DNS lookups never use UTF-8

[exim.git] / doc / doc-txt / experimental-spec.txt

diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt
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--- a/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/experimental-spec.txt
@@ -1278,6 +1278,22 @@ RFCs 6530, 6533, 5890
 
 Compile with EXPERIMENTAL_INTERNATIONAL and libidn.
 
+Main config option smtputf8_advertise_hosts, default '*',
+a host list.  If this matches the sending host and
+accept_8bitmime is true (the default) then the ESMTP option
+SMTPUTF8 will be advertised.
+
+If the sender specifies the SMTPUTF8 option on a MAIL command
+international handling for the message is enabled and
+the expansion variable $message_smtputf8 will have value TRUE.
+
+The option allow_utf8_domains is set to true for this
+message. All DNS lookups are converted to a-label form
+whatever the setting of allow_utf8_domains.
+
+Log lines and Received-by: header lines will aquire a "utf8"
+prefix on the protocol element, eg. utf8esmtp.
+
 Expansion operators:
        ${utf8_domain_to_alabel:str}
        ${utf8_domain_from_alabel:str}