by Exim in conjunction with the &%-MC%& option. It signifies that the
connection to the remote host has been authenticated.
+.new
+.vitem &%-MCD%&
+.oindex "&%-MCD%&"
+This option is not intended for use by external callers. It is used internally
+by Exim in conjunction with the &%-MC%& option. It signifies that the
+remote host supports the ESMTP &_DSN_& extension.
+.wen
+
.vitem &%-MCP%&
.oindex "&%-MCP%&"
This option is not intended for use by external callers. It is used internally
of times it has been compiled. This serves to distinguish different
compilations of the same version of the program.
+.new
+.vitem &$config_dir$&
+.vindex "&$config_dir$&"
+The directory name of the main configuration file. That is, the content of
+&$config_file$& with the last component stripped. The value does not
+contain the trailing slash. If &$config_file$& does not contain a slash,
+&$config_dir$& is ".".
+
+.vitem &$config_file$&
+.vindex "&$config_file$&"
+The name of the main configuration file Exim is using.
+.wen
+
.vitem &$demime_errorlevel$&
.vindex "&$demime_errorlevel$&"
This variable is available when Exim is compiled with
.vindex "&$exim_uid$&"
This variable contains the numerical value of the Exim user id.
+.new
+.vitem &$exim_version$&
+.vindex "&$exim_uid$&"
+This variable contains the version string of the Exim build.
+The first character is a major version number, currently 4.
+Then after a dot, the next group of digits is a minor version number.
+There may be other characters following the minor version.
+.wen
+
.vitem &$found_extension$&
.vindex "&$found_extension$&"
This variable is available when Exim is compiled with the
.table2
.row &%accept_8bitmime%& "advertise 8BITMIME"
.row &%auth_advertise_hosts%& "advertise AUTH to these hosts"
+.row &%dsn_advertise_hosts%& "advertise DSN extensions to these hosts"
.row &%ignore_fromline_hosts%& "allow &""From ""& from these hosts"
.row &%ignore_fromline_local%& "allow &""From ""& from local SMTP"
.row &%pipelining_advertise_hosts%& "advertise pipelining to these hosts"
processed and the message itself has been received, but before the final
acknowledgment is sent. See chapter &<<CHAPACL>>& for further details.
-.option acl_smtp_data_prdr main string&!! unset
-.cindex "DATA" "ACL for"
+.new
+.option acl_smtp_data_prdr main string&!! accept
+.cindex "PRDR" "ACL for"
+.cindex "DATA" "PRDR ACL for"
.cindex "&ACL;" "PRDR-related"
.cindex "&ACL;" "per-user data processing"
+.wen
This option defines the ACL that,
if the PRDR feature has been negotiated,
is run for each recipient after an SMTP DATA command has been
handled CR and LF characters in incoming messages. What happens now is
described in section &<<SECTlineendings>>&.
+.new
+.option dsn_advertise_hosts main "host list&!!" unset
+.cindex "bounce messages" "success"
+.cindex "DSN" "success"
+.cindex "Delivery Status Notification" "success"
+DSN extensions (RFC3461) will be advertised in the EHLO message to,
+and accepted from, these hosts.
+Hosts may use the NOTIFY and ENVID options on RCPT TO commands,
+and RET and ORCPT options on MAIL FROM commands.
+A NOTIFY=SUCCESS option requests success-DSN messages.
+A NOTIFY= option with no argument requests that no delay or failure DSNs
+are sent.
+.wen
+
.option dsn_from main "string&!!" "see below"
.cindex "&'From:'& header line" "in bounces"
.cindex "bounce messages" "&'From:'& line, specifying"
This option is an obsolete synonym for &%bounce_return_size_limit%&.
-.option rfc1413_hosts main "host list&!!" *
+.new
+.option rfc1413_hosts main "host list&!!" @[]
.cindex "RFC 1413"
.cindex "host" "for RFC 1413 calls"
-RFC 1413 identification calls are made to any client host which matches an item
-in the list.
+RFC 1413 identification calls are made to any client host which matches
+an item in the list.
+The default value specifies just this host, being any local interface
+for the system.
+.wen
-.option rfc1413_query_timeout main time 5s
+.new
+.option rfc1413_query_timeout main time 0s
+.wen
.cindex "RFC 1413" "query timeout"
.cindex "timeout" "for RFC 1413 call"
This sets the timeout on RFC 1413 identification calls. If it is set to zero,
See &%tls_verify_hosts%& below.
