Docs: add index entry for string-concatenation

[exim.git] / doc / doc-docbook / spec.xfpt

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@@ -2766,6 +2766,8 @@ used to specify a path on the command line if a pid file is required.
 The SIGHUP signal
 .cindex "SIGHUP"
 .cindex "daemon" "restarting"
+.cindex signal "to reload configuration"
+.cindex daemon "reload configuration"
 can be used to cause the daemon to re-execute itself. This should be done
 whenever Exim's configuration file, or any file that is incorporated into it by
 means of the &%.include%& facility, is changed, and also whenever a new version
@@ -6744,7 +6746,8 @@ the implicit key is the host's IP address rather than its name (see section
 
 .new
 &*Warning 3*&: Do not use an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address for a key; use the
-IPv4.  Such addresses being searched for are converted to IPv4.
+IPv4, in dotted-quad form. (Exim converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to this
+notation before executing the lookup.)
 .wen
 .next
 .new
@@ -8683,8 +8686,12 @@ to quote keys was made available in &(lsearch)& files. However, the more
 recently implemented &(iplsearch)& files do require colons in IPv6 keys
 (notated using the quoting facility) so as to distinguish them from IPv4 keys.
 For this reason, when the lookup type is &(iplsearch)&, IPv6 addresses are
-converted using colons and not dots. In all cases, full, unabbreviated IPv6
+converted using colons and not dots.
+.new
+In all cases except IPv4-mapped IPv6, full, unabbreviated IPv6
 addresses are always used.
+The latter are converted to IPv4 addresses, in dotted-quad form.
+.wen
 
 Ideally, it would be nice to tidy up this anomalous situation by changing to
 colons in all cases, given that quoting is now available for &(lsearch)&.
@@ -9193,6 +9200,7 @@ Many strings in Exim's runtime configuration are expanded before use. Some of
 them are expanded every time they are used; others are expanded only once.
 
 When a string is being expanded it is copied verbatim from left to right except
+.cindex expansion "string concatenation"
 when a dollar or backslash character is encountered. A dollar specifies the
 start of a portion of the string that is interpreted and replaced as described
 below in section &<<SECTexpansionitems>>& onwards. Backslash is used as an
@@ -12175,6 +12183,7 @@ This variable contains the version string of the Exim build.
 The first character is a major version number, currently 4.
 Then after a dot, the next group of digits is a minor version number.
 There may be other characters following the minor version.
+This value may be overridden by the &%exim_version%& main config option.
 
 .vitem &$header_$&<&'name'&>
 This is not strictly an expansion variable. It is expansion syntax for
@@ -13506,7 +13515,8 @@ Otherwise, empty.
 
 .vitem &$version_number$&
 .vindex "&$version_number$&"
-The version number of Exim.
+The version number of Exim. Same as &$exim_version$&, may be overridden
+by the &%exim_version%& main config option.
 
 .vitem &$warn_message_delay$&
 .vindex "&$warn_message_delay$&"
@@ -15337,6 +15347,14 @@ not also supplied, the gid is taken from the result of &[getpwnam()]& if it is
 used. See chapter &<<CHAPsecurity>>& for a discussion of security issues.
 
 
+.option exim_version main string "current version"
+.cindex "Exim version"
+.cindex customizing "version number"
+.cindex "version number of Exim" override
+This option allows to override the &$version_number$&/&$exim_version$& Exim reports in
+various places.  Use with care, this may fool stupid security scanners.
+
+
 .option extra_local_interfaces main "string list" unset
 This option defines network interfaces that are to be considered local when
 routing, but which are not used for listening by the daemon. See section
@@ -16162,7 +16180,7 @@ harm. This option overrides the &%pipe_as_creator%& option of the &(pipe)&
 transport driver.
 
 
-.option openssl_options main "string list" "+no_sslv2 +single_dh_use +no_ticket"
+.option openssl_options main "string list" "+no_sslv2 +no_sslv3 +single_dh_use +no_ticket"
 .cindex "OpenSSL "compatibility options"
 This option allows an administrator to adjust the SSL options applied
 by OpenSSL to connections.  It is given as a space-separated list of items,
@@ -17558,7 +17576,7 @@ use when sending messages as a client, you must set the &%tls_certificate%&
 option in the relevant &(smtp)& transport.
 
 &*Note*&: If you use filenames based on IP addresses, change the list
-separator in the usual way (&<<SECTlistsepchange>>&) >to avoid confusion under IPv6.
+separator in the usual way (&<<SECTlistsepchange>>&) to avoid confusion under IPv6.
 
 &*Note*&: Under versions of OpenSSL preceding 1.1.1,
 when a list of more than one
@@ -28312,7 +28330,7 @@ There is no current way to staple a proof for a client certificate.
 
 
 
-.section "Configuring an Exim client to use TLS" "SECID185"
+.section "Configuring an Exim client to use TLS" "SECTclientTLS"
 .cindex "cipher" "logging"
 .cindex "log" "TLS cipher"
 .cindex "log" "distinguished name"
@@ -30837,7 +30855,7 @@ For SMTP input that does not come over TCP/IP (the &%-bs%& command line
 option), this condition is always true.
 
 
-.vitem &*verify&~=&~not_blind*&
+.vitem &*verify&~=&~not_blind/*&<&'options'&>
 .cindex "verifying" "not blind"
 .cindex "bcc recipients, verifying none"
 This condition checks that there are no blind (bcc) recipients in the message.
@@ -30847,6 +30865,11 @@ case-sensitively; domains are checked case-insensitively. If &'Resent-To:'& or
 &'Resent-Cc:'& header lines exist, they are also checked. This condition can be
 used only in a DATA or non-SMTP ACL.
 
+.new
+There is one possible option, &`case_insensitive`&.  If this is present then
+local parts are checked case-insensitively.
+.wen
+
 There are, of course, many legitimate messages that make use of blind (bcc)
 recipients. This check should not be used on its own for blocking messages.