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3 | New Features in Exim | |
4 | -------------------- | |
5 | ||
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6 | This file contains descriptions of new features that have been added to Exim. |
7 | Before a formal release, there may be quite a lot of detail so that people can | |
8 | test from the snapshots or the CVS before the documentation is updated. Once | |
9 | the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list. | |
10 | ||
11 | ||
12 | Version 4.64 | |
13 | ------------ | |
14 | ||
15 | 1. ACL variables can now be given arbitrary names, as long as they start with | |
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16 | "acl_c" or "acl_m" (for connection variables and message variables), are |
17 | at least six characters long, with the sixth character being either a digit | |
18 | or an underscore. The rest of the name can contain alphanumeric characters | |
19 | and underscores. This is a compatible change because the old set of | |
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20 | variables such as acl_m12 are a subset of the allowed names. There may now |
21 | be any number of ACL variables. For example: | |
22 | ||
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23 | set acl_c13 = value for original ACL variable |
24 | set acl_c13b = whatever | |
25 | set acl_m_foo = something | |
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27 | What happens if a syntactically valid but undefined ACL variable is |
28 | referenced depends on the setting of the strict_acl_vars option. If it is | |
29 | false (the default), an empty string is substituted; if it is true, an error | |
30 | is generated. This affects all ACL variables, including the "old" ones such | |
31 | as acl_c4. (Previously there wasn't the concept of an undefined ACL | |
32 | variable.) | |
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33 | |
34 | The implementation has been done in such a way that spool files containing | |
35 | ACL variable settings written by previous releases of Exim are compatible | |
36 | and can be read by the new release. If only the original numeric names are | |
37 | used, spool files written by the new release can be read by earlier | |
38 | releases. | |
39 | ||
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40 | 2. There is a new ACL modifier called log_reject_target. It makes it possible |
41 | to specify which logs are used for messages about ACL rejections. Its | |
42 | argument is a list of words which can be "main", "reject", or "panic". The | |
43 | default is "main:reject". The list may be empty, in which case a rejection | |
44 | is not logged at all. For example, this ACL fragment writes no logging | |
45 | information when access is denied: | |
46 | ||
47 | deny <some conditions> | |
48 | log_reject_target = | |
49 | ||
50 | The modifier can be used in SMTP and non-SMTP ACLs. It applies to both | |
51 | permanent and temporary rejections. | |
52 | ||
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53 | 3. There is a new authenticator called "dovecot". This is an interface to the |
54 | authentication facility of the Dovecot POP/IMAP server, which can support a | |
55 | number of authentication methods. If you are using Dovecot to authenticate | |
56 | POP/IMAP clients, it might be helpful to use the same mechanisms for SMTP | |
57 | authentication. This is a server authenticator only. The only option is | |
58 | server_socket, which must specify the socket which is the interface to | |
59 | Dovecot authentication. The public_name option must specify an | |
60 | authentication mechanism that Dovecot is configured to support. You can have | |
61 | several authenticators for different mechanisms. For example: | |
62 | ||
63 | dovecot_plain: | |
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64 | driver = dovecot |
65 | public_name = PLAIN | |
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66 | server_name = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client |
67 | server_setid = $auth1 | |
68 | ||
69 | dovecot_ntlm: | |
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70 | driver = dovecot |
71 | public_name = NTLM | |
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72 | server_name = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client |
73 | server_setid = $auth1 | |
74 | ||
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75 | If the SMTP connection is encrypted, or if $sender_host_address is equal to |
76 | $interface_address (that is, the connection is local), the "secured" option | |
77 | is passed in the Dovecot authentication command. If, for a TLS connection, a | |
78 | client certificate has been verified, the "valid-client-cert" option is | |
79 | passed. | |
80 | ||
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81 | 4. The variable $message_headers_raw provides a concatenation of all the |
82 | messages's headers without any decoding. This is in contrast to | |
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83 | $message_headers, which does RFC2047 decoding on the header contents. |
84 | ||
85 | 5. In a DNS black list, when the facility for restricting the matching IP | |
