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@@ -2627,6 +2627,8 @@ users to set envelope senders.
 
 .cindex "&'From:'& header line"
 .cindex "&'Sender:'& header line"
+.cindex "header lines" "From:"
+.cindex "header lines" "Sender:"
 For a trusted user, there is never any check on the contents of the &'From:'&
 header line, and a &'Sender:'& line is never added. Furthermore, any existing
 &'Sender:'& line in incoming local (non-TCP/IP) messages is not removed.
@@ -4379,7 +4381,10 @@ relax this restriction (and also the same requirement for the &%-M%&, &%-R%&,
 and &%-S%& options).
 
 .cindex "queue runner" "description of operation"
-The &%-q%& option starts one queue runner process. This scans the queue of
+.new
+If other commandline options do not specify an action,
+.wen
+the &%-q%& option starts one queue runner process. This scans the queue of
 waiting messages, and runs a delivery process for each one in turn. It waits
 for each delivery process to finish before starting the next one. A delivery
 process may not actually do any deliveries if the retry times for the addresses
@@ -4465,15 +4470,25 @@ be done. If a message requires any remote deliveries, it remains on the queue
 for later delivery.
 
 .new
-.vitem &%-q[q][i][f[f]][l][G<name>]%&
+.vitem &%-q[q][i][f[f]][l][G<name>[/<time>]]]%&
 .oindex "&%-qG%&"
 .cindex queue named
 .cindex "named queues"
 .cindex "queue" "delivering specific messages"
 If the &'G'& flag and a name is present, the queue runner operates on the
 queue with the given name rather than the default queue.
-Because the name is the remainder of the option string, any
-periodic-run interval must be given as a separate &%-q%& option.
+The name should not contain a &'/'& character.
+For a periodic queue run (see below)
+append to the name a slash and a time value.
+
+If other commandline options speicify an action, a &'-qG<name>'& option
+will specify a queue to operate on.
+For example:
+.code
+exim -bp -qGquarantine
+mailq -qGquarantime
+exim -qGoffpeak -Rf @special.domain.example
+.endd
 .wen
 
 .vitem &%-q%&<&'qflags'&>&~<&'start&~id'&>&~<&'end&~id'&>
@@ -9200,8 +9215,8 @@ The environment is adjusted by the &%keep_environment%& and
 .cindex "&%extract%&" "substrings by key"
 The key and <&'string1'&> are first expanded separately. Leading and trailing
 white space is removed from the key (but not from any of the strings). The key
-must not consist entirely of digits. The expanded <&'string1'&> must be of the
-form:
+must not be empty and must not consist entirely of digits.
+The expanded <&'string1'&> must be of the form:
 .display
 <&'key1'&> = <&'value1'&>  <&'key2'&> = <&'value2'&> ...
 .endd
@@ -10077,6 +10092,21 @@ Last:user@example.com
 user@example.com
 .endd
 
+.new
+.vitem &*${base32:*&<&'digits'&>&*}*&
+.cindex "&%base32%& expansion item"
+.cindex "expansion" "conversion to base 32"
+The string must consist entirely of decimal digits. The number is converted to
+base 32 and output as a (empty, for zero) string of characters.
+Only lowercase letters are used.
+
+.vitem &*${base32d:*&<&'base-32&~digits'&>&*}*&
+.cindex "&%base32d%& expansion item"
+.cindex "expansion" "conversion to base 32"
+The string must consist entirely of base-32 digits.
+The number is converted to decimal and output as a string.
+.wen
+
 .vitem &*${base62:*&<&'digits'&>&*}*&
 .cindex "&%base62%& expansion item"
 .cindex "expansion" "conversion to base 62"
@@ -10501,7 +10531,7 @@ variables or headers inside regular expressions.
 .cindex "SHA-1 hash"
 .cindex "expansion" "SHA-1 hashing"
 .cindex certificate fingerprint
-.cindex "&%sha2%& expansion item"
+.cindex "&%sha1%& 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.
 
