. Update the Copyright year (only) when changing content.
. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-.set previousversion "4.83"
+.set previousversion "4.85"
.include ./local_params
.set ACL "access control lists (ACLs)"
defined. AAAA records (analogous to A records for IPv4) are in use, and are
currently seen as the mainstream. Another record type called A6 was proposed
as better than AAAA because it had more flexibility. However, it was felt to be
-over-complex, and its status was reduced to &"experimental"&. It is not known
-if anyone is actually using A6 records. Exim has support for A6 records, but
-this is included only if you set &`SUPPORT_A6=YES`& in &_Local/Makefile_&. The
-support has not been tested for some time.
+over-complex, and its status was reduced to &"experimental"&. Exim used to
+have a compile option for including A6 record support but this has now been
+withdrawn.
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
.oindex "&%-X%&"
This option is interpreted by Sendmail to cause debug information to be sent
to the named file. It is ignored by Exim.
+
+.vitem &%-z%&&~<&'log-line'&>
+.oindex "&%-z%&"
+This option writes its argument to Exim's logfile.
+Use is restricted to administrators; the intent is for operational notes.
+Quotes should be used to maintain a multi-word item as a single argument,
+under most shells.
.endlist
.ecindex IIDclo1
If you have hosts for which you trust RFC1413 and need this
information, you can change this.
-This line enables an efficiency SMTP option. It is negociated by clients
+This line enables an efficiency SMTP option. It is negotiated by clients
and not expected to cause problems but can be disabled if needed.
.code
prdr_enable = true
&<<SECTforexpfai>>& for an explanation of what this means.
The supported DNS record types are A, CNAME, MX, NS, PTR, SPF, SRV, TLSA and TXT,
-and, when Exim is compiled with IPv6 support, AAAA (and A6 if that is also
-configured). If no type is given, TXT is assumed. When the type is PTR,
+and, when Exim is compiled with IPv6 support, AAAA.
+If no type is given, TXT is assumed. When the type is PTR,
the data can be an IP address, written as normal; inversion and the addition of
&%in-addr.arpa%& or &%ip6.arpa%& happens automatically. For example:
.code
If the data for a PTR record is not a syntactically valid IP address, it is not
altered and nothing is added.
-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
+For any record type, if multiple records are found, the data is returned as a
concatenation, with newline as the default separator. The order, of course,
depends on the DNS resolver. You can specify a different separator character
between multiple records by putting a right angle-bracket followed immediately
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"
It is permitted to specify a space as the separator character. Further
white space is ignored.
+.section "Dnsdb lookup modifiers" "SECTdnsdb_mod"
+.cindex "dnsdb modifiers"
+.cindex "modifiers" "dnsdb"
+.cindex "options" "dnsdb"
+Modifiers for &(dnsdb)& lookups are givien by optional keywords,
+each followed by a comma,
+that may appear before the record type.
+
+The &(dnsdb)& lookup fails only if all the DNS lookups fail. If there is a
+temporary DNS error for any of them, the behaviour is controlled by
+a defer-option modifier.
+The possible keywords are
+&"defer_strict"&, &"defer_never"&, and &"defer_lax"&.
+With &"strict"& behaviour, any temporary DNS error causes the
+whole lookup to defer. With &"never"& behaviour, a temporary DNS error is
+ignored, and the behaviour is as if the DNS lookup failed to find anything.
+With &"lax"& behaviour, all the queries are attempted, but a temporary DNS
+error causes the whole lookup to defer only if none of the other lookups
+succeed. The default is &"lax"&, so the following lookups are equivalent:
+.code
+${lookup dnsdb{defer_lax,a=one.host.com:two.host.com}}
+${lookup dnsdb{a=one.host.com:two.host.com}}
+.endd
+Thus, in the default case, as long as at least one of the DNS lookups
+yields some data, the lookup succeeds.
+
+.cindex "DNSSEC" "dns lookup"
+Use of &(DNSSEC)& is controlled by a dnssec modifier.
+The possible keywords are
+&"dnssec_strict"&, &"dnssec_lax"&, and &"dnssec_never"&.
+With &"strict"& or &"lax"& DNSSEC information is requested
+with the lookup.
