Doc: Add hint about spamd and half-closed connections

[user/henk/code/exim.git] / doc / doc-docbook / spec.xfpt

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 478b5e1a4f2d7b06c73abcc826f7d40b88803847..c3fc1fb2145204e14f89aa04253276aa15980710 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -5044,7 +5044,7 @@ They can be used to conditionally include parts of a configuration
 The following classes of macros are defined:
 .display
 &` _HAVE_                     `&  build-time defines
-&` _DRVR_AUTH_                `&  authehticator drivers
+&` _DRVR_AUTH_                `&  authenticator drivers
 &` _DRVR_RTR_                 `&  router drivers
 &` _DRVR_TPT_                 `&  transport drivers
 &` _OPT_                      `&  configuration option support
@@ -13593,6 +13593,7 @@ listed in more than one group.
 .row &%slow_lookup_log%&             "control logging of slow DNS lookups"
 .row &%syslog_duplication%&          "controls duplicate log lines on syslog"
 .row &%syslog_facility%&             "set syslog &""facility""& field"
+.row &%syslog_pid%&                  "pid in syslog lines"
 .row &%syslog_processname%&          "set syslog &""ident""& field"
 .row &%syslog_timestamp%&            "timestamp syslog lines"
 .row &%write_rejectlog%&             "control use of message log"
@@ -16856,6 +16857,15 @@ If this option is unset, &"mail"& is used. See chapter &<<CHAPlog>>& for
 details of Exim's logging.
 
 
+.option syslog_pid main boolean true
+.cindex "syslog" "pid"
+If &%syslog_pid%& is set false, the PID on Exim's log lines are
+omitted when these lines are sent to syslog. (Syslog normally prefixes
+the log lines with the PID of the logging process automatically.) You need
+to enable the &`+pid`& log selector item, if you want Exim to write it's PID
+into the logs.) See chapter &<<CHAPlog>>& for details of Exim's logging.
+
+
 
 .option syslog_processname main string &`exim`&
 .cindex "syslog" "process name; setting"
@@ -31658,6 +31668,15 @@ configuration as follows (example):
 .code
 spamd_address = 192.168.99.45 387
 .endd
+The SpamAssassin protocol relies on a TCP half-close from the client.
+If your SpamAssassin client side is running a Linux system with an
+iptables firewall, consider setting
+&%net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait%& to at least the
+timeout, Exim uses when waiting for a response from the SpamAssassin
+server (currently defaulting to 120s).  With a lower value the Linux
+connection tracking may consider your half-closed connection as dead too
+soon.
+
 
 To use Rspamd (which by default listens on all local addresses
 on TCP port 11333)