X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/jgh/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/214042d23115fe1353ee41041ec91a9dbba3b23d..50dc740948ba43eaeb6d33757bc83beff33f2a64:/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 748f5c9dc..aece633af 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ . Update the Copyright year (only) when changing content. . ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -.set previousversion "4.80" +.set previousversion "4.84" .include ./local_params .set ACL "access control lists (ACLs)" @@ -3811,6 +3811,12 @@ 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 connection to the remote host has been authenticated. +.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. + .vitem &%-MCP%& .oindex "&%-MCP%&" This option is not intended for use by external callers. It is used internally @@ -4221,6 +4227,20 @@ option sets the IP interface address value. A port number may be included, using the same syntax as for &%-oMa%&. The interface address is placed in &$received_ip_address$& and the port number, if present, in &$received_port$&. +.vitem &%-oMm%&&~<&'message&~reference'&> +.oindex "&%-oMm%&" +.cindex "message reference" "message reference, specifying for local message" +See &%-oMa%& above for general remarks about the &%-oM%& options. The &%-oMm%& +option sets the message reference, e.g. message-id, and is logged during +delivery. This is useful when some kind of audit trail is required to tie +messages together. The format of the message reference is checked and will +abort if the format is invalid. The option will only be accepted if exim is +running in trusted mode, not as any regular user. + +The best example of a message reference is when Exim sends a bounce message. +The message reference is the message-id of the original message for which Exim +is sending the bounce. + .vitem &%-oMr%&&~<&'protocol&~name'&> .oindex "&%-oMr%&" .cindex "protocol, specifying for local message" @@ -5544,15 +5564,20 @@ The next two lines are concerned with &'ident'& callbacks, as defined by RFC 1413 (hence their names): .code rfc1413_hosts = * -rfc1413_query_timeout = 5s +rfc1413_query_timeout = 0s +.endd +These settings cause Exim to avoid ident callbacks for all incoming SMTP calls. +Few hosts offer RFC1413 service these days; calls have to be +terminated by a timeout and this needlessly delays the startup +of an incoming SMTP connection. +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 negotiated by clients +and not expected to cause problems but can be disabled if needed. +.code +prdr_enable = true .endd -These settings cause Exim to make ident callbacks for all incoming SMTP calls. -You can limit the hosts to which these calls are made, or change the timeout -that is used. If you set the timeout to zero, all ident calls are disabled. -Although they are cheap and can provide useful information for tracing problem -messages, some hosts and firewalls have problems with ident calls. This can -result in a timeout instead of an immediate refused connection, leading to -delays on starting up an incoming SMTP session. When Exim receives messages over SMTP connections, it expects all addresses to be fully qualified with a domain, as required by the SMTP definition. However, @@ -5988,9 +6013,14 @@ One remote transport and four local transports are defined. .code remote_smtp: driver = smtp + hosts_try_prdr = * .endd -This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections. All its -options are defaulted. The list of remote hosts comes from the router. +This transport is used for delivering messages over SMTP connections. +The list of remote hosts comes from the router. +The &%hosts_try_prdr%& option enables an efficiency SMTP option. +It is negotiated between client and server +and not expected to cause problems but can be disabled if needed. +All other options are defaulted. .code local_delivery: driver = appendfile @@ -6840,7 +6870,7 @@ is used on its own as the result. If the lookup does not succeed, the &`fail`& keyword causes a &'forced expansion failure'& &-- see section &<>& for an explanation of what this means. -The supported DNS record types are A, CNAME, MX, NS, PTR, SPF, SRV, and TXT, +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, the data can be an IP address, written as normal; inversion and the addition of @@ -6851,12 +6881,6 @@ ${lookup dnsdb{ptr=192.168.4.5}{$value}fail} 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, @@ -6869,6 +6893,14 @@ ${lookup dnsdb{>: a=host1.example}} 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. +An alternate field separator can be specified using a comma after the main +separator character, followed immediately by the field separator. + .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, @@ -6884,6 +6916,46 @@ ${lookup dnsdb{spf=example.org}} It is permitted to specify a space as the separator character. Further white space is ignored. +.section "Dnsdb lookup modifiers" "SECTdnsdb_mod" +.cindex "dnsdb modifiers" +.cindex "modifiers" "dnsdb" +.cindex "options" "dnsdb" +Modifiers for &(dnsdb)& lookups are givien by optional keywords, +each followed by a comma, +that may appear before the record type. + +The &(dnsdb)& lookup fails only if all the DNS lookups fail. If there is a +temporary DNS error for any of them, the behaviour is controlled by +a defer-option modifier. +The possible keywords are +&"defer_strict"&, &"defer_never"&, and &"defer_lax"&. +With &"strict"& behaviour, any temporary DNS error causes the +whole lookup to defer. With &"never"& behaviour, a temporary DNS error is +ignored, and the behaviour is as if the DNS lookup failed to find anything. +With &"lax"& behaviour, all the queries are attempted, but a temporary DNS +error causes the whole lookup to defer only if none of the other lookups +succeed. The default is &"lax"&, so the following lookups are equivalent: +.code +${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$& variable. + + .section "Pseudo dnsdb record types" "SECID66" .cindex "MX record" "in &(dnsdb)& lookup" By default, both the preference value and the host name are returned for @@ -6959,23 +7031,6 @@ The data from each lookup is concatenated, with newline separators by default, in the same way that multiple DNS records for a single item are handled. A different separator can be specified, as described above. -The &(dnsdb)& lookup fails only if all the DNS lookups fail. If there is a -temporary DNS error for any of them, the behaviour is controlled by -an optional keyword followed by a comma that may appear before the record -type. The possible keywords are &"defer_strict"&, &"defer_never"&, and -&"defer_lax"&. With &"strict"& behaviour, any temporary DNS error causes the -whole lookup to defer. With &"never"& behaviour, a temporary DNS error is -ignored, and the behaviour is as if the DNS lookup failed to find anything. -With &"lax"& behaviour, all the queries are attempted, but a temporary DNS -error causes the whole lookup to defer only if none of the other lookups -succeed. The default is &"lax"&, so the following lookups are equivalent: -.code -${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. - @@ -7040,7 +7095,6 @@ With sufficiently modern LDAP libraries, Exim supports forcing TLS over regular LDAP connections, rather than the SSL-on-connect &`ldaps`&. See the &%ldap_start_tls%& option. -.new Starting with Exim 4.83, the initialization of LDAP with TLS is more tightly controlled. Every part of the TLS configuration can be configured by settings in &_exim.conf_&. Depending on the version of the client libraries installed on @@ -7050,7 +7104,6 @@ certificates. This revealed a nuance where the current UID that exim was running as could affect which config files it read. With Exim 4.83, these methods become optional, only taking effect if not specifically set in &_exim.conf_&. -.wen .section "LDAP quoting" "SECID68" @@ -7198,6 +7251,7 @@ them. The following names are recognized: &`USER `& set the DN, for authenticating the LDAP bind &`PASS `& set the password, likewise &`REFERRALS `& set the referrals parameter +&`SERVERS `& set alternate server list for this query only &`SIZE `& set the limit for the number of entries returned &`TIME `& set the maximum waiting time for a query .endd @@ -7219,6 +7273,13 @@ Netscape SDK; for OpenLDAP no action is taken. The TIME parameter (also a number of seconds) is passed to the server to set a server-side limit on the time taken to complete a search. +The SERVERS parameter allows you to specify an alternate list of ldap servers +to use for an individual lookup. The global ldap_servers option provides a +default list of ldap servers, and a single lookup can specify a single ldap +server to use. But when you need to do a lookup with a list of servers that is +different than the default list (maybe different order, maybe a completely +different set of servers), the SERVERS parameter allows you to specify this +alternate list (colon-separated). Here is an example of an LDAP query in an Exim lookup that uses some of these values. This is a single line, folded to fit on the page: @@ -7290,30 +7351,38 @@ If you specify multiple attributes, the result contains space-separated, quoted 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. +Any commas in attribute values are doubled +(permitting treatment of the values as a comma-separated list). 