New variable $config_dir, $config_file. Bug 1553

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diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt
index 2d34de0f76d2e9a7c5c3f29e30ee90c2e8143070..16c0f56dab52e53a455ab295f9c875465485297a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ expansion is done.  The current list of events is:
  msg:fail:internal     after  main       per recipient
  tcp:connect           before transport  per connection
  tcp:close             after  transport  per connection
- tls:cert              before transport  per certificate in verification chain
+ tls:cert              before both       per certificate in verification chain
  smtp:connect          after  transport  per connection
 
 The expansion is called for all event types, and should use the $event_name
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ The following variables are likely to be useful depending on the event type:
        tls_out_peercert
        lookup_dnssec_authenticated, tls_out_dane
        sending_ip_address, sending_port
-       message_exim_id
+       message_exim_id, verify_mode
 
 
 An example might look like:
@@ -852,6 +852,10 @@ following will be forced:
 No other use is made of the result string.
 
 
+Known issues:
+- the tls:cert event is only called for the cert chain elements
+  received over the wire, with GnuTLS.  OpenSSL gives the entire
+  chain including thse loaded locally.
 
 
 Redis Lookup
@@ -1140,22 +1144,6 @@ the next hop does not support DSN.
 Adding it to a redirect router makes no difference.
 
 
-Certificate name checking
---------------------------------------------------------------
-The X509 certificates used for TLS are supposed be verified
-that they are owned by the expected host.  The coding of TLS
-support to date has not made these checks.
-
-If built with EXPERIMENTAL_CERTNAMES defined, code is
-included to do so, and a new smtp transport option
-"tls_verify_cert_hostname" supported which takes a list of
-names for which the checks must be made.  The host must
-also be in "tls_verify_hosts".
-
-Both Subject and Subject-Alternate-Name certificate fields
-are supported, as are wildcard certificates (limited to
-a single wildcard being the initial component of a 3-or-more
-component FQDN).
 
 
 DANE
@@ -1300,7 +1288,7 @@ in the delivery log line will show as "CV=dane".
 
 There is a new variable $tls_out_dane which will have "yes" if
 verification succeeded using DANE and "no" otherwise (only useful
-in combination with EXPERIMENTAL_TPDA), and a new variable
+in combination with EXPERIMENTAL_EVENT), and a new variable
 $tls_out_tlsa_usage (detailed above).