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@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 .set I   "    "
 
 .macro copyyear
-2016
+2017
 .endmacro
 
 . /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -3830,7 +3830,13 @@ remote host supports the ESMTP &_DSN_& extension.
 .oindex "&%-MCG%&"
 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 an
-alternate queue is used, named by the following option.
+alternate queue is used, named by the following argument.
+
+.vitem &%-MCK%&
+.oindex "&%-MCK%&"
+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 an
+remote host supports the ESMTP &_CHUNKING_& extension.
 
 .vitem &%-MCP%&
 .oindex "&%-MCP%&"
@@ -12257,7 +12263,7 @@ qualified host name. See also &$smtp_active_hostname$&.
        &$proxy_local_port$& &&&
        &$proxy_session$&
 These variables are only available when built with Proxy Protocol
-or Socks5 support
+or SOCKS5 support.
 For details see chapter &<<SECTproxyInbound>>&.
 
 .vitem &$prdr_requested$&
@@ -13535,6 +13541,7 @@ listed in more than one group.
 .section "Miscellaneous" "SECID96"
 .table2
 .row &%bi_command%&                  "to run for &%-bi%& command line option"
+.row &%debug_store%&                 "do extra internal checks"
 .row &%disable_ipv6%&                "do no IPv6 processing"
 .row &%keep_malformed%&              "for broken files &-- should not happen"
 .row &%localhost_number%&            "for unique message ids in clusters"
@@ -14423,6 +14430,15 @@ The CHUNKING extension (RFC3030) will be advertised in the EHLO message to
 these hosts.
 Hosts may use the BDAT command as an alternate to DATA.
 
+.new
+.option debug_store main boolean &`false`&
+.cindex debugging "memory corruption"
+.cindex memory debugging
+This option, when true, enables extra checking in Exim's internal memory
+management.  For use when a memory corruption issue is being investigated,
+it should normally be left as default.
+.wen
+
 .option daemon_smtp_ports main string &`smtp`&
 .cindex "port" "for daemon"
 .cindex "TCP/IP" "setting listening ports"
@@ -28934,7 +28950,11 @@ message body.
 Cutthrough delivery is not supported via transport-filters or when DKIM signing
 of outgoing messages is done, because it sends data to the ultimate destination
 before the entire message has been received from the source.
-It is not supported for messages received with the SMTP PRDR option in use.
+It is not supported for messages received with the SMTP PRDR
+.new
+or CHUNKING
+.wen
+options in use.
 
 Should the ultimate destination system positively accept or reject the mail,
 a corresponding indication is given to the source system and nothing is queued.
@@ -36059,7 +36079,7 @@ The latter can be disabled by turning off the &%outgoing_interface%& option.
 &%proxy%&: The internal (closest to the system running Exim) IP address
 of the proxy, tagged by PRX=, on the &"<="& line for a message accepted
 on a proxied connection
-or the &"=>"& line for a message delivered on a proxied connection..
+or the &"=>"& line for a message delivered on a proxied connection.
 See &<<SECTproxyInbound>>& for more information.
 .next
 .cindex "log" "incoming remote port"
@@ -37919,9 +37939,8 @@ lock will be lost at the instant of rename.
 .next
 .vindex "&$body_linecount$&"
 If you change the number of lines in the file, the value of
-&$body_linecount$&, which is stored in the -H file, will be incorrect. At
-present, this value is not used by Exim, but there is no guarantee that this
-will always be the case.
+&$body_linecount$&, which is stored in the -H file, will be incorrect and can
+cause incomplete transmission of messages or undeliverable messages.
 .next
 If the message is in MIME format, you must take care not to break it.
 .next
@@ -38550,6 +38569,13 @@ recorded in an ACL (example is below).
 Use of a proxy is enabled by setting the &%hosts_proxy%&
 main configuration option to a hostlist; connections from these
 hosts will use Proxy Protocol.
+Exim supports both version 1 and version 2 of the Proxy Protocol and
+automatically determines which version is in use.
+
+The Proxy Protocol header is the first data received on a TCP connection
+and is inserted before any TLS-on-connect handshake from the client; Exim
+negotiates TLS between Exim-as-server and the remote client, not between
+Exim and the proxy server.
 
 The following expansion variables are usable
 (&"internal"& and &"external"& here refer to the interfaces
@@ -38670,6 +38696,12 @@ Exim has support for Internationalised mail names.
 To include this it must be built with SUPPORT_I18N and the libidn library.
 Standards supported are RFCs 2060, 5890, 6530 and 6533.
 
+.new
+If Exim is built with SUPPORT_I18N_2008 (in addition to SUPPORT_I18N, not
+instead of it) then IDNA2008 is supported; this adds an extra library
+requirement, upon libidn2.
+.wen
+
 .section "MTA operations" SECTi18nMTA
 .cindex SMTPUTF8 "ESMTP option"
 The main configuration option &%smtputf8_advertise_hosts%& specifies