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. 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 +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. +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). @@ -8298,7 +8367,13 @@ Both &`+include_unknown`& and &`+ignore_unknown`& may appear in the same list. The effect of each one lasts until the next, or until the end of the list. -To explain the host/ip processing logic a different way for the same ACL: +.section "Mixing wildcarded host names and addresses in host lists" &&& + "SECTmixwilhos" +.cindex "host list" "mixing names and addresses in" + +This section explains the host/ip processing logic with the same concepts +as the previous section, but specifically addresses what happens when a +wildcarded hostname is one of the items in the hostlist. .ilist If you have name lookups or wildcarded host names and @@ -8329,7 +8404,6 @@ this section. .endlist - .section "Temporary DNS errors when looking up host information" &&& "SECTtemdnserr" .cindex "host" "lookup failures, temporary" @@ -8399,33 +8473,6 @@ See section &<>&.) -.section "Mixing wildcarded host names and addresses in host lists" &&& - "SECTmixwilhos" -.cindex "host list" "mixing names and addresses in" -If you have name lookups or wildcarded host names and IP addresses in the same -host list, you should normally put the IP addresses first. For example, in an -ACL you could have: -.code -accept hosts = 10.9.8.7 : *.friend.example -.endd -The reason for this lies in the left-to-right way that Exim processes lists. -It can test IP addresses without doing any DNS lookups, but when it reaches an -item that requires a host name, it fails if it cannot find a host name to -compare with the pattern. If the above list is given in the opposite order, the -&%accept%& statement fails for a host whose name cannot be found, even if its -IP address is 10.9.8.7. - -If you really do want to do the name check first, and still recognize the IP -address, you can rewrite the ACL like this: -.code -accept hosts = *.friend.example -accept hosts = 10.9.8.7 -.endd -If the first &%accept%& fails, Exim goes on to try the second one. See chapter -&<>& for details of ACLs. - - - .section "Address lists" "SECTaddresslist" @@ -8849,6 +8896,71 @@ the expansion result is an empty string. If the ACL returns defer the result is a forced-fail. Otherwise the expansion fails. +.vitem "&*${certextract{*&<&'field'&>&*}{*&<&'certificate'&>&*}&&& + {*&<&'string2'&>&*}{*&<&'string3'&>&*}}*&" +.cindex "expansion" "extracting cerificate fields" +.cindex "&%certextract%&" "certificate fields" +.cindex "certificate" "extracting fields" +The <&'certificate'&> must be a variable of type certificate. +The field name is expanded and used to retrive the relevant field from +the certificate. Supported fields are: +.display +&`version `& +&`serial_number `& +&`subject `& RFC4514 DN +&`issuer `& RFC4514 DN +&`notbefore `& time +&`notafter `& time +&`sig_algorithm `& +&`signature `& +&`subj_altname `& tagged list +&`ocsp_uri `& list +&`crl_uri `& list +.endd +If the field is found, +<&'string2'&> is expanded, and replaces the whole item; +otherwise <&'string3'&> is used. During the expansion of <&'string2'&> the +variable &$value$& contains the value that has been extracted. Afterwards, it +is restored to any previous value it might have had. + +If {<&'string3'&>} is omitted, the item is replaced by an empty string if the +key is not found. If {<&'string2'&>} is also omitted, the value that was +extracted is used. + +Some field names take optional modifiers, appended and separated by commas. + +The field selectors marked as "RFC4514" above +output a Distinguished Name string which is +not quite +parseable by Exim as a comma-separated tagged list +(the exceptions being elements containin commas). +RDN elements of a single type may be selected by +a modifier of the type label; if so the expansion +result is a list (newline-separated by default). +The separator may be changed by another modifer of +a right angle-bracket followed immediately by the new separator. +Recognised RDN type labels include "CN", "O", "OU" and "DC". + +The field selectors marked as "time" above +take an optional modifier of "int" +for which the result is the number of seconds since epoch. +Otherwise the result is a human-readable string +in the timezone selected by the main "timezone" option. + +The field selectors marked as "list" above return a list, +newline-separated by default, +(embedded separator characters in elements are doubled). +The separator may be changed by a modifier of +a right angle-bracket followed immediately by the new separator. + +The field selectors marked as "tagged" above +prefix each list element with a type string and an equals sign. +Elements of only one type may be selected by a modifier +which is one of "dns", "uri" or "mail"; +if so the elenment tags are omitted. + +If not otherwise noted field values are presented in human-readable form. + .vitem "&*${dlfunc{*&<&'file'&>&*}{*&<&'function'&>&*}{*&<&'arg'&>&*}&&& {*&<&'arg'&>&*}...}*&" .cindex &%dlfunc%& @@ -9400,7 +9512,7 @@ locks out the use of this expansion item in filter files. .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 @@ -9496,11 +9608,23 @@ expansion item above. {*&<&'string2'&>&*}}*&" .cindex "expansion" "running a command" .cindex "&%run%& expansion item" -The command and its arguments are first expanded separately, and then the -command is run in a separate process, but under the same uid and gid. As in -other command executions from Exim, a shell is not used by default. If you want +The command and its arguments are first expanded as one string. The string is +split apart into individual arguments by spaces, and then the command is run +in a separate process, but under the same uid and gid. As in other command +executions from Exim, a shell is not used by default. If the command requires a shell, you must explicitly code it. +Since the arguments are split by spaces, when there is a variable expansion +which has an empty result, it will cause the situation that the argument will +simply be omitted when the program is actually executed by Exim. If the +script/program requires a specific number of arguments and the expanded +variable could possibly result in this empty expansion, the variable must be +quoted. This is more difficult if the expanded variable itself could result +in a string containing quotes, because it would interfere with the quotes +around the command arguments. A possible guard against this is to wrap the +variable in the &%sg%& operator to change any quote marks to some other +character. + The standard input for the command exists, but is empty. The standard output and standard error are set to the same file descriptor. .cindex "return code" "from &%run%& expansion" @@ -9579,6 +9703,35 @@ the regular expression from string expansion. +.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. + + .vitem &*${substr{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}{*&<&'string3'&>&*}}*& .cindex "&%substr%& expansion item" .cindex "substring extraction" @@ -9961,6 +10114,7 @@ Letters in IPv6 addresses are always output in lower case. .vitem &*${md5:*&<&'string'&>&*}*& .cindex "MD5 hash" .cindex "expansion" "MD5 hash" +.cindex "certificate fingerprint" .cindex "&%md5%& expansion item" The &%md5%& operator computes the MD5 hash value of the string, and returns it as a 32-digit hexadecimal number, in which any letters are in lower case. @@ -10098,11 +10252,24 @@ variables or headers inside regular expressions. .vitem &*${sha1:*&<&'string'&>&*}*& .cindex "SHA-1 hash" .cindex "expansion" "SHA-1 hashing" +.cindex "certificate fingerprint" .cindex "&%sha2%& expansion item" The &%sha1%& operator computes the SHA-1 hash value of the string, and returns it as a 40-digit hexadecimal number, in which any letters are in upper case. +.vitem &*${sha256:*&<&'certificate'&>&*}*& +.cindex "SHA-256 hash" +.cindex "certificate fingerprint" +.cindex "expansion" "SHA-256 hashing" +.cindex "&%sha256%& expansion item" +The &%sha256%& operator computes the SHA-256 hash fingerprint of the +certificate, +and returns +it as a 64-digit hexadecimal number, in which any letters are in upper case. +Only arguments which are a single variable of certificate type are supported. + + .vitem &*${stat:*&<&'string'&>&*}*& .cindex "expansion" "statting a file" .cindex "file" "extracting characteristics" @@ -10171,6 +10338,14 @@ number of larger units and output in Exim's normal time format, for example, .cindex "expansion" "case forcing" .cindex "&%uc%& expansion item" This forces the letters in the string into upper-case. + +.vitem &*${utf8clean:*&<&'string'&>&*}*& +.cindex "correction of invalid utf-8 sequences in strings" +.cindex "utf-8" "utf-8 sequences" +.cindex "incorrect utf-8" +.cindex "expansion" "utf-8 forcing" +.cindex "&%utf8clean%& expansion item" +This replaces any invalid utf-8 sequence in the string by the character &`?