-.option tls_verify_certificates main string&!! unset
+.new
+.option tls_verify_certificates main string&!! system
.cindex "TLS" "client certificate verification"
.cindex "certificate" "verification of client"
-The value of this option is expanded, and must then be the absolute path to
-a file containing permitted certificates for clients that
-match &%tls_verify_hosts%& or &%tls_try_verify_hosts%&. Alternatively, if you
-are using either GnuTLS version 3.3.6 (or later) or OpenSSL,
-you can set &%tls_verify_certificates%& to the name of a
-directory containing certificate files.
-For earlier versions of GnuTLS
-the option must be set to the name of a single file.
+The value of this option is expanded, and must then be either the
+word "system"
+or the absolute path to
+a file or directory containing permitted certificates for clients that
+match &%tls_verify_hosts%& or &%tls_try_verify_hosts%&.
+
+The "system" value for the option will use a
+system default location compiled into the SSL library.
+This is not available for GnuTLS versions preceding 3.0.20,
+and will be taken as empty; an explicit location
+must be specified.
+
+The use of a directory for the option value is not avilable for GnuTLS versions
+preceding 3.3.6 and a single file must be used.
With OpenSSL the certificates specified
explicitly
either by file or directory
are added to those given by the system default location.
+.wen
These certificates should be for the certificate authorities trusted, rather
than the public cert of individual clients. With both OpenSSL and GnuTLS, if
to be used.
+.new
+.option dsn_lasthop routers boolean false
+.cindex "DSN" "success"
+.cindex "Delivery Status Notification" "success"
+If this option is set true, and extended DSN (RFC3461) processing is in effect,
+Exim will not pass on DSN requests to downstream DSN-aware hosts but will
+instead send a success DSN as if the next hop does not support DSN.
+Not effective on redirect routers.
+.wen
+
+
.option errors_to routers string&!! unset
.cindex "envelope sender"
files and pipes, and for generating autoreplies. See the &%file_transport%&,
&%pipe_transport%& and &%reply_transport%& descriptions below.
+.new
+If success DSNs have been requested
+.cindex "DSN" "success"
+.cindex "Delivery Status Notification" "success"
+redirection triggers one and the DSN options are not passed any further.
+.wen
+
.section "Redirection data" "SECID124"
unauthenticated. See also &%hosts_require_auth%&, and chapter
&<<CHAPSMTPAUTH>>& for details of authentication.
-.option hosts_try_prdr smtp "host list&!!" unset
+.new
+.option hosts_try_prdr smtp "host list&!!" *
.cindex "PRDR" "enabling, optional in client"
This option provides a list of servers to which, provided they announce
PRDR support, Exim will attempt to negotiate PRDR
for multi-recipient messages.
+The option can usually be left as default.
+.wen
.option interface smtp "string list&!!" unset
.cindex "bind IP address"
&$domain$& in an expansion for the transport, because it is set only when there
is a single domain involved in a remote delivery.
+.new
It is expanded per-address and can depend on any of
&$address_data$&, &$domain_data$&, &$local_part_data$&,
&$host$&, &$host_address$& and &$host_port$&.
+.wen
.option port smtp string&!! "see below"
.cindex "port" "sending TCP/IP"
each time they connect. In this situation the use of the IP address as part of
the retry key leads to undesirable behaviour. Setting this option false causes
Exim to use only the host name.
+.new
Since it is expanded it can be made to depend on the host or domain.
+.wen
.option serialize_hosts smtp "host list&!!" unset
in clear.
-.option tls_try_verify_hosts smtp "host list&!!" unset
+.new
+.option tls_try_verify_hosts smtp "host list&!!" *
+.wen
.cindex "TLS" "server certificate verification"
.cindex "certificate" "verification of server"
This option gives a list of hosts for which, on encrypted connections,
certificate verification succeeds.
-.option tls_verify_certificates smtp string&!! unset
+.new
+.option tls_verify_cert_hostnames smtp "host list&!!" *
+.cindex "TLS" "server certificate hostname verification"
+.cindex "certificate" "verification of server"
+This option give a list of hosts for which,
+while verifying the server certificate,
+checks will be included on the host name
+(note that this will generally be the result of a DNS MX lookup)
+versus Subject and Subject-Alternate-Name fields. Wildcard names are permitted
+limited to being the initial component of a 3-or-more component FQDN.