@@ -10509,16 +10539,38 @@ If the string is a single variable of type certificate,
 returns the SHA-1 hash fingerprint of the certificate.
 
 
-.vitem &*${sha256:*&<&'certificate'&>&*}*&
+.vitem &*${sha256:*&<&'string'&>&*}*&
 .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,
+.new
+The &%sha256%& operator computes the SHA-256 hash value of the string
+and returns
+it as a 64-digit hexadecimal number, in which any letters are in upper case.
+.wen
+
+If the string is a single variable of type certificate,
+returns the SHA-256 hash fingerprint of the certificate.
+
+
+.new
+.vitem &*${sha3:*&<&'string'&>&*}*& &&&
+       &*${sha3_<n>:*&<&'string'&>&*}*&
+.cindex "SHA3 hash"
+.cindex "expansion" "SHA3 hashing"
+.cindex "&%sha3%& expansion item"
+The &%sha3%& operator computes the SHA3-256 hash value of the string
 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.
+
+If a number is appended, separated by an underbar, it specifies
+the output length.  Values of 224, 256, 384 and 512 are accepted;
+with 256 being the default.
+
+The &%sha3%& expansion item is only supported if Exim has been
+compiled with GnuTLS 3.5.0 or later.
+.wen
 
 
 .vitem &*${stat:*&<&'string'&>&*}*&
@@ -12207,6 +12259,14 @@ The value set for the &%qualify_domain%& option in the configuration file.
 The value set for the &%qualify_recipient%& option in the configuration file,
 or if not set, the value of &$qualify_domain$&.
 
+.new
+.vitem &$queue_name$&
+.vindex &$queue_name$&
+.cindex "named queues"
+.cindex queues named
+The name of the spool queue in use; empty for the default queue.
+.wen
+
 .vitem &$rcpt_count$&
 .vindex "&$rcpt_count$&"
 When a message is being received by SMTP, this variable contains the number of
@@ -12795,7 +12855,7 @@ When a message is received from a remote host over an encrypted SMTP
 connection, this variable is set to the cipher suite that was negotiated, for
 example DES-CBC3-SHA. In other circumstances, in particular, for message
 received over unencrypted connections, the variable is empty. Testing
-&$tls_cipher$& for emptiness is one way of distinguishing between encrypted and
+&$tls_in_cipher$& for emptiness is one way of distinguishing between encrypted and
 non-encrypted connections during ACL processing.
 
 The deprecated &$tls_cipher$& variable is the same as &$tls_in_cipher$& during message reception,
@@ -13758,6 +13818,7 @@ See also the &'Policy controls'& section above.
 .table2
 .row &%accept_8bitmime%&             "advertise 8BITMIME"
 .row &%auth_advertise_hosts%&        "advertise AUTH to these hosts"
+.row &%chunking_advertise_hosts%&    "advertise CHUNKING 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"
@@ -14315,6 +14376,15 @@ For non-SMTP input and for batched SMTP input, the test is done at start-up; on
 failure a message is written to stderr and Exim exits with a non-zero code, as
 it obviously cannot send an error message of any kind.
 
+.new
+.option chunking_advertise_hosts main "host list&!!" *
+.cindex CHUNKING advertisement
+.cindex "RFC 3030" "CHUNKING"
+The CHUNKING extension (RFC3030) will be advertised in the EHLO message to
+these hosts.
+Hosts may use the BDAT command as an alternate to DATA.
+.wen
+
 .option daemon_smtp_ports main string &`smtp`&
 .cindex "port" "for daemon"
 .cindex "TCP/IP" "setting listening ports"
@@ -15917,7 +15987,7 @@ large list. In most situations, &%queue_run_in_order%& should not be set.
 