`&. .endlist @@ -10239,7 +10414,7 @@ If the ACL returns defer the result is a forced-fail. .cindex "&%bool%& expansion condition" This condition turns a string holding a true or false representation into a boolean state. It parses &"true"&, &"false"&, &"yes"& and &"no"& -(case-insensitively); also positive integer numbers map to true if non-zero, +(case-insensitively); also integer numbers map to true if non-zero, false if zero. An empty string is treated as false. Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored; @@ -10874,6 +11049,11 @@ precedes the expansion of the string. For example, the commands available in Exim filter files include an &%if%& command with its own regular expression matching condition. +.vitem "&$acl_arg1$&, &$acl_arg2$&, etc" +Within an acl condition, expansion condition or expansion item +any arguments are copied to these variables, +any unused variables being made empty. + .vitem "&$acl_c...$&" Values can be placed in these variables by the &%set%& modifier in an ACL. They can be given any name that starts with &$acl_c$& and is at least six characters @@ -10895,6 +11075,10 @@ message is received, the values of these variables are saved with the message, and can be accessed by filters, routers, and transports during subsequent delivery. +.vitem &$acl_narg$& +Within an acl condition, expansion condition or expansion item +this variable has the number of arguments. + .vitem &$acl_verify_message$& .vindex "&$acl_verify_message$&" After an address verification has failed, this variable contains the failure @@ -11076,6 +11260,17 @@ The building process for Exim keeps a count of the number of times it has been compiled. This serves to distinguish different compilations of the same version of the program. +.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. + .vitem &$demime_errorlevel$& .vindex "&$demime_errorlevel$&" This variable is available when Exim is compiled with @@ -11183,6 +11378,13 @@ This variable contains the path to the Exim binary. .vindex "&$exim_uid$&" This variable contains the numerical value of the Exim user id. +.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. + .vitem &$found_extension$& .vindex "&$found_extension$&" This variable is available when Exim is compiled with the @@ -11281,6 +11483,11 @@ the result, the name is not accepted, and &$host_lookup_deferred$& is set to .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 "&$inode$&" @@ -11433,6 +11640,14 @@ ability to find the amount of free space (only true for experimental systems), the space value is -1. See also the &%check_log_space%& option. +.vitem &$lookup_dnssec_authenticated$& +.vindex "&$lookup_dnssec_authenticated$&" +This variable is set after a DNS lookup done by +a dnsdb lookup expansion, dnslookup router or smtp transport. +It will be empty if &(DNSSEC)& was not requested, +&"no"& if the result was not labelled as authenticated data +and &"yes"& if it was. + .vitem &$mailstore_basename$& .vindex "&$mailstore_basename$&" This variable is set only when doing deliveries in &"mailstore"& format in the @@ -11519,7 +11734,7 @@ This variable is like &$message_headers$& except that no processing of the 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 "&$message_linecount$&" @@ -11736,10 +11951,7 @@ on which interface and/or port is being used for the incoming connection. The values of &$received_ip_address$& and &$received_port$& are saved with any messages that are received, thus making these variables available at delivery time. - -&*Note:*& There are no equivalent variables for outgoing connections, because -the values are unknown (unless they are explicitly set by options of the -&(smtp)& transport). +For outbound connections see &$sending_ip_address$&. .vitem &$received_port$& .vindex "&$received_port$&" @@ -11958,8 +12170,9 @@ the &%-bs%& or &%-bS%& options. .vitem &$sender_host_address$& .vindex "&$sender_host_address$&" -When a message is received from a remote host, this variable contains that -host's IP address. For locally submitted messages, it is empty. +When a message is received from a remote host using SMTP, +this variable contains that +host's IP address. For locally non-SMTP submitted messages, it is empty. .vitem &$sender_host_authenticated$& .vindex "&$sender_host_authenticated$&" @@ -11970,7 +12183,8 @@ received. It is empty if there was no successful authentication. See also .vitem &$sender_host_dnssec$& .vindex "&$sender_host_dnssec$&" -If &$sender_host_name$& has been populated (by reference, &%hosts_lookup%& or +If an attempt to populate &$sender_host_name$& has been made +(by reference, &%hosts_lookup%& or otherwise) then this boolean will have been set true if, and only if, the resolver library states that the reverse DNS was authenticated data. At all other times, this variable is false. @@ -11978,7 +12192,7 @@ other times, this variable is false. It is likely that you will need to coerce DNSSEC support on in the resolver library, by setting: .code -dns_use_dnssec = 1 +dns_dnssec_ok = 1 .endd Exim does not perform DNSSEC validation itself, instead leaving that to a @@ -12209,6 +12423,36 @@ on an outbound SMTP connection; the meaning of this depends upon the TLS implementation used. If TLS has not been negotiated, the value will be 0. +.vitem &$tls_in_ourcert$& +.vindex "&$tls_in_ourcert$&" +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 +&%certextract%& expansion item, &%md5%&, &%sha1%& or &%sha256%& operator, +or a &%def%& condition. + +.vitem &$tls_in_peercert$& +.vindex "&$tls_in_peercert$&" +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 +&%certextract%& expansion item, &%md5%&, &%sha1%& or &%sha256%& operator, +or a &%def%& condition. + +.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 +&%certextract%& expansion item, &%md5%&, &%sha1%& or &%sha256%& operator, +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 +&%certextract%& expansion item, &%md5%&, &%sha1%& or &%sha256%& operator, +or a &%def%& condition. + .vitem &$tls_in_certificate_verified$& .vindex "&$tls_in_certificate_verified$&" This variable is set to &"1"& if a TLS certificate was verified when the @@ -12246,6 +12490,24 @@ and then set to the outgoing cipher suite if one is negotiated. See chapter &<>& for details of TLS support and chapter &<>& for details of the &(smtp)& transport. +.vitem &$tls_in_ocsp$& +.vindex "&$tls_in_ocsp$&" +When a message is received from a remote client connection +the result of any OCSP request from the client is encoded in this variable: +.code +0 OCSP proof was not requested (default value) +1 No response to request +2 Response not verified +3 Verification failed +4 Verification succeeded +.endd + +.vitem &$tls_out_ocsp$& +.vindex "&$tls_out_ocsp$&" +When a message is sent to a remote host connection +the result of any OCSP request made is encoded in this variable. +See &$tls_in_ocsp$& for values. + .vitem &$tls_in_peerdn$& .vindex "&$tls_in_peerdn$&" .vindex "&$tls_peerdn$&" @@ -12341,6 +12603,13 @@ This variable contains the result of an expansion lookup, extraction operation, or external command, as described above. It is also used during a &*reduce*& expansion. +.vitem &$verify_mode$& +.vindex "&$verify_mode$&" +While a router or transport is being run in verify mode +or for cutthrough delivery, +contains "S" for sender-verification or "R" for recipient-verification. +Otherwise, empty. + .vitem &$version_number$& .vindex "&$version_number$&" The version number of Exim. @@ -12552,8 +12821,9 @@ option), the interfaces and ports on which it listens are controlled by the following options: .ilist -&%daemon_smtp_ports%& contains a list of default ports. (For backward -compatibility, this option can also be specified in the singular.) +&%daemon_smtp_ports%& contains a list of default ports +or service names. +(For backward compatibility, this option can also be specified in the singular.) .next &%local_interfaces%& contains list of interface IP addresses on which to listen. Each item may optionally also specify a port. @@ -12654,7 +12924,8 @@ value of &%daemon_smtp_ports%& is no longer relevant in this example.) Exim supports the obsolete SSMTP protocol (also known as SMTPS) that was used before the STARTTLS command was standardized for SMTP. Some legacy clients still use this protocol. If the &%tls_on_connect_ports%& option is set to a -list of port numbers, connections to those ports must use SSMTP. The most +list of port numbers or service names, +connections to those ports must use SSMTP. The most common use of this option is expected to be .code tls_on_connect_ports = 465 @@ -12990,6 +13261,7 @@ listed in more than one group. .row &%acl_smtp_auth%& "ACL for AUTH" .row &%acl_smtp_connect%& "ACL for connection" .row &%acl_smtp_data%& "ACL for DATA" +.row &%acl_smtp_data_prdr%& "ACL for DATA, per-recipient" .row &%acl_smtp_dkim%& "ACL for DKIM verification" .row &%acl_smtp_etrn%& "ACL for ETRN" .row &%acl_smtp_expn%& "ACL for EXPN" @@ -13050,6 +13322,7 @@ listed in more than one group. .row &%tls_crl%& "certificate revocation list" .row &%tls_dh_max_bits%& "clamp D-H bit count suggestion" .row &%tls_dhparam%& "DH parameters for server" +.row &%tls_ocsp_file%& "location of server certificate status proof" .row &%tls_on_connect_ports%& "specify SSMTP (SMTPS) ports" .row &%tls_privatekey%& "location of server private key" .row &%tls_remember_esmtp%& "don't reset after starting TLS" @@ -13142,9 +13415,11 @@ See also the &'Policy controls'& section above. .