+
+There is no equivalent checking on client certificates.
+.wen
+
+
+.new
+.option tls_verify_certificates smtp string&!! system
.cindex "TLS" "server certificate verification"
.cindex "certificate" "verification of server"
.vindex "&$host$&"
.vindex "&$host_address$&"
-The value of this option must be the absolute path to a file containing
-permitted server certificates, for use when setting up an encrypted connection.
-Alternatively,
-if you are using either GnuTLS version 3.3.6 (or later) or OpenSSL,
-you can set
-&%tls_verify_certificates%& to the name of a directory containing certificate
-files.
-For earlier versions of GnuTLS the option must be set to the name of a
-single file.
+The value of this option must be either the
+word "system"
+or the absolute path to
+a file or directory containing permitted certificates for servers,
+for use when setting up an encrypted connection.
+
+The "system" value for the option will use a location compiled into the SSL library.
+This is not available for GnuTLS versions preceding 3.0.20; a value of "system"
+is taken as empty and an explicit location
+must be specified.
+
+The use of a directory for the option value is not avilable for GnuTLS versions
+preceding 3.3.6 and a single file must be used.
+.wen
With OpenSSL the certificates specified
explicitly
For back-compatability,
if neither tls_verify_hosts nor tls_try_verify_hosts are set
+(a single-colon empty list counts as being set)
and certificate verification fails the TLS connection is closed.
There are some differences in usage when using GnuTLS instead of OpenSSL:
.ilist
-The &%tls_verify_certificates%& option must contain the name of a file, not the
-name of a directory for GnuTLS versions before 3.3.6
+The &%tls_verify_certificates%& option
+cannot be the path of a directory
+for GnuTLS versions before 3.3.6
(for later versions, or OpenSSL, it can be either).
.next
The default value for &%tls_dhparam%& differs for historical reasons.
apply to all TLS connections. For any host that matches one of these options,
Exim requests a certificate as part of the setup of the TLS session. The
contents of the certificate are verified by comparing it with a list of
-expected certificates. These must be available in a file or,
-for OpenSSL only (not GnuTLS), a directory, identified by
+expected certificates.
+.new
+These may be the system default set (depending on library version),
+.wen
+an explicit file or,
+depending on library version, a directory, identified by
&%tls_verify_certificates%&.
A file can contain multiple certificates, concatenated end to end. If a
&%tls_verify_hosts%& or &%tls_try_verify_hosts%& matches the client.
If the &%tls_verify_certificates%& option is set on the &(smtp)& transport, it
+specifies a collection of expected server certificates.
+.new
+These may be the system default set (depending on library version),
+.wen
+a file or,
+depnding on liibrary version, a directory,
must name a file or,
-for OpenSSL only (not GnuTLS), a directory, that contains a collection of
-expected server certificates. The client verifies the server's certificate
+for OpenSSL only (not GnuTLS), a directory.
+The client verifies the server's certificate
against this collection, taking into account any revoked certificates that are
in the list defined by &%tls_crl%&.
Failure to verify fails the TLS connection unless either of the
.section "The SMTP PRDR ACL" "SECTPRDRACL"
+.cindex "PRDR" "ACL for"
.oindex "&%prdr_enable%&"
The &%acl_smtp_data_prdr%& ACL is available only when Exim is compiled
with PRDR support enabled (which is the default).
has been accepted.
The ACL test specfied by &%acl_smtp_data_prdr%& happens after a message
-has been recieved, and is executed for each recipient of the message.
-The test may accept or deny for inividual recipients.
+has been recieved, and is executed once for each recipient of the message
+with &$local_part$& and &$domain$& valid.
+The test may accept, defer or deny for inividual recipients.
The &%acl_smtp_data%& will still be called after this ACL and
can reject the message overall, even if this ACL has accepted it
for some or all recipients.
specialized interfaces for &"daemon"& type virus scanners, which are resident
in memory and thus are much faster.
+.new
+A timeout of 2 minutes is applied to a scanner call (by default);
+if it expires then a defer action is taken.