86 | values is used, the text from the TXT record that is set in $dnslist_text | |
87 | may not reflect the true reason for rejection. This happens when lists are | |
88 | merged and the IP address in the A record is used to distinguish them; | |
89 | unfortunately there is only one TXT record. One way round this is not to use | |
90 | merged lists, but that can be inefficient because it requires multiple DNS | |
91 | lookups where one would do in the vast majority of cases when the host of | |
92 | interest is not on any of the lists. | |
93 | ||
94 | A less inefficient way of solving this problem has now been implemented. If | |
95 | two domain names, comma-separated, are given, the second is used first to do | |
96 | an initial check, making use of any IP value restrictions that are set. If | |
97 | there is a match, the first domain is used, without any IP value | |
98 | restrictions, to get the TXT record. As a byproduct of this, there is also a | |
99 | check that the IP being tested is indeed on the first list. The first domain | |
100 | is the one that is put in $dnslist_domain. For example: | |
101 | ||
102 | reject message = rejected because $sender_ip_address is blacklisted \ | |
103 | at $dnslist_domain\n$dnslist_text | |
104 | dnslists = sbl.spamhaus.org,sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org=127.0.0.2 : \ | |
105 | dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net=127.0.0.10 | |
106 | ||
107 | For the first blacklist item, this starts by doing a lookup in | |
108 | sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org and testing for a 127.0.0.2 return. If there is a | |
109 | match, it then looks in sbl.spamhaus.org, without checking the return value, | |
110 | and as long as something is found, it looks for the corresponding TXT | |
111 | record. If there is no match in sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org, nothing more is done. | |
112 | The second blacklist item is processed similarly. | |
113 | ||
114 | If you are interested in more than one merged list, the same list must be | |
115 | given several times, but because the results of the DNS lookups are cached, | |
116 | the DNS calls themselves are not repeated. For example: | |
117 | ||
118 | reject dnslists = http.dnsbl.sorbs.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net=127.0.0.2 : \ | |
119 | socks.dnsbl.sorbs.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net=127.0.0.3 : \ | |
120 | misc.dnsbl.sorbs.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net=127.0.0.4 : \ | |
121 | dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net,dnsbl.sorbs.net=127.0.0.10 | |
122 | ||
123 | In this case there is a lookup in dnsbl.sorbs.net, and if none of the IP | |
124 | values matches (or if no record is found), this is the only lookup that is | |
125 | done. Only if there is a match is one of the more specific lists consulted. | |
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127 | 6. All authenticators now have a server_condition option. Previously, only |
128 | plaintext had this, and this has not changed: it must be set to the | |
129 | authenticator as a server. For the others, if server_condition is set, it is | |
130 | expanded if authentication is successful, and treated exactly as it is in | |
131 | plaintext. This can serve as a means of adding authorization to an | |
132 | authenticator. | |
133 | ||
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134 | 7. There is a new command-line option called -Mset. It is useful only in |
135 | conjunction with -be (that is, when testing string expansions). It must be | |
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136 | followed by a message id; Exim loads the given message from its spool before |
137 | doing the expansions, thus setting message-specific variables such as | |
138 | $message_size and the header variables. The $recipients variable is | |
139 | available. This feature is provided to make it easier to test expansions | |
140 | that make use of these variables. However, Exim must be called by an admin | |
141 | user when -Mset is used. | |
142 | ||
143 | 8. Another similar new command-line option is called -bem. It operates like -be | |
144 | except that it must be followed by the name of a file. For example: | |
145 | ||
146 | exim -bem /tmp/testmessage | |
147 | ||
148 | The file is read as a message (as if receiving a locally-submitted non-SMTP | |
149 | message) before any of the test expansions are done. Thus, message-specific | |
150 | variables such as $message_size and $h_from: are available. However, no | |
151 | Received: header is added to the message. If the -t option is set, | |
152 | recipients are read from the headers in the normal way, and are shown in the | |
153 | $recipients variable. Note that recipients cannot be given on the command | |
154 | line, because further arguments are taken as strings to expand (just like | |
155 | -be). | |
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158 | Version 4.63 |
159 | ------------ | |
160 | ||
161 | 1. There is a new Boolean option called filter_prepend_home for the redirect | |
38a0a95f | 162 | router. |
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164 | 2. There is a new acl, set by acl_not_smtp_start, which is run right at the |