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" +.row &%prdr_enable%& "advertise PRDR to all hosts" .row &%tls_advertise_hosts%& "advertise TLS to these hosts" .endtable @@ -13190,10 +13465,10 @@ See also the &'Policy controls'& section above. .row &%disable_ipv6%& "do no IPv6 processing" .row &%dns_again_means_nonexist%& "for broken domains" .row &%dns_check_names_pattern%& "pre-DNS syntax check" +.row &%dns_dnssec_ok%& "parameter for resolver" .row &%dns_ipv4_lookup%& "only v4 lookup for these domains" .row &%dns_retrans%& "parameter for resolver" .row &%dns_retry%& "parameter for resolver" -.row &%dns_use_dnssec%& "parameter for resolver" .row &%dns_use_edns0%& "parameter for resolver" .row &%hold_domains%& "hold delivery for these domains" .row &%local_interfaces%& "for routing checks" @@ -13296,6 +13571,17 @@ This option defines the ACL that is run after an SMTP DATA command has been processed and the message itself has been received, but before the final acknowledgment is sent. See chapter &<>& for further details. +.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" +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 +processed and the message itself has been received, but before the +acknowledgment is sent. See chapter &<>& for further details. + .option acl_smtp_etrn main string&!! unset .cindex "ETRN" "ACL for" This option defines the ACL that is run when an SMTP ETRN command is @@ -13814,6 +14100,17 @@ This option controls whether or not an IP address, given as a CSA domain, is reversed and looked up in the reverse DNS, as described in more detail in section &<>&. + +.option dns_dnssec_ok main integer -1 +.cindex "DNS" "resolver options" +.cindex "DNS" "DNSSEC" +If this option is set to a non-negative number then Exim will initialise the +DNS resolver library to either use or not use DNSSEC, overriding the system +default. A value of 0 coerces DNSSEC off, a value of 1 coerces DNSSEC on. + +If the resolver library does not support DNSSEC then this option has no effect. + + .option dns_ipv4_lookup main "domain list&!!" unset .cindex "IPv6" "DNS lookup for AAAA records" .cindex "DNS" "IPv6 lookup for AAAA records" @@ -13844,16 +14141,6 @@ to set in them. See &%dns_retrans%& above. -.option dns_use_dnssec main integer -1 -.cindex "DNS" "resolver options" -.cindex "DNS" "DNSSEC" -If this option is set to a non-negative number then Exim will initialise the -DNS resolver library to either use or not use DNSSEC, overriding the system -default. A value of 0 coerces DNSSEC off, a value of 1 coerces DNSSEC on. - -If the resolver library does not support DNSSEC then this option has no effect. - - .option dns_use_edns0 main integer -1 .cindex "DNS" "resolver options" .cindex "DNS" "EDNS0" @@ -13870,6 +14157,18 @@ This is an obsolete option that is now a no-op. It used to affect the way Exim handled CR and LF characters in incoming messages. What happens now is described in section &<>&. +.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. + .option dsn_from main "string&!!" "see below" .cindex "&'From:'& header line" "in bounces" .cindex "bounce messages" "&'From:'& line, specifying" @@ -14787,16 +15086,21 @@ yourself in the foot in various unpleasant ways. This option should not be adjusted lightly. An unrecognised item will be detected at startup, by invoking Exim with the &%-bV%& flag. +The option affects Exim operating both as a server and as a client. + Historical note: prior to release 4.80, Exim defaulted this value to "+dont_insert_empty_fragments", which may still be needed for compatibility with some clients, but which lowers security by increasing exposure to some now infamous attacks. -An example: +Examples: .code # Make both old MS and old Eudora happy: openssl_options = -all +microsoft_big_sslv3_buffer \ +dont_insert_empty_fragments + +# Disable older protocol versions: +openssl_options = +no_sslv2 +no_sslv3 .endd Possible options may include: @@ -14937,6 +15241,15 @@ that clients will use it; &"out of order"& commands that are &"expected"& do not count as protocol errors (see &%smtp_max_synprot_errors%&). +.option prdr_enable main boolean false +.cindex "PRDR" "enabling on server" +This option can be used to enable the Per-Recipient Data Response extension +to SMTP, defined by Eric Hall. +If the option is set, PRDR is advertised by Exim when operating as a server. +If the client requests PRDR, and more than one recipient, for a message +an additional ACL is called for each recipient after the message content +is recieved. See section &<>&. + .option preserve_message_logs main boolean false .cindex "message logs" "preserving" If this option is set, message log files are not deleted when messages are @@ -15348,13 +15661,15 @@ the time of delivery. They are normally used only for final local deliveries. This option is an obsolete synonym for &%bounce_return_size_limit%&. -.option rfc1413_hosts main "host list&!!" * +.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. -.option rfc1413_query_timeout main time 5s +.option rfc1413_query_timeout main time 0s .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, @@ -16148,6 +16463,13 @@ prior to the 4.80 release, as Debian used to patch Exim to raise the minimum acceptable bound from 1024 to 2048. +.option tls_ocsp_file main string&!! unset +This option +must if set expand to the absolute path to a file which contains a current +status proof for the server's certificate, as obtained from the +Certificate Authority. + + .option tls_on_connect_ports main "string list" unset This option specifies a list of incoming SSMTP (aka SMTPS) ports that should operate the obsolete SSMTP (SMTPS) protocol, where a TLS session is immediately @@ -16195,22 +16517,40 @@ preference order of the available ciphers. Details are given in sections See &%tls_verify_hosts%& below. -.option tls_verify_certificates main string&!! unset +.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 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 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. + +With OpenSSL the certificates specified +explicitly +either by file or directory +are added to those given by the system default location. These certificates should be for the certificate authorities trusted, rather than the public cert of individual clients. With both OpenSSL and GnuTLS, if the value is a file then the certificates are sent by Exim as a server to connecting clients, defining the list of accepted certificate authorities. Thus the values defined should be considered public data. To avoid this, -use OpenSSL with a directory. +use the explicit directory version. See &<>& for discussion of when this option might be re-expanded. @@ -16579,6 +16919,46 @@ If the expansion fails (other than forced failure) delivery is deferred. Some of the other precondition options are common special cases that could in fact be specified using &%condition%&. +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. + .option debug_print routers string&!! unset .cindex "testing" "variables in drivers" @@ -16620,6 +17000,15 @@ This option must always be set. It specifies which of the available routers is to be used. +.