doc/doc-txt/NewStuff

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   2
   3 New Features in Exim
   4 --------------------
   5
   6 This file contains descriptions of new features that have been added to Exim,
   7 but have not yet made it into the main manual (which is most conveniently
   8 updated when there is a relatively large batch of changes). The doc/ChangeLog
   9 file contains a listing of all changes, including bug fixes.
  10
  11 Version 4.62
  12 ------------
  13
  14 1. The ${readsocket expansion item now supports Internet domain sockets as well
  15    as Unix domain sockets. If the first argument begins "inet:", it must be of
  16    the form "inet:host:port". The port is mandatory; it may be a number or the
  17    name of a TCP port in /etc/services. The host may be a name, or it may be an
  18    IP address. An ip address may optionally be enclosed in square brackets.
  19    This is best for IPv6 addresses. For example:
  20
  21      ${readsocket{inet:[::1]:1234}{<request data>}...
  22
  23    Only a single host name may be given, but if looking it up yield more than
  24    one IP address, they are each tried in turn until a connection is made. Once
  25    a connection has been made, the behaviour is as for ${readsocket with a Unix
  26    domain socket.
  27
  28
  29 Version 4.61
  30 ------------
  31
  32 The documentation is up-to-date for the 4.61 release. Major new features since
  33 the 4.60 release are:
  34
  35 . An option called disable_ipv6, to disable the use of IPv6 completely.
  36
  37 . An increase in the number of ACL variables to 20 of each type.
  38
  39 . A change to use $auth1, $auth2, and $auth3 in authenticators instead of $1,
  40   $2, $3, (though those are still set) because the numeric variables get used
  41   for other things in complicated expansions.
  42
  43 . The default for rfc1413_query_timeout has been changed from 30s to 5s.
  44
  45 . It is possible to use setclassresources() on some BSD OS to control the
  46   resources used in pipe deliveries.
  47
  48 . A new ACL modifier called add_header, which can be used with any verb.
  49
  50 . More errors are detectable in retry rules.
  51
  52 There are a number of other additions too.
  53
  54
  55 Version 4.60
  56 ------------
  57
  58 The documentation is up-to-date for the 4.60 release. Major new features since
  59 the 4.50 release are:
  60
  61 . Support for SQLite.
  62
  63 . Support for IGNOREQUOTA in LMTP.
  64
  65 . Extensions to the "submission mode" features.
  66
  67 . Support for Client SMTP Authorization (CSA).
  68
  69 . Support for ratelimiting hosts and users.
  70
  71 . New expansion items to help with the BATV "prvs" scheme.
  72
  73 . A "match_ip" condition, that matches an IP address against a list.
  74
  75 There are many more minor changes.
  76
  77 ****