+With &"strict"& a response from the DNS resolver that
+is not labelled as authenticated data
+is treated as equivalent to a temporary DNS error.
+The default is &"never"&.
+
+See also the &$lookup_dnssec_authenticated$& variable.
+
+
.section "Pseudo dnsdb record types" "SECID66"
.cindex "MX record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
By default, both the preference value and the host name are returned for
authorization required but absent, or &"?"& for unknown.
.cindex "A+" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup"
-The pseudo-type A+ performs an A6 lookup (if configured) followed by an AAAA
+The pseudo-type A+ performs an AAAA
and then an A lookup. All results are returned; defer processing
(see below) is handled separately for each lookup. Example:
.code
in the same way that multiple DNS records for a single item are handled. A
different separator can be specified, as described above.
-Modifiers for &(dnsdb)& lookups are givien by optional keywords,
-each followed by a comma,
-that may appear before the record type.
-
-The &(dnsdb)& lookup fails only if all the DNS lookups fail. If there is a
-temporary DNS error for any of them, the behaviour is controlled by
-a defer-option modifier.
-The possible keywords are
-&"defer_strict"&, &"defer_never"&, and &"defer_lax"&.
-With &"strict"& behaviour, any temporary DNS error causes the
-whole lookup to defer. With &"never"& behaviour, a temporary DNS error is
-ignored, and the behaviour is as if the DNS lookup failed to find anything.
-With &"lax"& behaviour, all the queries are attempted, but a temporary DNS
-error causes the whole lookup to defer only if none of the other lookups
-succeed. The default is &"lax"&, so the following lookups are equivalent:
-.code
-${lookup dnsdb{defer_lax,a=one.host.com:two.host.com}}
-${lookup dnsdb{a=one.host.com:two.host.com}}
-.endd
-Thus, in the default case, as long as at least one of the DNS lookups
-yields some data, the lookup succeeds.
-
-.cindex "DNSSEC" "dns lookup"
-Use of &(DNSSEC)& is controlled by a dnssec modifier.
-The possible keywords are
-&"dnssec_strict"&, &"dnssec_lax"&, and &"dnssec_never"&.
-With &"strict"& or &"lax"& DNSSEC information is requested
-with the lookup.
-With &"strict"& a response from the DNS resolver that
-is not labelled as authenticated data
-is treated as equivalent to a temporary DNS error.
-The default is &"never"&.
-
-See also the &$lookup_dnssec_authenticated$& variable.
-
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, one of them with an embedded comma, whereas
ldap:///o=base??sub?(uid=fred)
objectClass="top" attr1="value1.1,value1,,2" attr2="value two"
.endd
-.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
.cindex "expansion" "inserting from a socket"
.cindex "socket, use of in expansion"
.cindex "&%readsocket%& expansion item"
-This item inserts data from a Unix domain or Internet socket into the expanded
+This item inserts data from a Unix domain or TCP socket into the expanded
string. The minimal way of using it uses just two arguments, as in these
examples:
.code
-.new
.vitem &*${sort{*&<&'string'&>&*}{*&<&'comparator'&>&*}{*&<&'extractor'&>&*}}*&
.cindex sorting a list
.cindex list sorting
.endd
sorts a list of numbers, and
.code
-${sort {$lookup dnsdb{>:,,mx=example.com}} {<} {${listextract{1}{<,$item}}}}
+${sort {${lookup dnsdb{>:,,mx=example.com}}} {<} {${listextract{1}{<,$item}}}}
.endd
will sort an MX lookup into priority order.
-.wen
.vitem &*${substr{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}{*&<&'string3'&>&*}}*&
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
This variable refers to the certificate presented to the peer of an
inbound connection when the message was received.
It is only useful as the argument of a
-.new
&%certextract%& expansion item, &%md5%&, &%sha1%& or &%sha256%& operator,
-.wen
or a &%def%& condition.
.vitem &$tls_in_peercert$&
This variable refers to the certificate presented by the peer of an
inbound connection when the message was received.
It is only useful as the argument of a
-.new
&%certextract%& expansion item, &%md5%&, &%sha1%& or &%sha256%& operator,
-.wen
or a &%def%& condition.