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. + + .option errors_to routers string&!! unset .cindex "envelope sender" @@ -16738,11 +17127,12 @@ and the discussion in chapter &<>&. -.option headers_add routers string&!! unset +.option headers_add routers list&!! unset .cindex "header lines" "adding" .cindex "router" "adding header lines" -This option specifies a string of text that is expanded at routing time, and -associated with any addresses that are accepted by the router. However, this +This option specifies a list of text headers, newline-separated, +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 the text is used to add header lines at transport time is described in section &<>&. New header lines are not actually added until the @@ -16751,8 +17141,8 @@ header lines in string expansions in the transport's configuration do not &"see"& the added header lines. The &%headers_add%& option is expanded after &%errors_to%&, but before -&%headers_remove%& and &%transport%&. If the expanded string is empty, or if -the expansion is forced to fail, the option has no effect. Other expansion +&%headers_remove%& and &%transport%&. If an item is empty, or if +an item expansion is forced to fail, the item has no effect. Other expansion failures are treated as configuration errors. Unlike most options, &%headers_add%& can be specified multiple times @@ -16774,11 +17164,12 @@ avoided. The &%repeat_use%& option of the &%redirect%& router may be of help. -.option headers_remove routers string&!! unset +.option headers_remove routers list&!! unset .cindex "header lines" "removing" .cindex "router" "removing header lines" -This option specifies a string of text that is expanded at routing time, and -associated with any addresses that are accepted by the router. However, this +This option specifies a list of text headers, colon-separated, +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 the text is used to remove header lines at transport time is described in section &<>&. Header lines are not actually removed until @@ -16787,8 +17178,8 @@ to header lines in string expansions in the transport's configuration still &"see"& the original header lines. The &%headers_remove%& option is expanded after &%errors_to%& and -&%headers_add%&, but before &%transport%&. If the expansion is forced to fail, -the option has no effect. Other expansion failures are treated as configuration +&%headers_add%&, but before &%transport%&. If an item expansion is forced to fail, +the item has no effect. Other expansion failures are treated as configuration errors. Unlike most options, &%headers_remove%& can be specified multiple times @@ -17450,6 +17841,7 @@ delivering in cutthrough mode or testing recipient verification using &%-bv%&. See section &<>& for a list of the order in which preconditions are evaluated. +See also the &$verify_mode$& variable. .option verify_sender routers&!? boolean true @@ -17457,6 +17849,7 @@ If this option is false, the router is skipped when verifying sender addresses or testing sender verification using &%-bvs%&. See section &<>& for a list of the order in which preconditions are evaluated. +See also the &$verify_mode$& variable. .ecindex IIDgenoprou1 .ecindex IIDgenoprou2 @@ -17631,6 +18024,29 @@ when there is a DNS lookup error. +.option dnssec_request_domains dnslookup "domain list&!!" unset +.cindex "MX record" "security" +.cindex "DNSSEC" "MX lookup" +.cindex "security" "MX lookup" +.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. + + + +.option dnssec_require_domains dnslookup "domain list&!!" unset +.cindex "MX record" "security" +.cindex "DNSSEC" "MX lookup" +.cindex "security" "MX lookup" +.cindex "DNS" "DNSSEC" +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. + + + .option mx_domains dnslookup "domain list&!!" unset .cindex "MX record" "required to exist" .cindex "SRV record" "required to exist" @@ -18599,6 +19015,11 @@ However, there are some private options which define transports for delivery to files and pipes, and for generating autoreplies. See the &%file_transport%&, &%pipe_transport%& and &%reply_transport%& descriptions below. +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. + .section "Redirection data" "SECID124" @@ -19788,10 +20209,11 @@ value that the router supplies, and also overriding any value associated with &%user%& (see below). -.option headers_add transports string&!! unset +.option headers_add transports list&!! unset .cindex "header lines" "adding in transport" .cindex "transport" "header lines; adding" -This option specifies a string of text that is expanded and added to the header +This option specifies a list of text headers, newline-separated, +which are (separately) expanded and added to the header portion of a message as it is transported, as described in section &<>&. Additional header lines can also be specified by routers. If the result of the expansion is an empty string, or if the expansion @@ -19812,18 +20234,20 @@ transports, the settings of &%message_prefix%& and &%message_suffix%& should be checked, since this option does not automatically suppress them. -.option headers_remove transports string&!! unset +.option headers_remove transports list&!! unset .cindex "header lines" "removing" .cindex "transport" "header lines; removing" -This option specifies a string that is expanded into a list of header names; +This option specifies a list of header names, colon-separated; these headers are omitted from the message as it is transported, as described in section &<>&. Header removal can also be specified by -routers. If the result of the expansion is an empty string, or if the expansion +routers. +Each list item is separately expanded. +If the result of the expansion is an empty string, or if the expansion is forced to fail, no action is taken. Other expansion failures are treated as errors and cause the delivery to be deferred. Unlike most options, &%headers_remove%& can be specified multiple times -for a router; all listed headers are added. +for a router; all listed headers are removed. @@ -22531,6 +22955,29 @@ See the &%search_parents%& option in chapter &<>& for more details. +.option dnssec_request_domains smtp "domain list&!!" unset +.cindex "MX record" "security" +.cindex "DNSSEC" "MX lookup" +.cindex "security" "MX lookup" +.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. + + + +.option dnssec_require_domains smtp "domain list&!!" unset +.cindex "MX record" "security" +.cindex "DNSSEC" "MX lookup" +.cindex "security" "MX lookup" +.cindex "DNS" "DNSSEC" +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. + + + .option dscp smtp string&!! unset .cindex "DCSP" "outbound" This option causes the DSCP value associated with a socket to be set to one @@ -22753,6 +23200,18 @@ hard failure if required. See also &%hosts_try_auth%&, and chapter &<>& for details of authentication. +.option hosts_request_ocsp smtp "host list&!!" * +.cindex "TLS" "requiring for certain servers" +Exim will request a Certificate Status on a +TLS session for any host that matches this list. +&%tls_verify_certificates%& should also be set for the transport. + +.option hosts_require_ocsp smtp "host list&!!" unset +.cindex "TLS" "requiring for certain servers" +Exim will request, and check for a valid Certificate Status being given, on a +TLS session for any host that matches this list. +&%tls_verify_certificates%& should also be set for the transport. + .option hosts_require_tls smtp "host list&!!" unset .cindex "TLS" "requiring for certain servers" Exim will insist on using a TLS session when delivering to any host that @@ -22768,6 +23227,13 @@ connects. If authentication fails, Exim will try to transfer the message unauthenticated. See also &%hosts_require_auth%&, and chapter &<>& for details of authentication. +.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. + .option interface smtp "string list&!!" unset .cindex "bind IP address" .cindex "IP address" "binding" @@ -22824,7 +23290,7 @@ so can cause parallel connections to the same host if &%remote_max_parallel%& permits this. -.option multi_domain smtp boolean true +.option multi_domain smtp boolean&!! true .vindex "&$domain$&" When this option is set, the &(smtp)& transport can handle a number of addresses containing a mixture of different domains provided they all resolve @@ -22833,6 +23299,9 @@ handling only one domain at a time. This is useful if you want to use &$domain$& in an expansion for the transport, because it is set only when there is a single domain involved in a remote delivery. +It is expanded per-address and can depend on any of +&$address_data$&, &$domain_data$&, &$local_part_data$&, +&$host$&, &$host_address$& and &$host_port$&. .option port smtp string&!! "see below" .cindex "port" "sending TCP/IP" @@ -22868,7 +23337,7 @@ connecting, as an outbound SSL-on-connect, instead of using STARTTLS to upgrade. The Internet standards bodies strongly discourage use of this mode. -.option retry_include_ip_address smtp boolean true +.option retry_include_ip_address smtp boolean&!! true Exim normally includes both the host name and the IP address in the key it constructs for indexing retry data after a temporary delivery failure. This means that when one of several IP addresses for a host is