 
 
-.option queue_run_max main integer 5
+.option queue_run_max main integer&!! 5
 .cindex "queue runner" "maximum number of"
 This controls the maximum number of queue runner processes that an Exim daemon
 can run simultaneously. This does not mean that it starts them all at once,
@@ -15932,6 +16002,13 @@ the limit, allowing any number of simultaneous queue runner processes to be
 run. If you do not want queue runs to occur, omit the &%-q%&&'xx'& setting on
 the daemon's command line.
 
+.new
+.cindex queues named
+.cindex "named queues"
+To set limits for different named queues use
+an expansion depending on the &$queue_name$& variable.
+.wen
+
 .option queue_smtp_domains main "domain list&!!" unset
 .cindex "queueing incoming messages"
 .cindex "message" "queueing remote deliveries"
@@ -16947,7 +17024,7 @@ in IKE is assigned number 23.
 
 Otherwise, the option must expand to the name used by Exim for any of a number
 of DH primes specified in RFC 2409, RFC 3526 and RFC 5114.  As names, Exim uses
-"ike" followed by the number used by IKE, of "default" which corresponds to
+"ike" followed by the number used by IKE, or "default" which corresponds to
 "ike23".
 
 The available primes are:
@@ -17522,7 +17599,7 @@ This applies to all of the SRV, MX, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
 .cindex "DNSSEC" "MX lookup"
 .cindex "security" "MX lookup"
 .cindex "DNS" "DNSSEC"
-DNS lookups for domains matching &%dnssec_request_domains%& will be done with
+DNS lookups for domains matching &%dnssec_require_domains%& will be done with
 the dnssec request bit set.  Any returns not having the Authenticated Data bit
 (AD bit) set will be ignored and logged as a host-lookup failure.
 This applies to all of the SRV, MX, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
@@ -19823,12 +19900,17 @@ list1:   :include:/opt/lists/list1
 .endd
 .next
 .cindex "address redirection" "to black hole"
-Sometimes you want to throw away mail to a particular local part. Making the
-&%data%& option expand to an empty string does not work, because that causes
-the router to decline. Instead, the alias item
+.cindex "delivery" "discard"
+.cindex "delivery" "blackhole"
 .cindex "black hole"
 .cindex "abandoning mail"
-&':blackhole:'& can be used. It does what its name implies. No delivery is
+Sometimes you want to throw away mail to a particular local part.  Making the
+&%data%& option expand to an empty string does not work, because that causes
+the router to decline. Instead, the alias item
+.code
+:blackhole:
+.endd
+can be used. It does what its name implies. No delivery is
 done, and no error message is generated. This has the same effect as specifying
 &_/dev/null_& as a destination, but it can be independently disabled.
 
@@ -20798,7 +20880,7 @@ 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 removed.
+for a transport; all listed headers are removed.
 
 &*Warning*&: Because of the separate expansion of the list items,
 items that contain a list separator must have it doubled.
@@ -23566,7 +23648,7 @@ This applies to all of the SRV, MX, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
 .cindex "DNSSEC" "MX lookup"
 .cindex "security" "MX lookup"
 .cindex "DNS" "DNSSEC"
-DNS lookups for domains matching &%dnssec_request_domains%& will be done with
+DNS lookups for domains matching &%dnssec_require_domains%& will be done with
 the dnssec request bit set.  Any returns not having the Authenticated Data bit
 (AD bit) set will be ignored and logged as a host-lookup failure.
 This applies to all of the SRV, MX, AAAA, A lookup sequence.
@@ -23821,6 +23903,16 @@ connects. If authentication fails, Exim will try to transfer the message
 unauthenticated. See also &%hosts_require_auth%&, and chapter
 &<<CHAPSMTPAUTH>>& for details of authentication.
 
