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-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.38 2005/04/28 13:29:27 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.111 2006/09/25 10:14:20 ph10 Exp $

 
 New Features in Exim
 --------------------
 
 
 New Features in Exim
 --------------------
 

-This file contains descriptions of new features that have been added to Exim,
-but have not yet made it into the main manual (which is most conveniently
-updated when there is a relatively large batch of changes). The doc/ChangeLog
-file contains a listing of all changes, including bug fixes.
+This file contains descriptions of new features that have been added to Exim.
+Before a formal release, there may be quite a lot of detail so that people can
+test from the snapshots or the CVS before the documentation is updated. Once
+the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list.

 
 
 
 

-Version 4.51
+Version 4.64

 ------------
 
 ------------
 

-PH/01 The format in which GnuTLS parameters are written to the gnutls-param
-      file in the spool directory has been changed. This change has been made
-      to alleviate problems that some people had with the generation of the
-      parameters by Exim when /dev/random was exhausted. In this situation,
-      Exim would hang until /dev/random acquired some more entropy.
-
-      The new code exports and imports the DH and RSA parameters in PEM
-      format. This means that the parameters can be generated externally using
-      the certtool command that is part of GnuTLS.
-
-      To replace the parameters with new ones, instead of deleting the file
-      and letting Exim re-create it, you can generate new parameters using
-      certtool and, when this has been done, replace Exim's cache file by
-      renaming. The relevant commands are something like this:
-
-        # rm -f new.params
-        # touch new.params
-        # chown exim:exim new.params
-        # chmod 0400 new.params
-        # certtool --generate-privkey --bits 512 >new.params
-        # echo "" >>new.params
-        # certtool --generate-dh-params --bits 1024 >> new.params
-        # mv new.params params
-
-      If Exim never has to generate the parameters itself, the possibility of
-      stalling is removed.
-
-PH/02 A new expansion item for dynamically loading and calling a locally-
-      written C function is now provided, if Exim is compiled with
-
-        EXPAND_DLFUNC=yes
-
-      set in Local/Makefile. The facility is not included by default (a
-      suitable error is given if you try to use it when it is not there.)
+1. ACL variables can now be given arbitrary names, as long as they start with
+   "acl_c" or "acl_m" (for connection variables and message variables), are
+   at least six characters long, with the sixth character being either a digit
+   or an underscore. The rest of the name can contain alphanumeric characters
+   and underscores. This is a compatible change because the old set of
+   variables such as acl_m12 are a subset of the allowed names. There may now
+   be any number of ACL variables. For example:
+
+     set acl_c13   = value for original ACL variable
+     set acl_c13b  = whatever
+     set acl_m_foo = something
+
+   What happens if a syntactically valid but undefined ACL variable is
+   referenced depends on the setting of the strict_acl_vars option. If it is
+   false (the default), an empty string is substituted; if it is true, an error
+   is generated. This affects all ACL variables, including the "old" ones such
+   as acl_c4. (Previously there wasn't the concept of an undefined ACL
+   variable.)
+
+   The implementation has been done in such a way that spool files containing
+   ACL variable settings written by previous releases of Exim are compatible
+   and can be read by the new release. If only the original numeric names are
+   used, spool files written by the new release can be read by earlier
+   releases.
+
+2. There is a new ACL modifier called log_reject_target. It makes it possible
+   to specify which logs are used for messages about ACL rejections. Its
+   argument is a list of words which can be "main", "reject", or "panic". The
+   default is "main:reject". The list may be empty, in which case a rejection
+   is not logged at all. For example, this ACL fragment writes no logging
+   information when access is denied:
+
+     deny <some conditions>
+          log_reject_target =
+
+   The modifier can be used in SMTP and non-SMTP ACLs. It applies to both
+   permanent and temporary rejections.
+
+
+Version 4.63
+------------

 
 

