X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/jgh/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/944a9c55d5b7d3d50ea8b8fabfb7a7be5ca8693f..01c490dfefc3562022ab7c695bb45c99fd898104:/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index 14e08ee78..dc03699f3 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.89 2006/02/22 15:08:20 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.101 2006/04/20 14:11:29 ph10 Exp $ New Features in Exim -------------------- @@ -8,71 +8,52 @@ but have not yet made it into the main manual (which is most conveniently updated when there is a relatively large batch of changes). The doc/ChangeLog file contains a listing of all changes, including bug fixes. +Version 4.62 +------------ + +1. The ${readsocket expansion item now supports Internet domain sockets as well + as Unix domain sockets. If the first argument begins "inet:", it must be of + the form "inet:host:port". The port is mandatory; it may be a number or the + name of a TCP port in /etc/services. The host may be a name, or it may be an + IP address. An ip address may optionally be enclosed in square brackets. + This is best for IPv6 addresses. For example: + + ${readsocket{inet:[::1]:1234}{}... + + Only a single host name may be given, but if looking it up yield more than + one IP address, they are each tried in turn until a connection is made. Once + a connection has been made, the behaviour is as for ${readsocket with a Unix + domain socket. + +2. If a redirect router sets up file or pipe deliveries for more than one + incoming address, and the relevant transport has batch_max set greater than + one, a batch delivery now occurs. + + Version 4.61 ------------ -PH/01 There is a new global option called disable_ipv6, which does exactly what - its name implies. If set true, even if the Exim binary has IPv6 support, - no IPv6 activities take place. AAAA records are never looked up for host - names given in manual routing data or elsewhere. AAAA records that are - received from the DNS as additional data for MX records are ignored. Any - IPv6 addresses that are listed in local_interfaces, manualroute route - data, etc. are also ignored. If IP literals are enabled, the ipliteral - router declines to handle IPv6 literal addresses. - -PH/02 There are now 20 of each type of ACL variable by default (instead of 10). - It is also possible to change the numbers by setting ACL_CVARS and/or - ACL_MVARS in Local/Makefile. Backward compatibility is maintained if you - upgrade to this release with existing messages containing ACL variable - settings on the queue. However, going in the other direction - (downgrading) will not be compatible; the values of ACL variables will be - lost. - -PH/03 If quota_warn_message contains a From: header, Exim now refrains from - adding the default one. Similarly, if it contains a Reply-To: header, the - errors_reply_to option, if set, is not used. - -PH/04 The variables $auth1, $auth2, $auth3 are now available in authenticators, - containing the same values as $1, $2, $3. The new variables are provided - because the numerical variables can be reset during string expansions - (for example, during a "match" operation) and so may lose the - authentication data. The preferred variables are now the new ones, with - the use of the numerical ones being deprecated, though the support will - not be removed, at least, not for a long time. - -PH/05 The "control=freeze" ACL modifier can now be followed by /no_tell. If - the global option freeze_tell is set, it is ignored for the current - message (that is, nobody is told about the freezing), provided all the - "control=freeze" modifiers that are obeyed in the current message have - the /no_tell option. - -PH/06 In both GnuTLS and OpenSSL, an expansion of tls_privatekey that results - in an empty string is now treated as unset. - -PH/07 There is a new log selector called sender_verify_fail, which is set by - default. If it is unset, the separate log line that gives details of a - sender verification failure is not written. Log lines for the rejection - of SMTP commands (e.g. RCPT) contain just "sender verify failed", so some - detail is lost. - -PH/08 The default for dns_check_names_pattern now allows slashes within names, - as there are now some PTR records that contain slashes. This check is - only to protect against broken name servers that fall over on strange - characters, so the fact that it applies to all lookups doesn't matter. - -PH/09 The default for rfc4131_query_timeout has been changed from 30s to 5s. - -PH/10 When compiled on FreeBSD, NetBSD, or BSD/OS, the pipe transport has a new - Boolean option called use_classresources, defaulting false. If it is set - true, the setclassresources() function is used to set resource limits - when a pipe transport is run to perform a delivery. The limits for the - uid under which the pipe is to run are obtained from the login class - database. - -PH/11 If retry_interval_max is set greater than 24 hours, it is quietly reset - to 24 hours. This avoids potential overflow problems when processing G - and H retry rules, and it seems reasonable to require a retry at least - once a day. +The documentation is up-to-date for the 4.61 release. Major new features since +the 4.60 release are: + +. An option called disable_ipv6, to disable the use of IPv6 completely. + +. An increase in the number of ACL variables to 20 of each type. + +. A change to use $auth1, $auth2, and $auth3 in authenticators instead of $1, + $2, $3, (though those are still set) because the numeric variables get used + for other things in complicated expansions. + +. The default for rfc1413_query_timeout has been changed from 30s to 5s. + +. It is possible to use setclassresources() on some BSD OS to control the + resources used in pipe deliveries. + +. A new ACL modifier called add_header, which can be used with any verb. + +. More errors are detectable in retry rules. + +There are a number of other additions too. Version 4.60