X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/heiko/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/64ffc24f33f1113403faf2714dd39dd12d6f53fd..2e88a017b6c7a845bc223b2b883e10828407c00c:/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index c7e7fb8ba..82a239230 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.64 2005/08/22 14:01:37 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.70 2005/09/13 17:51:05 fanf2 Exp $ New Features in Exim -------------------- @@ -104,7 +104,56 @@ PH/06 It is now possible to specify a port number along with a host name or PH/07 $smtp_command_argument is now set for all SMTP commands, not just the non-message ones. This makes it possible to inspect the complete command - for RCPT commands, for example. + for RCPT commands, for example. But see also PH/45 below. + +PH/08 The ${eval expansion now supports % as a "remainder" operator. + +PH/09 There is a new ACL condition "verify = not_blind". It checks that there + are no blind (bcc) recipients in the message. Every envelope recipient + must appear either in a To: header line or in a Cc: header line for this + condition to be true. Local parts are checked case-sensitively; domains + are checked case-insensitively. If Resent-To: or Resent-Cc: header lines + exist, they are also checked. This condition can be used only in a DATA + or non-SMTP ACL. + + There are, of course, many legitimate messages that make use of blind + (bcc) recipients. This check should not be used on its own for blocking + messages. + +PH/10 There is a new ACL control called "suppress_local_fixups". This applies + to locally submitted (non TCP/IP) messages, and is the complement of + "control = submission". It disables the fixups that are normally applied + to locally-submitted messages. Specifically: + + (a) Any Sender: header line is left alone (in this respect, it's a + dynamic version of local_sender_retain). + + (b) No Message-ID:, From:, or Date: headers are added. + + (c) There is no check that From: corresponds to the actual sender. + + This feature may be useful when a remotely-originated message is + accepted, passed to some scanning program, and then re-submitted for + delivery. It means that all four possibilities can now be specified: + + (1) Locally submitted, fixups applies: the default. + (2) Locally submitted, no fixups applied: use control = + suppress_local_fixups. + (3) Remotely submitted, no fixups applied: the default. + (4) Remotely submitted, fixups applied: use control = submission. + +PH/11 There is a new log selector, "unknown_in_list", which provokes a log + entry when the result of a list match is failure because a DNS lookup + failed. + +PH/12 There is a new variable called $smtp_command which contains the full SMTP + command (compare $smtp_command_argument - see PH/07 above). This makes it + possible to distinguish between HELO and EHLO, and also between things + like "MAIL FROM:<>" 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