-      If you enable EXPAND_DLFUNC, you should also be aware of the new redirect
-      router option forbid_filter_dlfunc. If you have unprivileged users on
-      your system who are permitted to create filter files, you might want to
-      set forbid_filter_dlfunc=true in the appropriate router, to stop them
-      using ${dlfunc to run code within Exim.
+1. There is a new Boolean option called filter_prepend_home for the redirect
+   router.
+
+2. There is a new acl, set by acl_not_smtp_start, which is run right at the
+   start of receiving a non-SMTP message, before any of the message has been
+   read.
+
+3. When an SMTP error message is specified in a "message" modifier in an ACL,
+   or in a :fail: or :defer: message in a redirect router, Exim now checks the
+   start of the message for an SMTP error code.
+
+4. There is a new parameter for LDAP lookups called "referrals", which takes
+   one of the settings "follow" (the default) or "nofollow".
+
+5. Version 20070721.2 of exipick now included, offering these new options:
+    --reverse
+        After all other sorting options have bee processed, reverse order
+        before displaying messages (-R is synonym).
+    --random
+        Randomize order of matching messages before displaying.
+    --size
+        Instead of displaying the matching messages, display the sum
+        of their sizes.
+    --sort <variable>[,<variable>...]
+        Before displaying matching messages, sort the messages according to
+        each messages value for each variable.
+    --not
+        Negate the value for every test (returns inverse output from the
+        same criteria without --not).
+
+
+Version 4.62
+------------

 
 

-      You load and call an external function like this:
-
-        ${dlfunc{/some/file}{function}{arg1}{arg2}...}
-
-      Once loaded, Exim remembers the dynamically loaded object so that it
-      doesn't reload the same object file in the same Exim process (but of
-      course Exim does start new processes frequently).
-
-      There may be from zero to eight arguments to the function. When compiling
-      a local function that is to be called in this way, local_scan.h should be
-      included. The Exim variables and functions that are defined by that API
-      are also available for dynamically loaded functions. The function itself
-      must have the following type:
-
-        int dlfunction(uschar **yield, int argc, uschar *argv[])
-
-      Where "uschar" is a typedef for "unsigned char" in local_scan.h. The
-      function should return one of the following values:
+1. The ${readsocket expansion item now supports Internet domain sockets as well
+   as Unix domain sockets. If the first argument begins "inet:", it must be of
+   the form "inet:host:port". The port is mandatory; it may be a number or the
+   name of a TCP port in /etc/services. The host may be a name, or it may be an
+   IP address. An ip address may optionally be enclosed in square brackets.
+   This is best for IPv6 addresses. For example:

 
 

-      OK            Success. The string that is placed in "yield" is put into
-                    the expanded string that is being built.
+     ${readsocket{inet:[::1]:1234}{<request data>}...

 
 

-      FAIL          A non-forced expansion failure occurs, with the error
-                    message taken from "yield", if it is set.
+   Only a single host name may be given, but if looking it up yield more than
+   one IP address, they are each tried in turn until a connection is made. Once
+   a connection has been made, the behaviour is as for ${readsocket with a Unix
+   domain socket.

 
 

-      FAIL_FORCED   A forced expansion failure occurs, with the error message
-                    taken from "yield" if it is set.
+2. If a redirect router sets up file or pipe deliveries for more than one
+   incoming address, and the relevant transport has batch_max set greater than
+   one, a batch delivery now occurs.

 
 

-      ERROR         Same as FAIL, except that a panic log entry is written.
+3. The appendfile transport has a new option called maildirfolder_create_regex.
+   Its value is a regular expression. For a maildir delivery, this is matched
+   against the maildir directory; if it matches, Exim ensures that a
+   maildirfolder file is created alongside the new, cur, and tmp directories.

 
 

-      When compiling a function that is to be used in this way with gcc,
-      you need to add -shared to the gcc command. Also, in the Exim build-time
-      configuration, you must add -export-dynamic to EXTRALIBS.

 
 

-TF/01 $received_time is a new expansion variable containing the time and date
-      as a number of seconds since the start of the Unix epoch when the
-      current message was received.
+Version 4.61
+------------

 
 

-PH/03 There is a new value for RADIUS_LIB_TYPE that can be set in
-      Local/Makefile. It is RADIUSCLIENTNEW, and it requests that the new API,
-      in use from radiusclient 0.4.0 onwards, be used. It does not appear to be
-      possible to detect the different versions automatically.
+The documentation is up-to-date for the 4.61 release. Major new features since
+the 4.60 release are:

 
 

-PH/04 There is a new option called acl_not_smtp_mime that allows you to scan
-      MIME parts in non-SMTP messages. It operates in exactly the same way as
-      acl_smtp_mime
+. An option called disable_ipv6, to disable the use of IPv6 completely.