+.wen
.oindex "&%av_scanner%&"
-You can set the &%av_scanner%& option in first part of the Exim configuration
-file to specify which scanner to use, together with any additional options that
+You can set the &%av_scanner%& option in the main part of the configuration
+to specify which scanner to use, together with any additional options that
are needed. The basic syntax is as follows:
.display
&`av_scanner = <`&&'scanner-type'&&`>:<`&&'option1'&&`>:<`&&'option2'&&`>:[...]`&
The following scanner types are supported in this release:
.vlist
+.new
+.vitem &%avast%&
+.cindex "virus scanners" "avast"
+This is the scanner daemon of Avast. It has been tested with Avast Core
+Security (currenty at version 1.1.7).
+You can get a trial version at &url(http://www.avast.com) or for Linux
+at &url(http://www.avast.com/linux-server-antivirus).
+This scanner type takes one option,
+which can be either a full path to a UNIX socket,
+or host and port specifiers separated by white space.
+The host may be a name or an IP address; the port is either a
+single number or a pair of numbers with a dash between.
+Any further options are given, on separate lines,
+to the daemon as options before the main scan command.
+For example:
+.code
+av_scanner = avast:/var/run/avast/scan.sock:FLAGS -fullfiles:SENSITIVITY -pup
+av_scanner = avast:192.168.2.22 5036
+.endd
+If you omit the argument, the default path
+&_/var/run/avast/scan.sock_&
+is used.
+If you use a remote host,
+you need to make Exim's spool directory available to it,
+as the scanner is passed a file path, not file contents.
+For information about available commands and their options you may use
+.code
+$ socat UNIX:/var/run/avast/scan.sock STDIO:
+ FLAGS
+ SENSITIVITY
+ PACK
+.endd
+.wen
+
+
.vitem &%aveserver%&
.cindex "virus scanners" "Kaspersky"
This is the scanner daemon of Kaspersky Version 5. You can get a trial version
message.
The &%malware%& condition takes a right-hand argument that is expanded before
-use. It can then be one of
+.new
+use and taken as a list, slash-separated by default.
+.wen
+The first element can then be one of
.ilist
&"true"&, &"*"&, or &"1"&, in which case the message is scanned for viruses.
A regular expression, in which case the message is scanned for viruses. The
condition succeeds if a virus is found and its name matches the regular
expression. This allows you to take special actions on certain types of virus.
+.new
+Note that &"/"& characters in the RE must be doubled due to the list-processing,
+unless the separator is changed (in the usual way).
+.wen
.endlist
-You can append &`/defer_ok`& to the &%malware%& condition to accept messages
-even if there is a problem with the virus scanner. Otherwise, such a problem
-causes the ACL to defer.
+You can append a &`defer_ok`& element to the &%malware%& argument list to accept
+messages even if there is a problem with the virus scanner.
+Otherwise, such a problem causes the ACL to defer.
+
+.new
+You can append a &`tmo=<val>`& element to the &%malware%& argument list to
+specify a non-default timeout. The default is two minutes.
+For example:
+.code
+malware = * / defer_ok / tmo=10s
+.endd
+A timeout causes the ACL to defer.
+.wen
.vindex "&$malware_name$&"
When a virus is found, the condition sets up an expansion variable called
The third item is used to introduce any text from pipe transports that is to be
returned to the sender. It is omitted if there is no such text.
.next
-The fourth item is used to introduce the copy of the message that is returned
-as part of the error report.
-.next
-The fifth item is added after the fourth one if the returned message is
-truncated because it is bigger than &%return_size_limit%&.
-.next
-The sixth item is added after the copy of the original message.
+.new
+The fourth, fifth and sixth items will be ignored and may be empty.
+The fields exist for back-compatibility
+.wen
.endlist
The default state (&%bounce_message_file%& unset) is equivalent to the
&` smtp_protocol_error `& SMTP protocol errors
&` smtp_syntax_error `& SMTP syntax errors
&` subject `& contents of &'Subject:'& on <= lines
-&` tls_certificate_verified `& certificate verification status
+.new
+&`*tls_certificate_verified `& certificate verification status
+.wen
&`*tls_cipher `& TLS cipher suite on <= and => lines
&` tls_peerdn `& TLS peer DN on <= and => lines
&` tls_sni `& TLS SNI on <= lines
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