+.new
+.option hosts_try_chunking smtp "host list&!!" *
+.cindex CHUNKING "enabling, in client"
+.cindex BDAT "SMTP command"
+.cindex "RFC 3030" "CHUNKING"
+This option provides a list of server to which, provided they announce
+CHUNKING support, Exim will attempt to use BDAT commands rather than DATA.
+BDAT will not be used in conjuction with a transport filter.
+.wen
+
 .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
@@ -27691,6 +27783,17 @@ received, before the final response to the DATA command is sent. This is
 the ACL specified by &%acl_smtp_data%&, which is the second ACL that is
 associated with the DATA command.
 
+.new
+.cindex CHUNKING "BDAT command"
+.cindex BDAT "SMTP command"
+.cindex "RFC 3030" CHUNKING
+If CHUNKING was advertised and a BDAT command sequence is received,
+the &%acl_smtp_predata%& ACL is not run.
+. XXX why not?  It should be possible, for the first BDAT.
+The &%acl_smtp_data%& is run after the last BDAT command and all of
+the data specified is received.
+.wen
+
 For both of these ACLs, it is not possible to reject individual recipients. An
 error response rejects the entire message. Unfortunately, it is known that some
 MTAs do not treat hard (5&'xx'&) responses to the DATA command (either
@@ -28591,6 +28694,8 @@ effect.
 .vitem &*queue*&&~=&~<&'text'&>
 This modifier specifies the use of a named queue for spool files
 for the message.
+It can only be used before the message is received (i.e. not in
+the DATA ACL).
 This could be used, for example, for known high-volume burst sources
 of traffic, or for quarantine of messages.
 Separate queue-runner processes will be needed for named queues.
@@ -28742,13 +28847,18 @@ with &`-d`&, with the output going to a new logfile, by default called
 &'debuglog'&.  The filename can be adjusted with the &'tag'& option, which
 may access any variables already defined.  The logging may be adjusted with
 the &'opts'& option, which takes the same values as the &`-d`& command-line
-option.  Some examples (which depend on variables that don't exist in all
+option.
+.new
+Logging may be stopped, and the file removed, with the &'kill'& option.
+.wen
+Some examples (which depend on variables that don't exist in all
 contexts):
 .code
       control = debug
       control = debug/tag=.$sender_host_address
       control = debug/opts=+expand+acl
       control = debug/tag=.$message_exim_id/opts=+expand
+      control = debug/kill
 .endd
 
 
@@ -28987,7 +29097,7 @@ any ACL verb, including &%deny%& (though this is potentially useful only in a
 RCPT ACL).
 
 Headers will not be added to the message if the modifier is used in
-DATA, MIME or DKIM ACLs for messages delivered by cutthrough routing.
+DATA, MIME or DKIM ACLs for a message delivered by cutthrough routing.
 
 Leading and trailing newlines are removed from
 the data for the &%add_header%& modifier; if it then
@@ -29088,8 +29198,8 @@ receiving a message). The message must ultimately be accepted for
 with any ACL verb, including &%deny%&, though this is really not useful for
 any verb that doesn't result in a delivered message.
 
-Headers will not be removed to the message if the modifier is used in
-DATA, MIME or DKIM ACLs for messages delivered by cutthrough routing.
+Headers will not be removed from the message if the modifier is used in
+DATA, MIME or DKIM ACLs for a message delivered by cutthrough routing.
 
 More than one header can be removed at the same time by using a colon separated
 list of header names. The header matching is case insensitive. Wildcards are
@@ -31467,7 +31577,7 @@ condition defers.
 
 Unix and TCP socket specifications may be mixed in any order.
 Each element of the list is a list itself, space-separated by default
-and changeable in the usual way.
+and changeable in the usual way; take care to not double the separator.
 
 For TCP socket specifications a host name or IP (v4 or v6, but
 subject to list-separator quoting rules) address can be used,
@@ -31594,6 +31704,11 @@ spam bar is 50 characters.
 A multiline text table, containing the full SpamAssassin report for the
 message. Useful for inclusion in headers or reject messages.
 This variable is only usable in a DATA-time ACL.
+.new
+Beware that SpamAssassin may return non-ASCII characters, especially
+when running in country-specific locales, which are not legal
+unencoded in headers.
+.wen
 
 .vitem &$spam_action$&
 For SpamAssassin either 'reject' or 'no action' depending on the
@@ -33179,6 +33294,7 @@ incoming SMTP message from a source that is not permitted to send them.
 