+If certificate verification fails it may refer to a failing chain element
+which is not the leaf.
.vitem &$tls_out_ourcert$&
.vindex "&$tls_out_ourcert$&"
This variable refers to the certificate presented to the peer of an
outbound connection. It is only useful as the argument of a
-.new
&%certextract%& expansion item, &%md5%&, &%sha1%& or &%sha256%& operator,
-.wen
or a &%def%& condition.
.vitem &$tls_out_peercert$&
.vindex "&$tls_out_peercert$&"
This variable refers to the certificate presented by the peer of an
outbound connection. It is only useful as the argument of a
-.new
&%certextract%& expansion item, &%md5%&, &%sha1%& or &%sha256%& operator,
-.wen
or a &%def%& condition.
+If certificate verification fails it may refer to a failing chain element
+which is not the leaf.
.vitem &$tls_in_certificate_verified$&
.vindex "&$tls_in_certificate_verified$&"
connection, and Exim is configured to request a certificate from the client,
the value of the Distinguished Name of the certificate is made available in the
&$tls_in_peerdn$& during subsequent processing.
+If certificate verification fails it may refer to a failing chain element
+which is not the leaf.
The deprecated &$tls_peerdn$& variable refers to the inbound side
except when used in the context of an outbound SMTP delivery, when it refers to
connection, and Exim is configured to request a certificate from the server,
the value of the Distinguished Name of the certificate is made available in the
&$tls_out_peerdn$& during subsequent processing.
+If certificate verification fails it may refer to a failing chain element
+which is not the leaf.
.vitem &$tls_in_sni$&
.vindex "&$tls_in_sni$&"
.row &%acl_smtp_mail%& "ACL for MAIL"
.row &%acl_smtp_mailauth%& "ACL for AUTH on MAIL command"
.row &%acl_smtp_mime%& "ACL for MIME parts"
+.row &%acl_smtp_notquit%& "ACL for non-QUIT terminations"
.row &%acl_smtp_predata%& "ACL for start of data"
.row &%acl_smtp_quit%& "ACL for QUIT"
.row &%acl_smtp_rcpt%& "ACL for RCPT"
.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
extension. It defines the ACL that is run for each MIME part in a message. See
section &<<SECTscanmimepart>>& for details.
+.option acl_smtp_notquit main string&!! unset
+.cindex "not-QUIT, ACL for"
+This option defines the ACL that is run when an SMTP session
+ends without a QUIT command being received.
+See chapter &<<CHAPACL>>& for further details.
+
.option acl_smtp_predata main string&!! unset
This option defines the ACL that is run when an SMTP DATA command is
received, before the message itself is received. See chapter &<<CHAPACL>>& for
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 &%smtp_ratelimit_hosts%& above.
-.option smtp_receive_timeout main time 5m
+.option smtp_receive_timeout main time&!! 5m
.cindex "timeout" "for SMTP input"
.cindex "SMTP" "input timeout"
This sets a timeout value for SMTP reception. It applies to all forms of SMTP
The former means that Exim was expecting to read an SMTP command; the latter
means that it was in the DATA phase, reading the contents of a message.
+If the first character of the option is a &"$"& the option is
+expanded before use and may depend on
+&$sender_host_name$&, &$sender_host_address$& and &$sender_host_port$&.
+
.oindex "&%-os%&"
The value set by this option can be overridden by the
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
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
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
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"
.option headers_add routers list&!! unset
.cindex "header lines" "adding"
.cindex "router" "adding header lines"
-This option specifies a list of text headers, newline-separated,
+This option specifies a list of text headers,
+.new
+newline-separated (by default, changeable in the usual way),
+.wen
that is associated with any addresses that are accepted by the router.
Each item is separately expanded, at routing time. However, this
option has no effect when an address is just being verified. The way in which
.option headers_remove routers list&!! unset
.cindex "header lines" "removing"
.cindex "router" "removing header lines"
-This option specifies a list of text headers, colon-separated,
+This option specifies a list of text headers,
+.new
+colon-separated (by default, changeable in the usual way),
+.wen
that is associated with any addresses that are accepted by the router.
