If the data for a PTR record is not a syntactically valid IP address, it is not
altered and nothing is added.
-.cindex "MX record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
-.cindex "SRV record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
-For an MX lookup, both the preference value and the host name are returned for
-each record, separated by a space. For an SRV lookup, the priority, weight,
-port, and host name are returned for each record, separated by spaces.
-
For any record type, if multiple records are found (or, for A6 lookups, if a
single record leads to multiple addresses), the data is returned as a
concatenation, with newline as the default separator. The order, of course,
It is permitted to specify a space as the separator character. Further
white space is ignored.
+.cindex "MX record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
+.cindex "SRV record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
+For an MX lookup, both the preference value and the host name are returned for
+each record, separated by a space. For an SRV lookup, the priority, weight,
+port, and host name are returned for each record, separated by spaces.
+.new
+An alternate field separator can be specified using a comma after the main
+separator character, followed immediately by the field separator.
+.wen
+
.cindex "TXT record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
.cindex "SPF record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
For TXT records with multiple items of data, only the first item is returned,
strings, each preceded by the attribute name and an equals sign. Within the
quotes, the quote character, backslash, and newline are escaped with
backslashes, and commas are used to separate multiple values for the attribute.
+.new
+Any commas in attribute values are doubled
+(permitting treatment of the values as a comma-separated list).
+.wen
Apart from the escaping, the string within quotes takes the same form as the
output when a single attribute is requested. Specifying no attributes is the
same as specifying all of an entry's attributes.
+.new
Here are some examples of the output format. The first line of each pair is an
LDAP query, and the second is the data that is returned. The attribute called
-&%attr1%& has two values, whereas &%attr2%& has only one value:
+&%attr1%& has two values, one of them with an embedded comma, whereas
+&%attr2%& has only one value:
.code
ldap:///o=base?attr1?sub?(uid=fred)
-value1.1, value1.2
+value1.1,value1,,2
ldap:///o=base?attr2?sub?(uid=fred)
value two
ldap:///o=base?attr1,attr2?sub?(uid=fred)
-attr1="value1.1, value1.2" attr2="value two"
+attr1="value1.1,value1,,2" attr2="value two"
ldap:///o=base??sub?(uid=fred)
-objectClass="top" attr1="value1.1, value1.2" attr2="value two"
+objectClass="top" attr1="value1.1,value1,,2" attr2="value two"
.endd
-The &%extract%& operator in string expansions can be used to pick out
-individual fields from data that consists of &'key'&=&'value'& pairs. You can
+.wen
+You can
make use of Exim's &%-be%& option to run expansion tests and thereby check the
results of LDAP lookups.
+The &%extract%& operator in string expansions can be used to pick out
+individual fields from data that consists of &'key'&=&'value'& pairs.
+.new
+The &%listextract%& operator should be used to pick out individual values
+of attributes, even when only a single value is expected.
+The doubling of embedded commas allows you to use the returned data as a
+comma separated list (using the "<," syntax for changing the input list separator).
+.wen
+.new
+.vitem &*${sort{*&<&'string'&>&*}{*&<&'comparator'&>&*}{*&<&'extractor'&>&*}}*&
+.cindex sorting a list
+.cindex list sorting
+After expansion, <&'string'&> is interpreted as a list, colon-separated by
+default, but the separator can be changed in the usual way.
+The <&'comparator'&> argument is interpreted as the operator
+of a two-argument expansion condition.
+The numeric operators plus ge, gt, le, lt (and ~i variants) are supported.
+The comparison should return true when applied to two values
+if the first value should sort before the second value.
+The <&'extractor'&> expansion is applied repeatedly to elements of the list,
+the element being placed in &$item$&,
+to give values for comparison.
+
+The item result is a sorted list,
+with the original list separator,
+of the list elements (in full) of the original.
+
+Examples:
+.code
+${sort{3:2:1:4}{<}{$item}}
+.endd
+sorts a list of numbers, and
+.code
+${sort {$lookup dnsdb{>:,,mx=example.com}} {<} {${listextract{1}{<,$item}}}}
+.endd
+will sort an MX lookup into priority order.
+.wen
+
+
.vitem &*${substr{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}{*&<&'string3'&>&*}}*&
.cindex "&%substr%& expansion item"
.cindex "substring extraction"
.vindex "&$host_lookup_failed$&"
See &$host_lookup_deferred$&.
+.vitem &$host_port$&
+.vindex "&$host_port$&"
+This variable is set to the remote host's TCP port whenever &$host$& is set
+for an outbound connection.
+
.vitem &$inode$&
.vindex "&$inode$&"
contents of header lines is done.
.vitem &$message_id$&
-This is an old name for &$message_exim_id$&, which is now deprecated.
+This is an old name for &$message_exim_id$&. It is now deprecated.
.vitem &$message_linecount$&
.vindex "&$message_linecount$&"
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 OpenSSL, you can set &%tls_verify_certificates%& to the name of a
-directory containing certificate files. This does not work with GnuTLS; the
-option must be set to the name of a single file if you are using GnuTLS.
+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.
These certificates should be for the certificate authorities trusted, rather
than the public cert of individual clients. With both OpenSSL and GnuTLS, if
of the other precondition options are common special cases that could in fact
be specified using &%condition%&.
+.new
+Historical note: We have &%condition%& on ACLs and on Routers. Routers
+are far older, and use one set of semantics. ACLs are newer and when
+they were created, the ACL &%condition%& process was given far stricter
+parse semantics. The &%bool{}%& expansion condition uses the same rules as
+ACLs. The &%bool_lax{}%& expansion condition uses the same rules as
+Routers. More pointedly, the &%bool_lax{}%& was written to match the existing
+Router rules processing behavior.