165 | start of receiving a non-SMTP message, before any of the message has been | |
38a0a95f | 166 | read. |
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168 | 3. When an SMTP error message is specified in a "message" modifier in an ACL, |
169 | or in a :fail: or :defer: message in a redirect router, Exim now checks the | |
38a0a95f | 170 | start of the message for an SMTP error code. |
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6ec97b1b | 172 | 4. There is a new parameter for LDAP lookups called "referrals", which takes |
38a0a95f | 173 | one of the settings "follow" (the default) or "nofollow". |
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175 | 5. Version 20070721.2 of exipick now included, offering these new options: |
176 | --reverse | |
177 | After all other sorting options have bee processed, reverse order | |
178 | before displaying messages (-R is synonym). | |
179 | --random | |
180 | Randomize order of matching messages before displaying. | |
181 | --size | |
182 | Instead of displaying the matching messages, display the sum | |
183 | of their sizes. | |
184 | --sort <variable>[,<variable>...] | |
185 | Before displaying matching messages, sort the messages according to | |
186 | each messages value for each variable. | |
187 | --not | |
188 | Negate the value for every test (returns inverse output from the | |
189 | same criteria without --not). | |
190 | ||
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192 | Version 4.62 |
193 | ------------ | |
194 | ||
195 | 1. The ${readsocket expansion item now supports Internet domain sockets as well | |
196 | as Unix domain sockets. If the first argument begins "inet:", it must be of | |
197 | the form "inet:host:port". The port is mandatory; it may be a number or the | |
198 | name of a TCP port in /etc/services. The host may be a name, or it may be an | |
199 | IP address. An ip address may optionally be enclosed in square brackets. | |
200 | This is best for IPv6 addresses. For example: | |
201 | ||
202 | ${readsocket{inet:[::1]:1234}{<request data>}... | |
203 | ||
204 | Only a single host name may be given, but if looking it up yield more than | |
205 | one IP address, they are each tried in turn until a connection is made. Once | |
206 | a connection has been made, the behaviour is as for ${readsocket with a Unix | |
207 | domain socket. | |
208 | ||
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209 | 2. If a redirect router sets up file or pipe deliveries for more than one |
210 | incoming address, and the relevant transport has batch_max set greater than | |
211 | one, a batch delivery now occurs. | |
212 | ||
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213 | 3. The appendfile transport has a new option called maildirfolder_create_regex. |
214 | Its value is a regular expression. For a maildir delivery, this is matched | |
215 | against the maildir directory; if it matches, Exim ensures that a | |
216 | maildirfolder file is created alongside the new, cur, and tmp directories. | |
217 | ||
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219 | Version 4.61 |
220 | ------------ | |
221 | ||
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222 | The documentation is up-to-date for the 4.61 release. Major new features since |
223 | the 4.60 release are: | |
224 | ||
225 | . An option called disable_ipv6, to disable the use of IPv6 completely. | |
226 | ||
227 | . An increase in the number of ACL variables to 20 of each type. | |
228 | ||
229 | . A change to use $auth1, $auth2, and $auth3 in authenticators instead of $1, | |
230 | $2, $3, (though those are still set) because the numeric variables get used | |
231 | for other things in complicated expansions. | |
232 | ||
843a41e8 | 233 | . The default for rfc1413_query_timeout has been changed from 30s to 5s. |
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234 | |
235 | . It is possible to use setclassresources() on some BSD OS to control the | |
236 | resources used in pipe deliveries. | |
237 | ||
238 | . A new ACL modifier called add_header, which can be used with any verb. | |
239 | ||
240 | . More errors are detectable in retry rules. | |
241 | ||
242 | There are a number of other additions too. | |
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246 | ------------ |
247 | ||
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248 | The documentation is up-to-date for the 4.60 release. Major new features since |
249 | the 4.50 release are: | |
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425ae40f | 251 | . Support for SQLite. |
1a46a8c5 | 252 | |
425ae40f | 253 | . Support for IGNOREQUOTA in LMTP. |
1a46a8c5 | 254 | |
425ae40f | 255 | . Extensions to the "submission mode" features. |
1a46a8c5 | 256 | |
425ae40f | 257 | . Support for Client SMTP Authorization (CSA). |
1a46a8c5 | 258 | |
425ae40f | 259 | . Support for ratelimiting hosts and users. |
b5aea5e1 | 260 | |
425ae40f | 261 | . New expansion items to help with the BATV "prvs" scheme. |
b5aea5e1 | 262 | |
425ae40f | 263 | . A "match_ip" condition, that matches an IP address against a list. |
35edf2ff | 264 | |
425ae40f | 265 | There are many more minor changes. |
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266 | |
267 | **** |