X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/jgh/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/950aa3fb3524550045e4f6b3eac84354e5fd4553..d066e592c2e5fb2e96b0d1b51b4bdd7f824ddafd:/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt index 317f40101..74614cd3f 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt +++ b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt @@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ in your Local/Makefile. DCC Support -------------------------------------------------------------- +Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse; http://www.rhyolite.com/dcc/ *) Building exim @@ -797,6 +798,8 @@ expansion is done. The current list of events is: msg:complete after main per message msg:delivery after transport per recipient + msg:rcpt:host:defer after transport per recipient per host + msg:rcpt:defer after transport per recipient msg:host:defer after transport per attempt msg:fail:delivery after main per recipient msg:fail:internal after main per recipient @@ -810,16 +813,20 @@ variable to decide when to act. The value of the variable is a colon-separated list, defining a position in the tree of possible events; it may be used as a list or just matched on as a whole. There will be no whitespace. +New event types may be added in the future. + There is an auxilary variable, $event_data, for which the content is event_dependent: msg:delivery smtp confirmation mssage + msg:rcpt:host:defer error string + msg:rcpt:defer error string msg:host:defer error string tls:cert verification chain depth smtp:connect smtp banner -The msg:host:defer event populates one extra variable, $event_defer_errno. +The :defer events populate one extra variable, $event_defer_errno. The following variables are likely to be useful depending on the event type: @@ -847,7 +854,14 @@ event_action = ${if eq {msg:delivery}{$event_name} \ The string is expanded when each of the supported events occur and any side-effects of the expansion will happen. -Note that for complex operations an ACL expansion can be used. + +Note that for complex operations an ACL expansion can be used, +however due to the multiple contexts the Exim operates in +a) variables set in events raised from transports will not + be visible outside that transport call. +b) acl_m variables in a server context are lost on a new connection, + and after helo/ehlo/mail/starttls/rset commands + The expansion of the event_action option should normally @@ -1380,6 +1394,49 @@ must be representable in UTF-16. +DSN extra information +--------------------- +If compiled with EXPERIMENTAL_DSN_INFO extra information will be added +to DSN fail messages ("bounces"), when available. The intent is to aid +tracing of specific failing messages, when presented with a "bounce" +complaint and needing to search logs. + + +The remote MTA IP address, with port number if nonstandard. +Example: + Remote-MTA: X-ip; [127.0.0.1]:587 +Rationale: + Several addresses may correspond to the (already available) + dns name for the remote MTA. + +The remote MTA connect-time greeting. +Example: + X-Remote-MTA-smtp-greeting: X-str; 220 the.local.host.name ESMTP Exim x.yz Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:44:33 +0000 +Rationale: + This string sometimes presents the remote MTA's idea of its + own name, and sometimes identifies the MTA software. + +The remote MTA response to HELO or EHLO. +Example: + X-Remote-MTA-helo-response: X-str; 250-the.local.host.name Hello localhost [127.0.0.1] +Limitations: + Only the first line of a multiline response is recorded. +Rationale: + This string sometimes presents the remote MTA's view of + the peer IP connecting to it. + +The reporting MTA detailed diagnostic. +Example: + X-Exim-Diagnostic: X-str; SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:: 550 hard error +Rationale: + This string somtimes give extra information over the + existing (already available) Diagnostic-Code field. + + +Note that non-RFC-documented field names and data types are used. + + + -------------------------------------------------------------- End of file