X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/jgh/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/c246a1de8851d7810d53de3cda953d88f7139639..d896cef5f6f3ff1b7509fd832a4ee66403a7c57f:/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index 22af13554..a1534c550 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -6,6 +6,118 @@ Before a formal release, there may be quite a lot of detail so that people can test from the snapshots or the Git before the documentation is updated. Once the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list. +Version 4.93 +------------ + + 1. An "external" authenticator, per RFC 4422 Appendix A. + + 2. A JSON lookup type, and JSON variants of the forall/any expansion conditions. + + 3. Variables $tls_in_cipher_std, $tls_out_cipher_std giving the RFC names + for ciphersuites. + + 4. Log_selectors "msg_id" (on by default) and "msg_id_created". + + 5. A case_insensitive option for verify=not_blind. + + 6. EXPERIMENTAL_TLS_RESUME optional build feature. See the experimental.spec + file. + + 7. A main option exim_version to override the version Exim + reports in verious places ($exim_version, $version_number). + + 8. Expansion operator ${sha2_N:} for N=256, 384, 512. + + 9. Router variables, $r_... settable from router options and usable in routers + and transports. + +10. The spf lookup now supports IPv6. + +11. Main options for DKIM verify to filter hash and key types. + +12. Under GnuTLS, with TLS1.3, support for full-chain OCSP stapling. + + +Version 4.92 +-------------- + + 1. ${l_header:} and ${l_h:} expansion items, giving a colon-sep + list when there are multiple headers having a given name. This matters + when individual headers are wrapped onto multiple lines; with previous + facilities hard to parse. + + 2. The ${readsocket } expansion item now takes a "tls" option, doing the + obvious thing. + + 3. EXPERIMENTAL_REQUIRETLS and EXPERIMENTAL_PIPE_CONNECT optional build + features. See the experimental.spec file. + + 4. If built with SUPPORT_I18N a "utf8_downconvert" option on the smtp transport. + + 5. A "pipelining" log_selector. + + 6. Builtin macros for supported log_selector and openssl_options values. + + 7. JSON variants of the ${extract } expansion item. + + 8. A "noutf8" debug option, for disabling the UTF-8 characters in debug output. + + 9. TCP Fast Open support on MacOS. + +Version 4.91 +-------------- + + 1. Dual-certificate stacks on servers now support OCSP stapling, under GnuTLS + version 3.5.6 or later. + + 2. DANE is now supported under GnuTLS version 3.0.0 or later. Both GnuTLS and + OpenSSL versions are moved to mainline support from Experimental. + New SMTP transport option "dane_require_tls_ciphers". + + 3. Feature macros for the compiled-in set of malware scanner interfaces. + + 4. SPF support is promoted from Experimental to mainline status. The template + src/EDITME makefile does not enable its inclusion. + + 5. Logging control for DKIM verification. The existing DKIM log line is + controlled by a "dkim_verbose" selector which is _not_ enabled by default. + A new tag "DKIM=" is added to <= lines by default, controlled by + a "dkim" log_selector. + + 6. Receive duration on <= lines, under a new log_selector "receive_time". + + 7. Options "ipv4_only" and "ipv4_prefer" on the dnslookup router and on + routing rules in the manualroute router. + + 8. Expansion item ${sha3:} / ${sha3_:} now also supported + under OpenSSL version 1.1.1 or later. + + 9. DKIM operations can now use the Ed25519 algorithm in addition to RSA, under + GnuTLS 3.6.0 or OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later. + +10. Builtin feature-macros _CRYPTO_HASH_SHA3 and _CRYPTO_SIGN_ED25519, library + version dependent. + +11. "exim -bP macro " returns caller-usable status. + +12. Expansion item ${authresults {}} for creating an + Authentication-Results: header. + +13. EXPERIMENTAL_ARC. See the experimental.spec file. + See also new util/renew-opendmarc-tlds.sh script for use with DMARC/ARC. + +14: A dane:fail event, intended to facilitate reporting. + +15. "Lightweight" support for Redis Cluster. Requires redis_servers list to + contain all the servers in the cluster, all of which must be reachable from + the running exim instance. If the cluster has master/slave replication, the + list must contain all the master and slave servers. + +16. Add an option to the Avast scanner interface: "pass_unscanned". This + allows to treat unscanned files as clean. Files may be unscanned for + several reasons: decompression bombs, broken archives. + + Version 4.90 ------------ @@ -54,6 +166,9 @@ Version 4.90 13. DKIM support for multiple signing, by domain and/or key-selector. DKIM support for multiple hashes, and for alternate-identity tags. Builtin macro with default list of signed headers. + Better syntax for specifying oversigning. + The DKIM ACL can override verification status, and status is visible in + the data ACL. 14. Exipick understands -C|--config for an alternative Exim configuration file. @@ -64,6 +179,8 @@ Version 4.90 16. The "-be" expansion test mode now supports macros. Macros are expanded in test lines, and new macros can be defined. +17. Support for server-side dual-certificate-stacks (eg. RSA + ECDSA). + Version 4.89 ------------ @@ -72,7 +189,7 @@ Version 4.89 2. A main-section config option "debug_store" to control the checks on variable locations during store-reset. Normally false but can be enabled - when a memory corrution issue is suspected on a production system. + when a memory corruption issue is suspected on a production system. Version 4.88 @@ -865,7 +982,7 @@ Version 4.68 longest line that was received as part of the message, not counting the line termination character(s). - 7. Host lists can now include +ignore_defer and +include_defer, analagous to + 7. Host lists can now include +ignore_defer and +include_defer, analogous to +ignore_unknown and +include_unknown. These options should be used with care, probably only in non-critical host lists such as whitelists.