failing, it gets @@ -22878,9 +23347,8 @@ addresses is not affected. However, in some dialup environments hosts are assigned a different IP address each time they connect. In this situation the use of the IP address as part of the retry key leads to undesirable behaviour. Setting this option false causes -Exim to use only the host name. This should normally be done on a separate -instance of the &(smtp)& transport, set up specially to handle the dialup -hosts. +Exim to use only the host name. +Since it is expanded it can be made to depend on the host or domain. .option serialize_hosts smtp "host list&!!" unset @@ -23018,37 +23486,70 @@ unknown state), opens a new one to the same host, and then tries the delivery in clear. -.option tls_try_verify_hosts smtp "host list&!! unset +.option tls_try_verify_hosts smtp "host list&!!" * .cindex "TLS" "server certificate verification" .cindex "certificate" "verification of server" -For OpenSSL only, this option gives a list of hosts for which +This option gives a list of hosts for which, on encrypted connections, certificate verification will be tried but need not succeed. The &%tls_verify_certificates%& option must also be set. +Note that unless the host is in this list +TLS connections will be denied to hosts using self-signed certificates +when &%tls_verify_certificates%& is matched. +The &$tls_out_certificate_verified$& variable is set when +certificate verification succeeds. + + +.option tls_verify_cert_hostnames smtp "host list&!!" * +.cindex "TLS" "server certificate hostname verification" +.cindex "certificate" "verification of server" +This option give a list of hosts for which, +while verifying the server certificate, +checks will be included on the host name +(note that this will generally be the result of a DNS MX lookup) +versus Subject and Subject-Alternate-Name fields. Wildcard names are permitted +limited to being the initial component of a 3-or-more component FQDN. + +There is no equivalent checking on client certificates. -.option tls_verify_certificates smtp string&!! unset +.option tls_verify_certificates smtp string&!! system .cindex "TLS" "server certificate verification" .cindex "certificate" "verification of server" .vindex "&$host$&" .vindex "&$host_address$&" -The value of this option must be the absolute path to a file containing -permitted server certificates, for use when setting up an encrypted connection. -Alternatively, if you are using OpenSSL, you can set -&%tls_verify_certificates%& to the name of a directory containing certificate -files. This does not work with GnuTLS; the option must be set to the name of a -single file if you are using GnuTLS. The values of &$host$& and +The value of this option must be either the +word "system" +or the absolute path to +a file or directory containing permitted certificates for servers, +for use when setting up an encrypted connection. + +The "system" value for the option will use a location compiled into the SSL library. +This is not available for GnuTLS versions preceding 3.0.20; a value of "system" +is taken as empty and an explicit location +must be specified. + +The use of a directory for the option value is not avilable for GnuTLS versions +preceding 3.3.6 and a single file must be used. + +With OpenSSL the certificates specified +explicitly +either by file or directory +are added to those given by the system default location. + +The values of &$host$& and &$host_address$& are set to the name and address of the server during the expansion of this option. See chapter &<>& for details of TLS. -For back-compatability, or when GnuTLS is used, +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. -.option tls_verify_hosts smtp "host list&!! unset +.option tls_verify_hosts smtp "host list&!!" unset .cindex "TLS" "server certificate verification" .cindex "certificate" "verification of server" -For OpenSSL only, this option gives a list of hosts for which +This option gives a list of hosts for which. on encrypted connections, certificate verification must succeed. The &%tls_verify_certificates%& option must also be set. If both this option and &%tls_try_verify_hosts%& are unset @@ -25095,6 +25596,7 @@ but it is present in many binary distributions. .scindex IIDdcotauth2 "authenticators" "&(dovecot)&" This authenticator is an interface to the authentication facility of the Dovecot POP/IMAP server, which can support a number of authentication methods. +Note that Dovecot must be configured to use auth-client not auth-userdb. If you are using Dovecot to authenticate POP/IMAP clients, it might be helpful to use the same mechanisms for SMTP authentication. This is a server authenticator only. There is only one option: @@ -25110,7 +25612,7 @@ dovecot_plain: driver = dovecot public_name = PLAIN server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client - server_set_id = $auth2 + server_set_id = $auth1 dovecot_ntlm: driver = dovecot @@ -25516,8 +26018,10 @@ include files and libraries for GnuTLS can be found. 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 OpenSSL it can be either). +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. .next @@ -25714,7 +26218,8 @@ The GnuTLS library allows the caller to provide a "priority string", documented as part of the &[gnutls_priority_init]& function. This is very similar to the ciphersuite specification in OpenSSL. -The &%tls_require_ciphers%& option is treated as the GnuTLS priority string. +The &%tls_require_ciphers%& option is treated as the GnuTLS priority string +and controls both protocols and ciphers. The &%tls_require_ciphers%& option is available both as an global option, controlling how Exim behaves as a server, and also as an option of the @@ -25731,6 +26236,12 @@ installed on your system. If you are using GnuTLS 3, &url(http://www.gnutls.org/manual/gnutls.html#Listing-the-ciphersuites-in-a-priority-string, then the example code) on that site can be used to test a given string. +For example: +.code +# Disable older versions of protocols +tls_require_ciphers = NORMAL:%LATEST_RECORD_VERSION:-VERS-SSL3.0 +.endd + Prior to Exim 4.80, an older API of GnuTLS was used, and Exim supported three additional options, "&%gnutls_require_kx%&", "&%gnutls_require_mac%&" and "&%gnutls_require_protocols%&". &%tls_require_ciphers%& was an Exim list. @@ -25781,8 +26292,11 @@ tls_privatekey = /some/file/name These options are, in fact, expanded strings, so you can make them depend on the identity of the client that is connected if you wish. The first file contains the server's X509 certificate, and the second contains the private key -that goes with it. These files need to be readable by the Exim user, and must -always be given as full path names. They can be the same file if both the +that goes with it. These files need to be +PEM format and readable by the Exim user, and must +always be given as full path names. +The key must not be password-protected. +They can be the same file if both the certificate and the key are contained within it. If &%tls_privatekey%& is not set, or if its expansion is forced to fail or results in an empty string, this is assumed to be the case. The certificate file may also contain intermediate @@ -25858,8 +26372,10 @@ session with a client, you must set either &%tls_verify_hosts%& or 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. +These may be the system default set (depending on library version), +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 @@ -25901,12 +26417,81 @@ certificate is supplied, &$tls_in_peerdn$& is empty. .cindex "TLS" "revoked certificates" .cindex "revocation list" .cindex "certificate" "revocation list" +.cindex "OCSP" "stapling" Certificate issuing authorities issue Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) when certificates are revoked. If you have such a list, you can pass it to an Exim server using the global option called &%tls_crl%& and to an Exim client using an identically named option for the &(smtp)& transport. In each case, the value 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 they know of. + +The way with most moving parts at query time is Online Certificate +Status Protocol (OCSP), where the client verifies the certificate +against an OCSP server run by the CA. This lets the CA track all +usage of the certs. It requires running software with access to the +private key of the CA, to sign the responses to the OCSP queries. OCSP +is based on HTTP and can be proxied accordingly. + +The only widespread OCSP server implementation (known to this writer) +comes as part of OpenSSL and aborts on an invalid request, such as +connecting to the port and then disconnecting. This requires +re-entering the passphrase each time some random client does this. + +The third way is OCSP Stapling; in this, the server using a certificate +issued by the CA periodically requests an OCSP proof of validity