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-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.170 2010/06/06 00:27:52 pdp Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.176 2010/06/14 18:51:10 pdp Exp $
 
 New Features in Exim
 --------------------
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list.
 Version 4.73
 ------------
 
+ NOTE: this version is not guaranteed backwards-compatible, please read the
+       items below carefully
+
  1. A new main configuration option, "openssl_options", is available if Exim
     is built with SSL support provided by OpenSSL.  The option allows
     administrators to specify OpenSSL options to be used on connections;
@@ -38,10 +41,14 @@ Version 4.73
 
       av_scanner = clamd:192.0.2.3 1234:local
 
+    ClamAV's ExtendedDetectionInfo response format is now handled.
+
  4. There is now a -bmalware option, restricted to admin users.  This option
     takes one parameter, a filename, and scans that file with Exim's
     malware-scanning framework.  This is intended purely as a debugging aid
     to ensure that Exim's scanning is working, not to replace other tools.
+    Note that the ACL framework is not invoked, so if av_scanner references
+    ACL variables without a fallback then this will fail.
 
  5. There is a new expansion operator, "reverse_ip", which will reverse IP
     addresses; IPv4 into dotted quad, IPv6 into dotted nibble.  Examples:
@@ -63,6 +70,52 @@ Version 4.73
       control = debug/opts=+expand+acl
       control = debug/tag=.$message_exim_id/opts=+expand
 
+ 7. It has always been implicit in the design and the documentation that
+    "the Exim user" is not root.  src/EDITME said that using root was
+    "very strongly discouraged".  This is not enough to keep people from
+    shooting themselves in the foot in days when many don't configure Exim
+    themselves but via package build managers.  The security consequences of
+    running various bits of network code are severe if there should be bugs in
+    them.  As such, the Exim user may no longer be root.  If configured
+    statically, Exim will refuse to build.  If configured as ref:user then Exim
+    will exit shortly after start-up.  If you must shoot yourself in the foot,
+    then henceforth you will have to maintain your own local patches to strip
+    the safeties off.
+
+ 8. There is a new expansion operator, bool_lax{}.  Where bool{} uses the ACL
+    condition logic to determine truth/failure and will fail to expand many
+    strings, bool_lax{} uses the router condition logic, where most strings
+    do evaluate true.
+    Note: bool{00} is false, bool_lax{00} is true.
+
+ 9. Routers now support multiple "condition" tests,
+
+10. There is now a runtime configuration option "tcp_wrappers_daemon_name".
+    Setting this allows an admin to define which entry in the tcpwrappers
+    config file will be used to control access to the daemon.  This option
+    is only available when Exim is built with USE_TCP_WRAPPERS.  The
+    default value is set at build time using the TCP_WRAPPERS_DAEMON_NAME
+    build option.
+
+11. [POSSIBLE CONFIG BREAKAGE] The default value for system_filter_user is now
+    the Exim run-time user, instead of root.
+
+12. [POSSIBLE CONFIG BREAKAGE] ALT_CONFIG_ROOT_ONLY is no longer optional and
+    is forced on.  This is mitigated by the new build option
+    TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST which defines a list of configuration files which
+    are trusted; if a config file is owned by root and matches a pathname in
+    the list, then it may be invoked by the Exim build-time user without Exim
+    relinquishing root privileges.
+
+13. [POSSIBLE CONFIG BREAKAGE] The Exim user is no longer automatically
+    trusted to supply -D<Macro[=Value]> overrides on the command-line.  Going
+    forward, we recommend using TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST with shim configs that
+    include the main config.  As a transition mechanism, we are temporarily
+    providing a work-around: the new build option WHITELIST_D_MACROS provides
+    a colon-separated list of macro names which may be overriden by the Exim
+    run-time user.  The values of these macros are constrained to the regex
+    ^[A-Za-z0-9_/.-]*$ (which explicitly does allow for empty values).
+
 
 Version 4.72
 ------------
@@ -106,7 +159,7 @@ Version 4.70 / 4.71
  2. Experimental DCC support via dccifd (contributed by Wolfgang Breyha).
 
  3. There is now a bool{} expansion condition which maps certain strings to
-    true/false condition values (most likely of use in conjuction with the
+    true/false condition values (most likely of use in conjunction with the
     and{} expansion operator).
 
  4. The $spam_score, $spam_bar and $spam_report variables are now available
@@ -130,6 +183,12 @@ Version 4.70 / 4.71
  9. The transport_filter_timeout option now applies to SMTP transports too.
 
 
+Version 4.69
+------------
+
+ 1. Preliminary DKIM support in Experimental.
+
+
 Version 4.68
 ------------