 .section "Resent- header lines" "SECID220"
 .cindex "&%Resent-%& header lines"
+.cindex "header lines" "Resent-"
 RFC 2822 makes provision for sets of header lines starting with the string
 &`Resent-`& to be added to a message when it is resent by the original
 recipient to somebody else. These headers are &'Resent-Date:'&,
@@ -33235,6 +33351,7 @@ existing &'Bcc:'& is not removed.
 
 .section "The Date: header line" "SECID223"
 .cindex "&'Date:'& header line"
+.cindex "header lines" "Date:"
 If a locally-generated or submission-mode message has no &'Date:'& header line,
 Exim adds one, using the current date and time, unless the
 &%suppress_local_fixups%& control has been specified.
@@ -33252,6 +33369,7 @@ messages.
 
 .section "The Envelope-to: header line" "SECID225"
 .cindex "&'Envelope-to:'& header line"
+.cindex "header lines" "Envelope-to:"
 .oindex "&%envelope_to_remove%&"
 &'Envelope-to:'& header lines are not part of the standard RFC 2822 header set.
 Exim can be configured to add them to the final delivery of messages. (See the
@@ -33263,6 +33381,7 @@ messages.
 
 .section "The From: header line" "SECTthefrohea"
 .cindex "&'From:'& header line"
+.cindex "header lines" "From:"
 .cindex "Sendmail compatibility" "&""From""& line"
 .cindex "message" "submission"
 .cindex "submission mode"
@@ -33306,6 +33425,7 @@ name as described in section &<<SECTconstr>>&.
 
 .section "The Message-ID: header line" "SECID226"
 .cindex "&'Message-ID:'& header line"
+.cindex "header lines" "Message-ID:"
 .cindex "message" "submission"
 .oindex "&%message_id_header_text%&"
 If a locally-generated or submission-mode incoming message does not contain a
@@ -33321,6 +33441,7 @@ in this header line by setting the &%message_id_header_text%& and/or
 
 .section "The Received: header line" "SECID227"
 .cindex "&'Received:'& header line"
+.cindex "header lines" "Received:"
 A &'Received:'& header line is added at the start of every message. The
 contents are defined by the &%received_header_text%& configuration option, and
 Exim automatically adds a semicolon and a timestamp to the configured string.
@@ -33337,6 +33458,7 @@ changed to the time of acceptance, which is (apart from a small delay while the
 
 .section "The References: header line" "SECID228"
 .cindex "&'References:'& header line"
+.cindex "header lines" "References:"
 Messages created by the &(autoreply)& transport include a &'References:'&
 header line. This is constructed according to the rules that are described in
 section 3.64 of RFC 2822 (which states that replies should contain such a
@@ -33351,6 +33473,7 @@ incoming message. If there are more than 12, the first one and then the final
 