Each item is separately expanded, at routing time. However, this
option has no effect when an address is just being verified. The way in which
an address; if such a router is expected to handle "all remaining non-local
domains", then it is important to set &%no_more%&.
+The router will defer rather than decline if the domain
+is found in the &%fail_defer_domains%& router option.
+
Reasons for a &(dnslookup)& router to decline currently include:
.ilist
The domain does not exist in DNS
.cindex "DNS" "DNSSEC"
DNS lookups for domains matching &%dnssec_request_domains%& will be done with
the dnssec request bit set.
-This applies to all of the SRV, MX A6, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
+This applies to all of the SRV, MX, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
DNS lookups for domains matching &%dnssec_request_domains%& will be done with
the dnssec request bit set. Any returns not having the Authenticated Data bit
(AD bit) set wil be ignored and logged as a host-lookup failure.
-This applies to all of the SRV, MX A6, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
+This applies to all of the SRV, MX, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
+
+
+.option fail_defer_domains dnslookup "domain list&!!" unset
+.cindex "MX record" "not found"
+DNS lookups for domains matching &%fail_defer_domains%&
+which find no matching record will cause the router to defer
+rather than the default behaviour of decline.
+This maybe be useful for queueing messages for a newly created
+domain while the DNS configuration is not ready.
+However, it will result in any message with mistyped domains
+also being queued.
.option mx_domains dnslookup "domain list&!!" unset
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"
.option headers_add transports list&!! unset
.cindex "header lines" "adding in transport"
.cindex "transport" "header lines; adding"
-This option specifies a list of text headers, newline-separated,
+This option specifies a list of text headers,
+.new
+newline-separated (by default, changeable in the usual way),
+.wen
which are (separately) expanded and added to the header
portion of a message as it is transported, as described in section
&<<SECTheadersaddrem>>&. Additional header lines can also be specified by
.option headers_remove transports list&!! unset
.cindex "header lines" "removing"
.cindex "transport" "header lines; removing"
-This option specifies a list of header names, colon-separated;
+This option specifies a list of header names,
+.new
+colon-separated (by default, changeable in the usual way);
+.wen
these headers are omitted from the message as it is transported, as described
in section &<<SECTheadersaddrem>>&. Header removal can also be specified by
routers.
.cindex "DNS" "DNSSEC"
DNS lookups for domains matching &%dnssec_request_domains%& will be done with
the dnssec request bit set.
-This applies to all of the SRV, MX A6, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
+This applies to all of the SRV, MX, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
DNS lookups for domains matching &%dnssec_request_domains%& will be done with
the dnssec request bit set. Any returns not having the Authenticated Data bit
(AD bit) set wil be ignored and logged as a host-lookup failure.
-This applies to all of the SRV, MX A6, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
+This applies to all of the SRV, MX, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
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"
permits this.
-.option multi_domain smtp boolean true
+.option multi_domain smtp boolean&!! true
.vindex "&$domain$&"
When this option is set, the &(smtp)& transport can handle a number of
addresses containing a mixture of different domains provided they all resolve
&$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"
The Internet standards bodies strongly discourage use of this mode.
-.option retry_include_ip_address smtp boolean true
+.option retry_include_ip_address smtp boolean&!! true
Exim normally includes both the host name and the IP address in the key it
constructs for indexing retry data after a temporary delivery failure. This
means that when one of several IP addresses for a host is failing, it gets
However, in some dialup environments hosts are assigned a different IP address
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. This should normally be done on a separate
-instance of the &(smtp)& transport, set up specially to handle the dialup
-hosts.
+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.
legitimate reasons for this (host died, network died), but if it repeats a lot
for the same host, it indicates something odd.
+.vitem &%lookup%&
+A DNS lookup for a host failed.
+Note that a &%dnslookup%& router will need to have matched
+its &%fail_defer_domains%& option for this retry type to be usable.
+Also note that a &%manualroute%& router will probably need
+its &%host_find_failed%& option set to &%defer%&.
+
.vitem &%refused_MX%&
A connection to a host obtained from an MX record was refused.
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$& valid.
+The test may accept, defer or deny for inividual recipients.