+
+This is best illustrated in an example:
+.code
+# If used in an ACL condition will fail with a syntax error, but
+# in a router condition any extra characters are treated as a string
+
+$ exim -be '${if eq {${lc:GOOGLE.com}} {google.com}} {yes} {no}}'
+true {yes} {no}}
+
+$ exim -be '${if eq {${lc:WHOIS.com}} {google.com}} {yes} {no}}'
+ {yes} {no}}
+.endd
+In each example above, the &%if%& statement actually ends after
+&"{google.com}}"&. Since no true or false braces were defined, the
+default &%if%& behavior is to return a boolean true or a null answer
+(which evaluates to false). The rest of the line is then treated as a
+string. So the first example resulted in the boolean answer &"true"&
+with the string &" {yes} {no}}"& appended to it. The second example
+resulted in the null output (indicating false) with the string
+&" {yes} {no}}"& appended to it.
+
+In fact you can put excess forward braces in too. In the router
+&%condition%&, Exim's parser only looks for &"{"& symbols when they
+mean something, like after a &"$"& or when required as part of a
+conditional. But otherwise &"{"& and &"}"& are treated as ordinary
+string characters.
+
+Thus, in a Router, the above expansion strings will both always evaluate
+true, as the result of expansion is a non-empty string which doesn't
+match an explicit false value. This can be tricky to debug. By
+contrast, in an ACL either of those strings will always result in an
+expansion error because the result doesn't look sufficiently boolean.
+.wen
+
.option debug_print routers string&!! unset
.cindex "testing" "variables in drivers"
.vindex "&$host_address$&"
The value of this option must be the absolute path to a file containing
permitted server certificates, for use when setting up an encrypted connection.
-Alternatively, if you are using OpenSSL, you can set
+Alternatively,
+if you are using either GnuTLS version 3.3.6 (or later) or OpenSSL,
+you can set
&%tls_verify_certificates%& to the name of a directory containing certificate
-files. This does not work with GnuTLS; the option must be set to the name of a
-single file if you are using GnuTLS. The values of &$host$& and
+files.
+For earlier versions of GnuTLS the option must be set to the name of a
+single file.
+The values of &$host$& and
&$host_address$& are set to the name and address of the server during the
expansion of this option. See chapter &<<CHAPTLS>>& for details of TLS.
.ilist
The &%tls_verify_certificates%& option must contain the name of a file, not the
-name of a directory (for OpenSSL it can be either).
+name of a directory for GnuTLS versions before 3.3.6
+(for later versions, or OpenSSL, it can be either).
.next
The default value for &%tls_dhparam%& differs for historical reasons.
.next
of the option is expanded and must then be the name of a file that contains a
CRL in PEM format.
The downside is that clients have to periodically re-download a potentially huge
-file from every certificate authority the know of.
+file from every certificate authority they know of.
The way with most moving parts at query time is Online Certificate
Status Protocol (OCSP), where the client verifies the certificate
response.
.vindex "&$acl_verify_message$&"
+.new
+For ACLs that are called by an &%acl =%& ACL condition, the message is
+stored in &$acl_verify_message$&, from which the calling ACL may use it.
+.wen
+
If &%message%& is used on a statement that verifies an address, the message
specified overrides any message that is generated by the verification process.
However, the original message is available in the variable
and $acl_narg is set to the count of values.
Previous values of these variables are restored after the call returns.
The name and values are expanded separately.
+Note that spaces in complex expansions which are used as arguments
+will act as argument separators.
If the nested &%acl%& returns &"drop"& and the outer condition denies access,
the connection is dropped. If it returns &"discard"&, the verb must be
Multiple &%headers_remove%& options for a single router or transport can be
specified; the arguments will append to a single header-names list.
Each item is separately expanded.
+Note that colons in complex expansions which are used to
+form all or part of a &%headers_remove%& list
+will act as list separators.
When &%headers_add%& or &%headers_remove%& is specified on a router,
items are expanded at routing time,
The input files can be in Exim log format or syslog format.
If a matching log line is not associated with a specific message, it is
included in &'exigrep'&'s output without any additional lines. The usage is:
+.new
.display
-&`exigrep [-t<`&&'n'&&`>] [-I] [-l] [-v] <`&&'pattern'&&`> [<`&&'log file'&&`>] ...`&
+&`exigrep [-t<`&&'n'&&`>] [-I] [-l] [-M] [-v] <`&&'pattern'&&`> [<`&&'log file'&&`>] ...`&
.endd
+.wen
If no log file names are given on the command line, the standard input is read.
The &%-t%& argument specifies a number of seconds. It adds an additional
The &%-v%& option inverts the matching condition. That is, a line is selected
if it does &'not'& match the pattern.
+.new
+The &%-M%& options means &"related messages"&. &'exigrep'& will show messages
+that are generated as a result/response to a message that &'exigrep'& matched
+normally.
+
+Example of &%-M%&:
+user_a sends a message to user_b, which generates a bounce back to user_b. If
+&'exigrep'& is used to search for &"user_a"&, only the first message will be
+displayed. But if &'exigrep'& is used to search for &"user_b"&, the first and
+the second (bounce) message will be displayed. Using &%-M%& with &'exigrep'&
+when searching for &"user_a"& will show both messages since the bounce is
+&"related"& to or a &"result"& of the first message that was found by the
+search term.
+.wen
+
If the location of a &'zcat'& command is known from the definition of
ZCAT_COMMAND in &_Local/Makefile_&, &'exigrep'& automatically passes any file
whose name ends in COMPRESS_SUFFIX through &'zcat'& as it searches it.
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