X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/jgh/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/1130bfb0c80bb04fa0873a075758a8abb84f607a..e7726cbf334d1782435662c2d209ad82ec602c5c:/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index 85be6dc06..cd69ef60e 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.68 2005/09/12 13:39:31 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.71 2005/09/15 12:22:41 fanf2 Exp $ New Features in Exim -------------------- @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ PH/06 It is now possible to specify a port number along with a host name or PH/07 $smtp_command_argument is now set for all SMTP commands, not just the non-message ones. This makes it possible to inspect the complete command - for RCPT commands, for example. + for RCPT commands, for example. But see also PH/45 below. PH/08 The ${eval expansion now supports % as a "remainder" operator. @@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ PH/11 There is a new log selector, "unknown_in_list", which provokes a log entry when the result of a list match is failure because a DNS lookup failed. +PH/12 There is a new variable called $smtp_command which contains the full SMTP + command (compare $smtp_command_argument - see PH/07 above). This makes it + possible to distinguish between HELO and EHLO, and also between things + like "MAIL FROM:<>" and "MAIL FROM: <>". + +TF/01 There's a new script in util/ratelimit.pl which extracts sending + rates from log files, to assist with choosing appropriate settings + when deploying the ratelimit ACL condition. + Exim version 4.52 ----------------- @@ -282,7 +291,7 @@ TF/04 There is a new ratelimit ACL condition which can be used to measure rate limit. Conversely, if m and p are both small then messages must be sent at an even rate. - The key is used to look up the data used to calcluate the client's + The key is used to look up the data used to calculate the client's average sending rate. This data is stored in a database maintained by Exim in its spool directory alongside the retry database etc. For example, you can limit the sending rate of each authenticated user, @@ -297,7 +306,8 @@ TF/04 There is a new ratelimit ACL condition which can be used to measure Each ratelimit condition can have up to two options. The first option specifies what Exim measures the rate of, and the second specifies how - Exim handles excessively fast clients. + Exim handles excessively fast clients. The options are separated by a + slash, like the other parameters. The per_mail option means that it measures the client's rate of sending messages. This is the default if none of the per_* options is specified.