 .section "The Return-path: header line" "SECID229"
 .cindex "&'Return-path:'& header line"
+.cindex "header lines" "Return-path:"
 .oindex "&%return_path_remove%&"
 &'Return-path:'& header lines are defined as something an MTA may insert when
 it does the final delivery of messages. (See the generic &%return_path_add%&
@@ -33363,6 +33486,7 @@ default), Exim removes &'Return-path:'& header lines from incoming messages.
 .section "The Sender: header line" "SECTthesenhea"
 .cindex "&'Sender:'& header line"
 .cindex "message" "submission"
+.cindex "header lines" "Sender:"
 For a locally-originated message from an untrusted user, Exim may remove an
 existing &'Sender:'& header line, and it may add a new one. You can modify
 these actions by setting the &%local_sender_retain%& option true, the
@@ -35331,6 +35455,7 @@ picked out by the distinctive two-character flags that immediately follow the
 timestamp. The flags are:
 .display
 &`<=`&     message arrival
+&`(=`&     message fakereject
 &`=>`&     normal message delivery
 &`->`&     additional address in same delivery
 &`>>`&     cutthrough message delivery
@@ -35558,14 +35683,17 @@ the following table:
 &`CV  `&        certificate verification status
 &`D   `&        duration of &"no mail in SMTP session"&
 &`DN  `&        distinguished name from peer certificate
+&`DS  `&        DNSSEC secured lookups
 &`DT  `&        on &`=>`& lines: time taken for a delivery
 &`F   `&        sender address (on delivery lines)
 &`H   `&        host name and IP address
 &`I   `&        local interface used
+&`K   `&        CHUNKING extension used
 &`id  `&        message id for incoming message
 &`P   `&        on &`<=`& lines: protocol used
 &`    `&        on &`=>`& and &`**`& lines: return path
-&`PRX `&        on &'<='& and&`=>`& lines: proxy address
+&`PRDR`&        PRDR extension used
+&`PRX `&        on &'<='& and &`=>`& lines: proxy address
 &`Q   `&        alternate queue name
 &`QT  `&        on &`=>`& lines: time spent on queue so far
 &`    `&        on &"Completed"& lines: time spent on queue
@@ -35649,6 +35777,7 @@ selection marked by asterisks:
 &` deliver_time               `&  time taken to perform delivery
 &` delivery_size              `&  add &`S=`&&'nnn'& to => lines
 &`*dnslist_defer              `&  defers of DNS list (aka RBL) lookups
+&` dnssec                     `&  DNSSEC secured lookups
 &`*etrn                       `&  ETRN commands
 &`*host_lookup_failed         `&  as it says
 &` ident_timeout              `&  timeout for ident connection
@@ -35756,6 +35885,14 @@ the &"=>"& line, tagged with S=.
 &%dnslist_defer%&: A log entry is written if an attempt to look up a host in a
 DNS black list suffers a temporary error.
 .next
+.cindex log dnssec
+.cindex dnssec logging
+&%dnssec%&: For message acceptance and (attempted) delivery log lines, when
+dns lookups gave secure results a tag of DS is added.
+For acceptance this covers the reverse and forward lookups for host name verification.
+It does not cover helo-name verification.
+For delivery this covers the SRV, MX, A and/or AAAA lookups.
+.next
 .cindex "log" "ETRN commands"
 .cindex "ETRN" "logging"
 &%etrn%&: Every valid ETRN command that is received is logged, before the ACL
@@ -37991,7 +38128,7 @@ senders).
 .section "Signing outgoing messages" "SECDKIMSIGN"
 .cindex "DKIM" "signing"
 
-Signing is implemented by setting private options on the SMTP transport.
+Signing is enabled by setting private options on the SMTP transport.
 These options take (expandable) strings as arguments.
 
 .option dkim_domain smtp string&!! unset
@@ -38048,7 +38185,7 @@ used.
 .section "Verifying DKIM signatures in incoming mail" "SECID514"
 .cindex "DKIM" "verification"
 
-Verification of DKIM signatures in incoming email is implemented via the
+Verification of DKIM signatures in SMTP incoming email is implemented via the
 &%acl_smtp_dkim%& ACL. By default, this ACL is called once for each
 syntactically(!) correct signature in the incoming message.
 A missing ACL definition defaults to accept.
@@ -38410,7 +38547,7 @@ form of the name.
 Log lines and Received-by: header lines will acquire a "utf8"
 prefix on the protocol element, eg. utf8esmtp.
 
-The following expansion operator can be used:
+The following expansion operators can be used:
 .code
 ${utf8_domain_to_alabel:str}
 ${utf8_domain_from_alabel:str}