from +the OCSP server, then serves it up inline as part of the TLS +negotiation. This approach adds no extra round trips, does not let the +CA track users, scales well with number of certs issued by the CA and is +resilient to temporary OCSP server failures, as long as the server +starts retrying to fetch an OCSP proof some time before its current +proof expires. The downside is that it requires server support. + +Unless Exim is built with the support disabled, +or with GnuTLS earlier than version 3.1.3, +support for OCSP stapling is included. + +There is a global option called &%tls_ocsp_file%&. +The file specified therein is expected to be in DER format, and contain +an OCSP proof. Exim will serve it as part of the TLS handshake. This +option will be re-expanded for SNI, if the &%tls_certificate%& option +contains &`tls_in_sni`&, as per other TLS options. + +Exim does not at this time implement any support for fetching a new OCSP +proof. The burden is on the administrator to handle this, outside of +Exim. The file specified should be replaced atomically, so that the +contents are always valid. Exim will expand the &%tls_ocsp_file%& option +on each connection, so a new file will be handled transparently on the +next connection. + +When built with OpenSSL Exim will check for a valid next update timestamp +in the OCSP proof; if not present, or if the proof has expired, it will be +ignored. + +For the client to be able to verify the stapled OCSP the server must +also supply, in its stapled information, any intermediate +certificates for the chain leading to the OCSP proof from the signer +of the server certificate. There may be zero or one such. These +intermediate certificates should be added to the server OCSP stapling +file named by &%tls_ocsp_file%&. + +Note that the proof only covers the terminal server certificate, +not any of the chain from CA to it. + +There is no current way to staple a proof for a client certificate. + +.code + A helper script "ocsp_fetch.pl" for fetching a proof from a CA + OCSP server is supplied. The server URL may be included in the + server certificate, if the CA is helpful. + + One failure mode seen was the OCSP Signer cert expiring before the end + of validity of the OCSP proof. The checking done by Exim/OpenSSL + noted this as invalid overall, but the re-fetch script did not. +.endd + + .section "Configuring an Exim client to use TLS" "SECID185" @@ -25950,9 +26535,13 @@ if it requests it. If the server is Exim, it will request a certificate only if &%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. +These may be the system default set (depeding on library version), +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 @@ -25962,6 +26551,19 @@ The &%tls_verify_hosts%& and &%tls_try_verify_hosts%& options restrict certificate verification to the listed servers. Verification either must or need not succeed respectively. +The &(smtp)& transport has two OCSP-related options: +&%hosts_require_ocsp%&; a host-list for which a Certificate Status +is requested and required for the connection to proceed. The default +value is empty. +&%hosts_request_ocsp%&; a host-list for which (additionally) +a Certificate Status is requested (but not necessarily verified). The default +value is "*" meaning that requests are made unless configured +otherwise. + +The host(s) should also be in &%hosts_require_tls%&, and +&%tls_verify_certificates%& configured for the transport, +for OCSP to be relevant. + If &%tls_require_ciphers%& is set on the &(smtp)& transport, it must contain a list of permitted cipher suites. If either of these checks fails, delivery to @@ -26047,6 +26649,9 @@ during TLS session handshake, to permit alternative values to be chosen: .next .vindex "&%tls_verify_certificates%&" &%tls_verify_certificates%& +.next +.vindex "&%tls_ocsp_file%&" +&%tls_ocsp_file%& .endlist Great care should be taken to deal with matters of case, various injection @@ -26255,6 +26860,7 @@ options in the main part of the configuration. These options are: .cindex "SMTP" "connection, ACL for" .cindex "non-SMTP messages" "ACLs for" .cindex "MIME content scanning" "ACL for" +.cindex "PRDR" "ACL for" .table2 140pt .irow &%acl_not_smtp%& "ACL for non-SMTP messages" @@ -26263,6 +26869,7 @@ options in the main part of the configuration. These options are: .irow &%acl_smtp_auth%& "ACL for AUTH" .irow &%acl_smtp_connect%& "ACL for start of SMTP connection" .irow &%acl_smtp_data%& "ACL after DATA is complete" +.irow &%acl_smtp_data_prdr%& "ACL for each recipient, after DATA is complete" .irow &%acl_smtp_etrn%& "ACL for ETRN" .irow &%acl_smtp_expn%& "ACL for EXPN" .irow &%acl_smtp_helo%& "ACL for HELO or EHLO" @@ -26377,8 +26984,10 @@ before or after the data) correctly &-- they keep the message on their queues and try again later, but that is their problem, though it does waste some of your resources. -The &%acl_smtp_data%& ACL is run after both the &%acl_smtp_dkim%& and -the &%acl_smtp_mime%& ACLs. +The &%acl_smtp_data%& ACL is run after +the &%acl_smtp_data_prdr%&, +the &%acl_smtp_dkim%& +and the &%acl_smtp_mime%& ACLs. .section "The SMTP DKIM ACL" "SECTDKIMACL" The &%acl_smtp_dkim%& ACL is available only when Exim is compiled with DKIM support @@ -26400,6 +27009,38 @@ content-scanning extension. For details, see chapter &<>&. This ACL is evaluated after &%acl_smtp_dkim%& but before &%acl_smtp_data%&. +.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). +It becomes active only when the PRDR feature is negotiated between +client and server for a message, and more than one recipient +has been accepted. + +The ACL test specfied by &%acl_smtp_data_prdr%& happens after a message +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. + +PRDR may be used to support per-user content filtering. Without it +one must defer any recipient after the first that has a different +content-filter configuration. With PRDR, the RCPT-time check +for this can be disabled when the MAIL-time $smtp_command included +"PRDR". Any required difference in behaviour of the main DATA-time +ACL should however depend on the PRDR-time ACL having run, as Exim +will avoid doing so in some situations (eg. single-recipient mails). + +See also the &%prdr_enable%& global option +and the &%hosts_try_prdr%& smtp transport option. + +This ACL is evaluated after &%acl_smtp_dkim%& but before &%acl_smtp_data%&. +If the ACL is not defined, processing completes as if +the feature was not requested by the client. + .section "The QUIT ACL" "SECTQUITACL" .cindex "QUIT, ACL for" The ACL for the SMTP QUIT command is anomalous, in that the outcome of the ACL @@ -27209,6 +27850,9 @@ anyway. If the message contains newlines, this gives rise to a multi-line SMTP response. .vindex "&$acl_verify_message$&" +For ACLs that are called by an &%acl =%& ACL condition, the message is +stored in &$acl_verify_message$&, from which the calling ACL may use it. + 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 @@ -27316,13 +27960,23 @@ is what is wanted for subsequent tests. .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. -Note that routers are used in verify mode. Note also that headers cannot be +The option usable in the RCPT ACL. +If enabled for a message recieved via smtp and routed to an smtp transport, +and the message has only one recipient, +then the delivery connection is made while the receiving connection is open +and data is copied from one to the other. + +If a recipient-verify callout connection is subsequently +requested in the same ACL it is held open and used for 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. +Note also that headers cannot be modified by any of the post-data ACLs (DATA, MIME and DKIM). +Headers may be modified by routers (subject to the above) and transports. + 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. @@ -27330,11 +27984,12 @@ before the entire message has been received from the source. 