+
+15. By default, exigrep does case-insensitive matches. There is now a -I option
+    that makes it case-sensitive.
+
+16. A number of new features ("addresses", "map", "filter", and "reduce") have
+    been added to string expansions to make it easier to process lists of
+    items, typically addresses.
+
+17. There's a new ACL modifier called "continue". It does nothing of itself,
+    and processing of the ACL always continues with the next condition or
+    modifier. It is provided so that the side effects of expanding its argument
+    can be used.
+
+18. It is now possible to use newline and other control characters (those with
+    values less than 32, plus DEL) as separators in lists.
+
+19. The exigrep utility now has a -v option, which inverts the matching
+    condition.
+
+20. The host_find_failed option in the manualroute router can now be set to
+    "ignore".

 
 
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