X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/heiko/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/254e032f97775a5331fdeb3ba0df9a96f52494d7..a5f65aa45eb6dc455436e8598cdfe352f99fa03a:/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index f358f7a48..cd69ef60e 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.59 2005/08/01 15:01:12 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.71 2005/09/15 12:22:41 fanf2 Exp $ New Features in Exim -------------------- @@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ PH/01 Support for SQLite database lookups has been added. This is another The only character affected by the ${quote_sqlite: operator is a single quote, which it doubles. + The SQLite library handles multiple simultaneous accesses to the database + internally. Multiple readers are permitted, but only one process can + update at once. Attempts to access the database while it is being updated + are rejected after a timeout period, during which the SQLite library + waits for the lock to be released. In Exim, the default timeout is set + to 5 seconds, but it can be changed by means of the sqlite_lock_timeout + option. + Note that you must set LOOKUP_SQLITE=yes in Local/Makefile in order to obtain SQLite support, and you will also need to add -lsqlite3 to the EXTRALIBS setting. And of course, you have to install SQLite on your @@ -53,6 +61,100 @@ PH/02 The variable $message_id is now deprecated, to be replaced by PH/03 The use of forbid_filter_existstest now also locks out the use of the ${stat: expansion item. +PH/04 The IGNOREQUOTA extension to the LMTP protocol is now available in both + the lmtp transport and the smtp transport running in LMTP mode. In the + lmtp transport there is a new Boolean option called ignore_quota, and in + the smtp transport there is a new Boolean option called + lmtp_ignore_quota. If either of these options is set TRUE, the string + "IGNOREQUOTA" is added to RCPT commands when using the LMTP protocol, + provided that the server has advertised support for IGNOREQUOTA in its + response to the LHLO command. + +PH/05 Previously, if "verify = helo" was set in an ACL, the condition was true + only if the host matched helo_try_verify_hosts, which caused the + verification to occur when the EHLO/HELO command was issued. The ACL just + tested the remembered result. Now, if a previous verification attempt has + not happened, "verify = helo" does it there and then. + +PH/06 It is now possible to specify a port number along with a host name or + IP address in the list of hosts defined in the manualroute or + queryprogram routers, fallback_hosts, or the "hosts" option of the smtp + transport. These all override any port specification on the transport. + The relatively standard syntax of using a colon separator has been + adopted, but there are some gotchas that need attention: + + * In all these lists of hosts, colon is the default separator, so either + the colon that specifies a port must be doubled, or the separator must + be changed. The following two examples have the same effect: + + fallback_hosts = host1.tld::1225 : host2.tld::1226 + fallback_hosts = <; host1.tld:1225 ; host2.tld:1226 + + * When IPv6 addresses are involved, it gets worse, because they contain + colons of their own. To make this case easier, it is permitted to + enclose an IP address (either v4 or v6) in square brackets if a port + number follows. Here's an example from a manualroute router: + + route_list = * "" and "MAIL FROM: <>". + +TF/01 There's a new script in util/ratelimit.pl which extracts sending + rates from log files, to assist with choosing appropriate settings + when deploying the ratelimit ACL condition. + Exim version 4.52 ----------------- @@ -189,7 +291,7 @@ TF/04 There is a new ratelimit ACL condition which can be used to measure rate limit. Conversely, if m and p are both small then messages must be sent at an even rate. - The key is used to look up the data used to calcluate the client's + The key is used to look up the data used to calculate the client's average sending rate. This data is stored in a database maintained by Exim in its spool directory alongside the retry database etc. For example, you can limit the sending rate of each authenticated user, @@ -204,7 +306,8 @@ TF/04 There is a new ratelimit ACL condition which can be used to measure Each ratelimit condition can have up to two options. The first option specifies what Exim measures the rate of, and the second specifies how - Exim handles excessively fast clients. + Exim handles excessively fast clients. The options are separated by a + slash, like the other parameters. The per_mail option means that it measures the client's rate of sending messages. This is the default if none of the per_* options is specified.