The &%acl_smtp_data%& will still be called after this ACL and
can reject the message overall, even if this ACL has accepted it
for some or all recipients.
.cindex "QUIT, ACL for"
The ACL for the SMTP QUIT command is anomalous, in that the outcome of the ACL
does not affect the response code to QUIT, which is always 221. Thus, the ACL
-does not in fact control any access. For this reason, the only verbs that are
-permitted are &%accept%& and &%warn%&.
+does not in fact control any access. For this reason, it may only accept
+or warn as its final result.
This ACL can be used for tasks such as custom logging at the end of an SMTP
session. For example, you can use ACL variables in other ACLs to count
response.
.vindex "&$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.
.cindex "&ACL;" "cutthrough routing"
.cindex "cutthrough" "requesting"
This option requests delivery be attempted while the item is being received.
-It is usable in the RCPT ACL and valid only for single-recipient mails forwarded
-from one SMTP connection to another. If a recipient-verify callout connection is
-requested in the same ACL it is held open and used for the data, otherwise one is made
-after the ACL completes.
+
+The option is usable in the RCPT ACL.
+If enabled for a message recieved via smtp and routed to an smtp transport,
+and only one transport, interface, destination host and port combination
+is used for all recipients of the message,
+then the delivery connection is made while the receiving connection is open
+and data is copied from one to the other.
+
+An attempt to set this option for any recipient but the first
+for a mail will be quietly ignored.
+If a recipient-verify callout connection is subsequently
+requested in the same ACL it is held open and used for
+any subsequent receipients and the data,
+otherwise one is made after the initial RCPT ACL completes.
Note that routers are used in verify mode,
and cannot depend on content of received headers.
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 recieved with the SMTP PRDR option 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.
If there is a temporary error the item is queued for later delivery in the
-usual fashion. If the item is successfully delivered in cutthrough mode the log line
-is tagged with ">>" rather than "=>" and appears before the acceptance "<="
-line.
+usual fashion. If the item is successfully delivered in cutthrough mode
+the delivery log lines are tagged with ">>" rather than "=>" and appear
+before the acceptance "<=" line.
-Delivery in this mode avoids the generation of a bounce mail to a (possibly faked)
+Delivery in this mode avoids the generation of a bounce mail to a
+(possibly faked)
sender when the destination system is doing content-scan based rejection.
address, and in that case, the subsequent value of &$address_data$& is the
value for the child address.
-.vitem &*verify&~=&~reverse_host_lookup*&
+.vitem &*verify&~=&~reverse_host_lookup/*&<&'options'&>
.cindex "&%verify%& ACL condition"
.cindex "&ACL;" "verifying host reverse lookup"
.cindex "host" "verifying reverse lookup"
one of its aliases, does, when it is itself looked up in the DNS, yield the
original IP address.
+There is one possible option, &`defer_ok`&. If this is present and a
+DNS operation returns a temporary error, the verify condition succeeds.
+
If this condition is used for a locally generated message (that is, when there
is no client host involved), it always succeeds.
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
This daemon-type scanner is GPL and free. You can get it at
&url(http://www.clamav.net/). Some older versions of clamd do not seem to
unpack MIME containers, so it used to be recommended to unpack MIME attachments
-in the MIME ACL. This no longer believed to be necessary. One option is
-required: either the path and name of a UNIX socket file, or a hostname or IP
-number, and a port, separated by space, as in the second of these examples:
+in the MIME ACL. This is no longer believed to be necessary.
+
+The options are a list of server specifiers, which may be
+a UNIX socket specification,
+a TCP socket specification,
+or a (global) option.
+
+A socket specification consists of a space-separated list.
+For a Unix socket the first element is a full path for the socket,
+for a TCP socket the first element is the IP address
+and the second a port number,
+Any further elements are per-server (non-global) options.
+These per-server options are supported:
+.code
+retry=<timespec> Retry on connect fail
+.endd
+
+The &`retry`& option specifies a time after which a single retry for
+a failed connect is made. The default is to not retry.
+
+If a Unix socket file is specified, only one server is supported.
