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@@ -13099,6 +13099,8 @@ Those options that undergo string expansion before use are marked with
 .option accept_8bitmime main boolean true
 .cindex "8BITMIME"
 .cindex "8-bit characters"
+.cindex "log" "selectors"
+.cindex "log" "8BITMIME"
 This option causes Exim to send 8BITMIME in its response to an SMTP
 EHLO command, and to accept the BODY= parameter on MAIL commands.
 However, though Exim is 8-bit clean, it is not a protocol converter, and it
@@ -13112,6 +13114,11 @@ A more detailed analysis of the issues is provided by Dan Bernstein:
 &url(http://cr.yp.to/smtp/8bitmime.html)
 .endd
 
+To log received 8BITMIME status use
+.code
+log_selector = +8bitmime
+.endd
+
 .option acl_not_smtp main string&!! unset
 .cindex "&ACL;" "for non-SMTP messages"
 .cindex "non-SMTP messages" "ACLs for"
@@ -33824,6 +33831,7 @@ log_selector = +arguments -retry_defer
 The list of optional log items is in the following table, with the default
 selection marked by asterisks:
 .display
+&` 8bitmime                   `&  received 8BITMIME status
 &`*acl_warn_skipped           `&  skipped &%warn%& statement in ACL
 &` address_rewrite            `&  address rewriting
 &` all_parents                `&  all parents in => lines
@@ -33871,6 +33879,14 @@ selection marked by asterisks:
 More details on each of these items follows:
 
 .ilist
+.cindex "8BITMIME"
+.cindex "log" "8BITMIME"
+&%8bitmime%&: This causes Exim to log any 8BITMIME status of received messages,
+which may help in tracking down interoperability issues with ancient MTAs
+that are not 8bit clean.  This is added to the &"<="& line, tagged with
+&`M8S=`& and a value of &`0`&, &`7`& or &`8`&, corresponding to "not given",
+&`7BIT`& and &`8BITMIME`& respectively.
+.next
 .cindex "&%warn%& ACL verb" "log when skipping"
 &%acl_warn_skipped%&: When an ACL &%warn%& statement is skipped because one of
 its conditions cannot be evaluated, a log line to this effect is written if