X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/heiko/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/fd573092dbf4c3253e22776f4cf13ab2c74a657a..3083c9ca60beb9aacae81d0d108117251da5f276:/doc/doc-misc/WishList diff --git a/doc/doc-misc/WishList b/doc/doc-misc/WishList index e861cf89e..28ae7332f 100644 --- a/doc/doc-misc/WishList +++ b/doc/doc-misc/WishList @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-misc/WishList,v 1.66 2006/03/31 08:37:47 ph10 Exp $ - EXIM 4 WISH LIST ---------------- +This Wish List is now obsolete. The items it contains have been imported into +the Exim Bugzilla, which is where all new wishes should be added. This file is +no longer maintained. Some day it should be deleted. + + +=============================================================================== Even when it was first released, Exim 4 had a Wish List because not all the things suggested for it were implemented. The list has not stopped growing... @@ -167,8 +171,8 @@ So the admin can pass back a reason. mark david mcCreary "I use the syntax_errors_to feature to email a copy of the error message. -It would be helpful to have the X-Failed-Receipients header in there, -identifying which addreses(s) are the problem, so that I don't have to +It would be helpful to have the X-Failed-Recipients header in there, +identifying which address(es) are the problem, so that I don't have to parse the body of the email message to figure out which addresses." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -616,7 +620,7 @@ Joachim Wieland Is this really worth it? A per-transport value is also suggested - that would mean remembering the value with each failed address and taking a minimum or -a maximimum (which?). +a maximum (which?). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (24) 21-Feb-02 ? A way of testing TLS using -bh @@ -811,7 +815,7 @@ logs the IP of the sending host in the => line?" Also requested was amount of data transmitted for a non-delivery attempt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -(69) 03-Jul-02 T Log selector to log whoson checs +(69) 03-Jul-02 T Log selector to log whoson checks Matt Bernstein "I'd quite like a log_selector option which could spot you'd done a whoson @@ -985,7 +989,7 @@ a list defer. Peter A. Savitch OpenLDAP 2.1 is going to be more popular (2.1.9 is available with many -bug fixes). TLS-enabled LDAP is an interesting and usefull thing. +bug fixes). TLS-enabled LDAP is an interesting and useful thing. I can try to implement some things and send the patches, like with ldapi. @@ -1298,7 +1302,7 @@ option, for use with multiple Exim daemons. See also 333. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -(214) 05-Nov-03 S Put the wild part of local part prefix/suffx in variables +(214) 05-Nov-03 S Put the wild part of local part prefix/suffix in variables Unfortunately, this isn't quite as trivial as it seems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -1604,7 +1608,7 @@ how useful this would actually be in practice. (292) 13-Aug-04 M Overall timeout for message reception -A client could in priciple keep an SMTP connection open for a very long time by +A client could in principle keep an SMTP connection open for a very long time by trickling in data very slowly. Also, after message_size_limit is exceeded, Exim continues to swallow the data (though it does not write it to disk) until the end is reached. Again, the connection could be held open for a very long time. @@ -1997,5 +2001,59 @@ is authenticated after other conditions are true. This can, of course, be packaged up using macros in other ways. Setting other variables could cause problems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- HWM 351 ------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(352) 04-Apr-06 S Add +accept_defer for host lists (and maybe others) + +At present, a defer causes a delivery defer. For non-critical ACLs there are +times when it may be better to accept. See also 226 and 289. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(354) 30-Jun-06 ? Extensions to SMTP error codes + +A number of ideas arose following a discussion on the mailing list. I record +them here so that they don't get lost. The motivations were to support the 551 +bounce code and enhanced status codes. Suggestions are to add a new ACL +feature, possibly one of: + + errorcode = 511 + control = errorcode=551 + message = 551 xxxx + +where in the last case, it's recognized by being 3 digits. In all cases, the +first digit must be "right" for the circumstance - ignore or fault if not? + +To handle ESC, perhaps a new variable called $smtp_errorcode, settable by an +option in a router when it fails, would do the trick. It could be used in any +of the above modifiers. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +(355) 30-Jun-06 ? Facility to permit experiments with SMTP extensions + +This is what was suggested: + +- adding some expansion variables: $ehlo_extensions (which will + hold the remote server supported smtp extensions announced + in the ehlo) and $rcpt_arguments with any RCPT extra argument + +- a main configuration option for adding ehlo extensions to the + ehlo response, like: + + extra_ehlo_extensions = XFOO : XBAR + +- a extra option for the smtp transport to add arguments to + the RCPT TO command, like: + + rcpt_args = FOO=BAR (will make exim issue RCPT TO: FOO=BAR + when delivering that message) + +- a new acl for unknown smtp commands + +This should be very simple to implement and will allow to make +some experiments and implement custom extensions, i.e. one to +known if remote client will redirect on 551 or not. Also the acl +for unknown smtp command could be used for other purposes, like +to detect and react to some kiddies that send things like +http://... on the smtp port. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +--- HWM 355 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- End of WishList ---------------------------------