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 log line is tagged with ">>" rather than "=>" and appears +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. @@ -27779,6 +28434,8 @@ can be appended; they appear within the called ACL in $acl_arg1 to $acl_arg9, 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 @@ -28010,6 +28667,21 @@ This condition checks whether the sending host (the client) is authorized to send email. Details of how this works are given in section &<>&. +.vitem &*verify&~=&~header_names_ascii*& +.cindex "&%verify%& ACL condition" +.cindex "&ACL;" "verifying header names only ASCII" +.cindex "header lines" "verifying header names only ASCII" +.cindex "verifying" "header names only ASCII" +This condition is relevant only in an ACL that is run after a message has been +received, that is, in an ACL specified by &%acl_smtp_data%& or +&%acl_not_smtp%&. It checks all header names (not the content) to make sure +there are no non-ASCII characters, also excluding control characters. The +allowable characters are decimal ASCII values 33 through 126. + +Exim itself will handle headers with non-ASCII characters, but it can cause +problems for downstream applications, so this option will allow their +detection and rejection in the DATA ACL's. + .vitem &*verify&~=&~header_sender/*&<&'options'&> .cindex "&%verify%& ACL condition" .cindex "&ACL;" "verifying sender in the header" @@ -28621,6 +29293,13 @@ deny condition = ${if isip4{$sender_host_address}} dnslists = some.list.example .endd +If an explicit key is being used for a DNS lookup and it may be an IPv6 +address you should specify alternate list separators for both the outer +(DNS list name) list and inner (lookup keys) list: +.code + dnslists = <; dnsbl.example.com/<|$acl_m_addrslist +.endd + .section "Rate limiting incoming messages" "SECTratelimiting" .cindex "rate limiting" "client sending" .cindex "limiting client sending rates" @@ -29002,6 +29681,7 @@ router that does not set up hosts routes to an &(smtp)& transport with a &%hosts%& setting, the transport's hosts are used. If an &(smtp)& transport has &%hosts_override%& set, its hosts are always used, whether or not the router supplies a host list. +Callouts are only supported on &(smtp)& transports. The port that is used is taken from the transport, if it is specified and is a remote transport. (For routers that do verification only, no transport need be @@ -29761,9 +30441,13 @@ av_scanner = cmdline:\ .endd .vitem &%drweb%& .cindex "virus scanners" "DrWeb" -The DrWeb daemon scanner (&url(http://www.sald.com/)) interface takes one -argument, either a full path to a UNIX socket, or an IP address and port -separated by white space, as in these examples: +The DrWeb daemon scanner (&url(http://www.sald.com/)) interface +takes one option, +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. +For example: .code av_scanner = drweb:/var/run/drwebd.sock av_scanner = drweb:192.168.2.20 31337 @@ -29771,6 +30455,17 @@ av_scanner = drweb:192.168.2.20 31337 If you omit the argument, the default path &_/usr/local/drweb/run/drwebd.sock_& is used. Thanks to Alex Miller for contributing the code for this scanner. +.vitem &%f-protd%& +.cindex "virus scanners" "f-protd" +The f-protd scanner is accessed via HTTP over TCP. +One argument is taken, being a space-separated hostname and port number +(or port-range). +For example: +.code +av_scanner = f-protd:localhost 10200-10204 +.endd +If you omit the argument, the default values show above are used. + .vitem &%fsecure%& .cindex "virus scanners" "F-Secure" The F-Secure daemon scanner (&url(http://www.f-secure.com)) takes one @@ -29805,6 +30500,24 @@ av_scanner = mksd:2 .endd You can safely omit this option (the default value is 1). +.vitem &%sock%& +.cindex "virus scanners" "simple socket-connected" +This is a general-purpose way of talking to simple scanner daemons +running on the local machine. +There are four options: +an address (which may be an IP addres and port, or the path of a Unix socket), +a commandline to send (may include a single %s which will be replaced with +the path to the mail file to be scanned), +an RE to trigger on from the returned data, +an RE to extract malware_name from the returned data. +For example: +.code +av_scanner = sock:127.0.0.1 6001:%s:(SPAM|VIRUS):(.*)\$ +.endd +Default for the socket specifier is &_/tmp/malware.sock_&. +Default for the commandline is &_%s\n_&. +Both regular-expressions are required. + .vitem &%sophie%& .cindex "virus scanners" "Sophos and Sophie" Sophie is a daemon that uses Sophos' &%libsavi%& library to scan for viruses. @@ -31927,7 +32640,7 @@ they do not affect the values of the variables that refer to header lines. the transport cannot refer to the modified header lines, because such expansions all occur before the message is actually transported. -For both routers and transports, the result of expanding a &%headers_add%& +For both routers and transports, the argument of a &%headers_add%& option must be in the form of one or more RFC 2822 header lines, separated by newlines (coded as &"\n"&). For example: .code @@ -31937,10 +32650,10 @@ headers_add = X-added-header: added by $primary_hostname\n\ Exim does not check the syntax of these added header lines. Multiple &%headers_add%& options for a single router or transport can be -specified; the values will be concatenated (with a separating newline -added) before expansion. +specified; the values will append to a single list of header lines. +Each header-line is separately expanded. -The result of expanding &%headers_remove%& must consist of a colon-separated +The argument of a &%headers_remove%& option must consist of a colon-separated list of header names. This is confusing, because header names themselves are often terminated by colons. In this case, the colons are the list separators, not part of the names. For example: @@ -31949,11 +32662,15 @@ headers_remove = return-receipt-to:acknowledge-to .endd Multiple &%headers_remove%& options for a single router or transport can be -specified; the values will be concatenated (with a separating colon -added) before expansion. - -When &%headers_add%& or &%headers_remove%& is specified on a router, its value -is expanded at routing time, and then associated with all addresses that are +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, +and then associated with all addresses that are accepted by that router, and also with any new addresses that it generates. If an address passes through several routers as a result of aliasing or forwarding, the changes are cumulative. @@ -32787,13 +33504,8 @@ failing addresses with their error messages. 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. +The fourth, fifth and sixth items will be ignored and may be empty. +The fields exist for back-compatibility .endlist The default state (&%bounce_message_file%& unset) is equivalent to the @@ -34051,6 +34763,7 @@ the following table: &`R `& on &`<=`& lines: reference for local bounce &` `& on &`=>`& &`**`& and &`==`& lines: router name &`S `& size of message +&`SNI `& server name indication from TLS client hello &`ST `& shadow transport name &`T `& on &`<=`& lines: message subject (topic) &` `& on &`=>`& &`**`& and &`==`& lines: transport name @@ -34155,7 +34868,7 @@ selection marked by asterisks: &` smtp_protocol_error `& SMTP protocol errors &` smtp_syntax_error `& SMTP syntax errors &` subject `& contents of &'Subject:'& on <= lines -&` tls_certificate_verified `& certificate verification status +&`*tls_certificate_verified `& certificate verification status &`*tls_cipher `& TLS cipher suite on <= and => lines &` tls_peerdn `& TLS peer DN on <= and => lines &` tls_sni `& TLS SNI on <= lines @@ -34360,7 +35073,8 @@ The message that is written is &"spool file is locked"&. .next .cindex "log" "smtp confirmation" .cindex "SMTP" "logging confirmation" -&%smtp_confirmation%&: The response to the final &"."& in the SMTP dialogue for +.cindex "LMTP" "logging confirmation" +&%smtp_confirmation%&: The response to the final &"."& in the SMTP or LMTP dialogue for outgoing messages is added to delivery log lines in the form &`C=`&<&'text'&>. A number of MTAs (including Exim) return an identifying string in this response. @@ -34589,9 +35303,15 @@ This utility is a Perl script contributed by Matt Hubbard. It runs .code exim -bpu .endd -to obtain a queue listing with undelivered recipients only, and then greps the -output to select messages that match given criteria. The following selection -options are available: +or (in case &*-a*& switch is specified) +.code +exim -bp +.endd +The &*-C*& option is used to specify an alternate &_exim.conf_& which might +contain alternate exim configuration the queue management might be using. + +to obtain a queue listing, and then greps the output to select messages +that match given criteria. The following selection options are available: .vlist .vitem &*-f*&&~<&'regex'&> @@ -34638,6 +35358,9 @@ Brief format &-- one line per message. .vitem &*-R*& Display messages in reverse order. + +.vitem &*-a*& +Include delivered recipients in queue listing. .endlist There is one more option, &%-h%&, which outputs a list of options. @@ -34693,7 +35416,7 @@ 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: .display -&`exigrep [-t<`&&'n'&&`>] [-I] [-l] [-v] <`&&'pattern'&&`> [<`&&'log file'&&`>] ...`& +&`exigrep [-t<`&&'n'&&`>] [-I] [-l] [-M] [-v] <`&&'pattern'&&`> [<`&&'log file'&&`>] ...`& .endd If no log file names are given on the command line, the standard input is read. @@ -34714,6 +35437,19 @@ regular expression. The &%-v%& option inverts the matching condition. That is, a line is selected if it does &'not'& match the pattern. +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. + 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.