+
+Examples:
.code
av_scanner = clamd:/opt/clamd/socket
av_scanner = clamd:192.0.2.3 1234
av_scanner = clamd:192.0.2.3 1234:local
+av_scanner = clamd:192.0.2.3 1234 retry=10s
av_scanner = clamd:192.0.2.3 1234 : 192.0.2.4 1234
.endd
-If the value of av_scanner points to a UNIX socket file or contains the local
-keyword, then the ClamAV interface will pass a filename containing the data
+If the value of av_scanner points to a UNIX socket file or contains the
+&`local`&
+option, then the ClamAV interface will pass a filename containing the data
to be scanned, which will should normally result in less I/O happening and be
more efficient. Normally in the TCP case, the data is streamed to ClamAV as
Exim does not assume that there is a common filesystem with the remote host.
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
.endd
-.section "Scanning with SpamAssassin" "SECTscanspamass"
+.section "Scanning with SpamAssassin and Rspamd" "SECTscanspamass"
.cindex "content scanning" "for spam"
.cindex "spam scanning"
.cindex "SpamAssassin"
+.cindex "Rspamd"
The &%spam%& ACL condition calls SpamAssassin's &%spamd%& daemon to get a spam
-score and a report for the message. You can get SpamAssassin at
-&url(http://www.spamassassin.org), or, if you have a working Perl
-installation, you can use CPAN by running:
+score and a report for the message.
+.new
+Support is also provided for Rspamd.
+
+For more information about installation and configuration of SpamAssassin or
+Rspamd refer to their respective websites at
+&url(http://spamassassin.apache.org) and &url(http://www.rspamd.com)
+.wen
+
+SpamAssassin can be installed with CPAN by running:
.code
perl -MCPAN -e 'install Mail::SpamAssassin'
.endd
nicely, however.
.oindex "&%spamd_address%&"
-After having installed and configured SpamAssassin, start the &%spamd%& daemon.
-By default, it listens on 127.0.0.1, TCP port 783. If you use another host or
-port for &%spamd%&, you must set the &%spamd_address%& option in the global
-part of the Exim configuration as follows (example):
+By default, SpamAssassin listens on 127.0.0.1, TCP port 783 and if you
+intend to use an instance running on the local host you do not need to set
+&%spamd_address%&. If you intend to use another host or port for SpamAssassin,
+you must set the &%spamd_address%& option in the global part of the Exim
+configuration as follows (example):
.code
spamd_address = 192.168.99.45 387
.endd
-You do not need to set this option if you use the default. As of version 2.60,
-&%spamd%& also supports communication over UNIX sockets. If you want to use
-these, supply &%spamd_address%& with an absolute file name instead of a
-address/port pair:
+
+.new
+To use Rspamd (which by default listens on all local addresses
+on TCP port 11333)
+you should add &%variant=rspamd%& after the address/port pair, for example:
+.code
+spamd_address = 127.0.0.1 11333 variant=rspamd
+.endd
+.wen
+
+As of version 2.60, &%SpamAssassin%& also supports communication over UNIX
+sockets. If you want to us these, supply &%spamd_address%& with an absolute
+file name instead of an address/port pair:
.code
spamd_address = /var/run/spamd_socket
.endd
You can have multiple &%spamd%& servers to improve scalability. These can
reside on other hardware reachable over the network. To specify multiple
&%spamd%& servers, put multiple address/port pairs in the &%spamd_address%&
-option, separated with colons:
+option, separated with colons (the separator can be changed in the usual way):
.code
spamd_address = 192.168.2.10 783 : \
192.168.2.11 783 : \
192.168.2.12 783
.endd
-Up to 32 &%spamd%& servers are supported. The servers are queried in a random
-fashion. When a server fails to respond to the connection attempt, all other
+Up to 32 &%spamd%& servers are supported.
+When a server fails to respond to the connection attempt, all other
servers are tried until one succeeds. If no server responds, the &%spam%&
condition defers.
-&*Warning*&: It is not possible to use the UNIX socket connection method with
-multiple &%spamd%& servers.
+.new
+Unix and TCP socket specifications may be mixed in any order.
+Each element of the list is a list itself, space-separated by default
+and changeable in the usual way.
+
+For TCP socket specifications a host name or IP (v4 or v6, but
+subject to list-separator quoting rules) address can be used,
+and the port can be one or a dash-separated pair.
