accordingly.
Author: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>,
Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de>
-Last-Update: 2017-01-31
+Last-Update: 2018-12-31
Forwarded: not-needed (upstream uses the "exim" name)
--- a/doc/exim.8
PID_FILE_PATH in Local/Makefile. The file is written while Exim is still
running as root.
.sp
-@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ of lookups, you will just get the same r
+@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ available to admin users.
This option operates like \fB\-be\fP except that it must be followed by the name
of a file. For example:
.sp
.sp
The file is read as a message (as if receiving a locally\-submitted non\-SMTP
message) before any of the test expansions are done. Thus, message\-specific
-@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ If you want to test a system filter file
+@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ If you want to test a system filter file
can use both \fB\-bF\fP and \fB\-bf\fP on the same command, in order to test a system
filter and a user filter in the same run. For example:
.sp
.sp
This is helpful when the system filter adds header lines or sets filter
variables that are used by the user filter.
-@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ This option runs a fake SMTP session as
+@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ This option runs a fake SMTP session as
standard input and output. The IP address may include a port number at the end,
after a full stop. For example:
.sp
.sp
When an IPv6 address is given, it is converted into canonical form. In the case
of the second example above, the value of \fI$sender_host_address\fP after
-@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ main configuration options to be written
+@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ main configuration options to be written
of one or more specific options can be requested by giving their names as
arguments, for example:
.sp
.sp
However, any option setting that is preceded by the word "hide" in the
configuration file is not shown in full, except to an admin user. For other
-@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ written directly into the spool director
+@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ written directly into the spool director
.sp
If \fB\-bP\fP is followed by a name preceded by +, for example,
.sp
.sp
it searches for a matching named list of any type (domain, host, address, or
local part) and outputs what it finds.
-@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ If one of the words \fBrouter\fP, \fBtra
+@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ If one of the words \fBrouter\fP, \fBtra
followed by the name of an appropriate driver instance, the option settings for
that driver are output. For example:
.sp
.sp
The generic driver options are output first, followed by the driver's private
options. A list of the names of drivers of a particular type can be obtained by
-@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ This option is for testing retry rules,
+@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ This option is for testing retry rules,
arguments. It causes Exim to look for a retry rule that matches the values
and to write it to the standard output. For example:
.sp
Retry rule: *.comp.mus.example F,2h,15m; F,4d,30m;
.sp
The first
-@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ rule is found that matches the host, one
+@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ rule is found that matches the host, one
sought. Finally, an argument that is the name of a specific delivery error, as
used in setting up retry rules, can be given. For example:
.sp
Retry rule: *@haydn.comp.mus.example quota_3d F,1h,15m
.TP 10
\fB\-brw\fP
-@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ doing such tests.
+@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ doing such tests.
.TP 10
\fB\-bV\fP
This option causes Exim to write the current version number, compilation
+number, and compilation date of the \fIexim4\fP binary to the standard output.
It also lists the DBM library that is being used, the optional modules (such as
specific lookup types), the drivers that are included in the binary, and the
- name of the run time configuration file that is in use.
-@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ If no arguments are given, Exim runs in
+ name of the runtime configuration file that is in use.
+@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ If no arguments are given, Exim runs in
right angle bracket for addresses to be verified.
.sp
Unlike the \fB\-be\fP test option, you cannot arrange for Exim to use the
security issues.
.sp
Verification differs from address testing (the \fB\-bt\fP option) in that routers
-@@ -789,14 +789,14 @@ command line item. \fB\-D\fP can be used
+@@ -796,14 +796,14 @@ command line item. \fB\-D\fP can be used
string, in which case the equals sign is optional. These two commands are
synonymous:
.sp
.sp
\fB\-D\fP may be repeated up to 10 times on a command line.
Only macro names up to 22 letters long can be set.
-@@ -926,8 +926,8 @@ never provoke a bounce. An empty sender
+@@ -938,8 +938,8 @@ never provoke a bounce. An empty sender
string, or as a pair of angle brackets with nothing between them, as in these
examples of shell commands:
.sp
.sp
In addition, the use of \fB\-f\fP is not restricted when testing a filter file
with \fB\-bf\fP or when testing or verifying addresses using the \fB\-bt\fP or
-@@ -1292,12 +1292,12 @@ other circumstances, they are ignored un
+@@ -1315,12 +1315,12 @@ other circumstances, they are ignored un
The \fB\-oMa\fP option sets the sender host address. This may include a port
number at the end, after a full stop (period). For example:
.sp
.sp
The IP address is placed in the \fI$sender_host_address\fP variable, and the
port, if present, in \fI$sender_host_port\fP. If both \fB\-oMa\fP and \fB\-bh\fP
-@@ -1502,22 +1502,22 @@ If other commandline options specify an
+@@ -1526,22 +1526,22 @@ If other commandline options specify an
will specify a queue to operate on.
For example:
.sp
.sp
just one delivery process is started, for that message. This differs from
\fB\-M\fP in that retry data is respected, and it also differs from \fB\-Mc\fP in
-@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ starting a queue runner process at inter
+@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ starting a queue runner process at inter
single daemon process handles both functions. A common way of starting up a
combined daemon at system boot time is to use a command such as
.sp
.sp
Such a daemon listens for incoming SMTP calls, and also starts a queue runner
process every 30 minutes.
-@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ regular expression; otherwise it is a li
+@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ regular expression; otherwise it is a li
If you want to do periodic queue runs for messages with specific recipients,
you can combine \fB\-R\fP with \fB\-q\fP and a time value. For example:
.sp
.sp
This example does a queue run for messages with recipients in the given domain
every 25 minutes. Any additional flags that are specified with \fB\-q\fP are
-@@ -1680,6 +1680,26 @@ under most shells.
+@@ -1704,6 +1704,26 @@ under most shells.
.sp
.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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