 
 

-PH/05 It is now possible to redefine a macro within the configuration file.
-      The macro must have been previously defined within the configuration (or
-      an included file). A definition on the command line using the -D option
-      causes all definitions and redefinitions within the file to be ignored.
-      In other words, -D overrides any values that are set in the file.
-      Redefinition is specified by using '==' instead of '='. For example:
+. An increase in the number of ACL variables to 20 of each type.

 
 

-        MAC1 =  initial value
-        ...
-        MAC1 == updated value
+. A change to use $auth1, $auth2, and $auth3 in authenticators instead of $1,
+  $2, $3, (though those are still set) because the numeric variables get used
+  for other things in complicated expansions.

 
 

-      Redefinition does not alter the order in which the macros are applied to
-      the subsequent lines of the configuration file. It is still the same
-      order in which the macros were originally defined. All that changes is
-      the macro's value. Redefinition makes it possible to accumulate values.
-      For example:
+. The default for rfc1413_query_timeout has been changed from 30s to 5s.

 
 

-        MAC1 =  initial value
-        ...
-        MAC1 == MAC1 and something added
+. It is possible to use setclassresources() on some BSD OS to control the
+  resources used in pipe deliveries.

 
 

-      This can be helpful in situations where the configuration file is built
-      from a number of other files.
+. A new ACL modifier called add_header, which can be used with any verb.

 
 

-PH/06 Macros may now be defined or redefined between router, transport,
-      authenticator, or ACL definitions, as well as in the main part of the
-      configuration. They may not, however, be changed within an individual
-      driver or ACL, or in the local_scan, retry, or rewrite sections of the
-      configuration.
+. More errors are detectable in retry rules.

 
 

-PH/07 $acl_verify_message is now set immediately after the failure of a
-      verification in an ACL, and so is available in subsequent modifiers. In
-      particular, the message can be preserved by coding like this:
+There are a number of other additions too.

 
 

-         warn  !verify = sender
-               set acl_m0 = $acl_verify_message

 
 

-      Previously, $acl_verify_message was set only while expanding "message"
-      and "log_message" when a very denied access.
+Version 4.60
+------------

 
 

-PH/08 The redirect router has two new options, sieve_useraddress and
-      sieve_subaddress. These are passed to a Sieve filter to specify the :user
-      and :subaddress parts of an address. Both options are unset by default.
-      However, when a Sieve filter is run, if sieve_useraddress is unset, the
-      entire original local part (including any prefix or suffix) is used for
-      :user. An unset subaddress is treated as an empty subaddress.
+The documentation is up-to-date for the 4.60 release. Major new features since
+the 4.50 release are:

 
 

-PH/09 Quota values can be followed by G as well as K and M.
+. Support for SQLite.

 
 

-PH/10 $message_linecount is a new variable that contains the total number of
-      lines in the header and body of the message. Compare $body_linecount,
-      which is the count for the body only. During the DATA and
-      content-scanning ACLs, $message_linecount contains the number of lines
-      received. Before delivery happens (that is, before filters, routers, and
-      transports run) the count is increased to include the Received: header
-      line that Exim standardly adds, and also any other header lines that are
-      added by ACLs. The blank line that separates the message header from the
-      body is not counted. Here is an example of the use of this variable in a
-      DATA ACL:
+. Support for IGNOREQUOTA in LMTP.

 
 

-        deny message   = Too many lines in message header
-             condition = \
-               ${if <{250}{${eval: $message_linecount - $body_linecount}}}
+. Extensions to the "submission mode" features.

 
 

-      In the MAIL and RCPT ACLs, the value is zero because at that stage the
-      message has not yet been received.
+. Support for Client SMTP Authorization (CSA).

 
 

-PH/11 In a ${run expansion, the variable $value (which contains the standard
-      output) is now also usable in the "else" string.
+. Support for ratelimiting hosts and users.

 
 

+. New expansion items to help with the BATV "prvs" scheme.

 
 

-Version 4.50
-------------
+. A "match_ip" condition, that matches an IP address against a list.

 
 

-The documentation is up-to-date for the 4.50 release.
+There are many more minor changes.

 
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