+In the latter case, the range is tried in strict order.
+
+Elements after the first for Unix sockets, or second for TCP socket,
+are options.
+The supported option are:
+.code
+pri=<priority> Selection priority
+weight=<value> Selection bias
+time=<start>-<end> Use only between these times of day
+retry=<timespec> Retry on connect fail
+tmo=<timespec> Connection time limit
+variant=rspamd Use Rspamd rather than SpamAssassin protocol
+.endd
+
+The &`pri`& option specifies a priority for the server within the list,
+higher values being tried first.
+The deafult priority is 1.
+
+The &`weight`& option specifies a selection bias.
+Within a priority set
+servers are queried in a random fashion, weighted by this value.
+The default value for selection bias is 1.
+
+Time specifications for the &`time`& option are <hour>.<minute>.<second>
+in the local time zone; each element being one or more digits.
+Either the seconds or both minutes and seconds, plus the leading &`.`&
+characters, may be omitted and will be taken as zero.
+
+Timeout specifications for the &`retry`& and &`tmo`& options
+are the usual Exim time interval standard, eg. &`20s`& or &`1m`&.
+
+The &`tmo`& option specifies an overall timeout for communication.
+The default value is two minutes.
+
+The &`retry`& option specifies a time after which a single retry for
+a failed connect is made.
+The default is to not retry.
+.wen
The &%spamd_address%& variable is expanded before use if it starts with
a dollar sign. In this case, the expansion may return a string that is
relevant if you have set up multiple SpamAssassin profiles. If you do not want
to scan using a specific profile, but rather use the SpamAssassin system-wide
default profile, you can scan for an unknown name, or simply use &"nobody"&.
-However, you must put something on the right-hand side.
+.new
+Rspamd does not use this setting. However, you must put something on the
+right-hand side.
+.wen
The name allows you to use per-domain or per-user antispam profiles in
principle, but this is not straightforward in practice, because a message may
&%spam%& condition has to be called from a DATA ACL in order to be able to
read the contents of the message, the variables &$local_part$& and &$domain$&
are not set.
+Careful enforcement of single-recipient messages
+(eg. by responding with defer in the recipient ACL for all recipients
+after the first),
+or the use of PRDR,
+.cindex "PRDR" "use for per-user SpamAssassin profiles"
+are needed to use this feature.
The right-hand side of the &%spam%& condition is expanded before being used, so
you can put lookups or conditions there. When the right-hand side evaluates to
.vitem &$spam_report$&
A multiline text table, containing the full SpamAssassin report for the
message. Useful for inclusion in headers or reject messages.
+
+.new
+.vitem &$spam_action$&
+For SpamAssassin either 'reject' or 'no action' depending on the
+spam score versus threshold.
+For Rspamd, the recommended action.
+.wen
+
.endlist
The &%spam%& condition caches its results unless expansion in
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
&`*etrn `& ETRN commands
&`*host_lookup_failed `& as it says
&` ident_timeout `& timeout for ident connection
-&` incoming_interface `& incoming interface on <= lines
-&` incoming_port `& incoming port on <= lines
+&` incoming_interface `& local interface on <= and => lines
+&` incoming_port `& remote port on <= lines
&`*lost_incoming_connection `& as it says (includes timeouts)
&` outgoing_port `& add remote port to => lines
&`*queue_run `& start and end queue runs
&` 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
client's ident port times out.
.next
.cindex "log" "incoming interface"
+.cindex "log" "local interface"
+.cindex "log" "local address and port"
+.cindex "TCP/IP" "logging local address and port"
.cindex "interface" "logging"
&%incoming_interface%&: The interface on which a message was received is added
to the &"<="& line as an IP address in square brackets, tagged by I= and
followed by a colon and the port number. The local interface and port are also
-added to other SMTP log lines, for example &"SMTP connection from"&, and to
-rejection lines.
+added to other SMTP log lines, for example &"SMTP connection from"& and to
+rejection lines
+and (despite the name) the local interface is added to &"=>"& lines..
.next
.cindex "log" "incoming remote port"
.cindex "port" "logging remote"
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] [-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.
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
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