Observability variable

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@@ -13288,6 +13288,7 @@ listed in more than one group.
 .row &%acl_smtp_mail%&               "ACL for MAIL"
 .row &%acl_smtp_mailauth%&           "ACL for AUTH on MAIL command"
 .row &%acl_smtp_mime%&               "ACL for MIME parts"
+.row &%acl_smtp_notquit%&            "ACL for non-QUIT terminations"
 .row &%acl_smtp_predata%&            "ACL for start of data"
 .row &%acl_smtp_quit%&               "ACL for QUIT"
 .row &%acl_smtp_rcpt%&               "ACL for RCPT"
@@ -13637,6 +13638,12 @@ This option is available when Exim is built with the content-scanning
 extension. It defines the ACL that is run for each MIME part in a message. See
 section &<<SECTscanmimepart>>& for details.
 
+.option acl_smtp_notquit main string&!! unset
+.cindex "not-QUIT, ACL for"
+This option defines the ACL that is run when an SMTP session
+ends without a QUIT command being received.
+See chapter &<<CHAPACL>>& for further details.
+
 .option acl_smtp_predata main string&!! unset
 This option defines the ACL that is run when an SMTP DATA command is
 received, before the message itself is received. See chapter &<<CHAPACL>>& for
@@ -17982,6 +17989,9 @@ There are a few cases where a &(dnslookup)& router will decline to accept
 an address; if such a router is expected to handle "all remaining non-local
 domains", then it is important to set &%no_more%&.
 
+The router will defer rather than decline if the domain
+is found in the &%fail_defer_domains%& router option.
+
 Reasons for a &(dnslookup)& router to decline currently include:
 .ilist
 The domain does not exist in DNS
@@ -18083,6 +18093,17 @@ This applies to all of the SRV, MX, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
 
 
 
+.option fail_defer_domains dnslookup "domain list&!!" unset
+.cindex "MX record" "not found"
+DNS lookups for domains matching &%fail_defer_domains%&
+which find no matching record will cause the router to defer
+rather than the default behaviour of decline.
+This maybe be useful for queueing messages for a newly created
+domain while the DNS configuration is not ready.
+However, it will result in any message with mistyped domains
+also being queued.
+
+
 .option mx_domains dnslookup "domain list&!!" unset
 .cindex "MX record" "required to exist"
 .cindex "SRV record" "required to exist"
@@ -23169,12 +23190,13 @@ that matches this list, even if the server host advertises PIPELINING support.
 Exim will not try to start a TLS session when delivering to any host that
 matches this list. See chapter &<<CHAPTLS>>& for details of TLS.
 
-.option hosts_verify_avoid_tls smtp "host list&!!" *
+.new
+.option hosts_verify_avoid_tls smtp "host list&!!" unset
 .cindex "TLS" "avoiding for certain hosts"
 Exim will not try to start a TLS session for a verify callout,
 or when delivering in cutthrough mode,
 to any host that matches this list.
-Note that the default is to not use TLS.
+.wen
 
 
 .option hosts_max_try smtp integer 5
@@ -24353,6 +24375,13 @@ A server unexpectedly closed the SMTP connection. There may, of course,
 legitimate reasons for this (host died, network died), but if it repeats a lot
 for the same host, it indicates something odd.
 
+.vitem &%lookup%&
+A DNS lookup for a host failed.
+Note that a &%dnslookup%& router will need to have matched
+its &%fail_defer_domains%& option for this retry type to be usable.
+Also note that a &%manualroute%& router will probably need
+its &%host_find_failed%& option set to &%defer%&.
+
 .vitem &%refused_MX%&
 A connection to a host obtained from an MX record was refused.
 
@@ -27105,8 +27134,8 @@ the feature was not requested by the client.
 .cindex "QUIT, ACL for"
 The ACL for the SMTP QUIT command is anomalous, in that the outcome of the ACL
 does not affect the response code to QUIT, which is always 221. Thus, the ACL
-does not in fact control any access. For this reason, the only verbs that are
-permitted are &%accept%& and &%warn%&.
+does not in fact control any access. For this reason, it may only accept
+or warn as its final result.
 
 This ACL can be used for tasks such as custom logging at the end of an SMTP
 session. For example, you can use ACL variables in other ACLs to count