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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES-3.5 b/RELEASE_NOTES-3.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3c41b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES-3.5 @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@ +This is the Postfix 3.5 (stable) release. + +The stable Postfix release is called postfix-3.5.x where 3=major +release number, 5=minor release number, x=patchlevel. The stable +release never changes except for patches that address bugs or +emergencies. Patches change the patchlevel and the release date. + +New features are developed in snapshot releases. These are called +postfix-3.6-yyyymmdd where yyyymmdd is the release date (yyyy=year, +mm=month, dd=day). Patches are never issued for snapshot releases; +instead, a new snapshot is released. + +The mail_release_date configuration parameter (format: yyyymmdd) +specifies the release date of a stable release or snapshot release. + +If you upgrade from Postfix 3.3 or earlier, read RELEASE_NOTES-3.4 +before proceeding. + +License change +--------------- + +This software is distributed with a dual license: in addition to the +historical IBM Public License 1.0, it is now also distributed with the +more recent Eclipse Public License 2.0. Recipients can choose to take +the software under the license of their choice. Those who are more +comfortable with the IPL can continue with that license. + +Major changes - multiple relayhost in SMTP +------------------------------------------ + +[Feature 20200111] the Postfix SMTP and LMTP client support a list +of nexthop destinations separated by comma or whitespace. These +destinations will be tried in the specified order. + +The list form can be specified in relayhost, transport_maps, +default_transport, and sender_dependent_default_transport_maps. + +Examples: +/etc/postfix/main.cf: + relayhost = foo.example, bar.example + default_transport = smtp:foo.example, bar.example. + +NOTE: this is an SMTP and LMTP client feature. It does not work for +other Postfix delivery agents. + +Major changes - certificate access +---------------------------------- + +[Feature 20190517] Search order support for check_ccert_access. +Search order support for other tables is in design (canonical_maps, +virtual_alias_maps, transport_maps, etc.). + +The following check_ccert_access setting uses the built-in search +order: it first looks up the client certificate fingerprint, then +the client certificate public-key fingerprint, and it stops when a +decision is made. + +/etc/postfix/main.cf: + smtpd_mumble_restrictions = + ... + check_ccert_access hash:/etc/postfix/ccert-access + ... + +The following setting, with explicit search order, produces the +exact same result: + +/etc/postfix/main.cf: + smtpd_mumble_restrictions = + ... + check_ccert_access { + hash:/etc/postfix/ccert-access { + search_order = cert_fingerprint, pubkey_fingerprint } } + ... + +Support is planned for other certificate features. + +Major changes - dovecot usability +--------------------------------- + +[Feature 20190615] The SMTP+LMTP delivery agent can now prepend +Delivered-To, X-Original-To and Return-Path headers, just like the +pipe(8) and local(8) delivery agents. + +This uses the "flags=DORX" command-line flags in master.cf. See the +smtp(8) manpage for details. + +This obsoletes the "lmtp_assume_final = yes" setting, and replaces +it with "flags=...X...", for consistency with the pipe(8) delivery +agent. + +Major changes - forced expiration +--------------------------------- + +[Feature 20200202] Support to force-expire email messages. This +introduces new postsuper(1) command-line options to request expiration, +and additional information in mailq(1) or postqueue(1) output. + +The forced-to-expire status is stored in a queue file attribute. +An expired message is returned to the sender when the queue manager +attempts to deliver that message (note that Postfix will never +deliver messages in the hold queue). + +The postsuper(1) -e and -f options both set the forced-to-expire +queue file attribute. The difference is that -f will also release +a message if it is in the hold queue. With -e, such a message would +not be returned to the sender until it is released with -f or -H. + +In the mailq(1) or postqueue(1) -p output, a forced-to-expire message +is indicated with # after the queue file name. In postqueue(1) JSON +output, there is a new per-message field "forced_expire" (with value +true or false) that shows the forced-to-expire status. + +Major changes - haproxy2 protocol +--------------------------------- + +[Feature 20200112] Support for the haproxy v2 protocol. The Postfix +implementation supports TCP over IPv4 and IPv6, as well as non-proxied +connections; the latter are typically used for heartbeat tests. + +The haproxy v2 protocol introduces no additional Postfix configuration. +The Postfix smtpd(8) and postscreen(8) daemons accept both v1 and +v2 protocol versions. + +Major changes - logging +----------------------- + +[Incompat 20191109] Postfix daemon processes now log the from= and +to= addresses in external (quoted) form in non-debug logging (info, +warning, etc.). This means that when an address localpart contains +spaces or other special characters, the localpart will be quoted, +for example: + + from=<"name with spaces"@example.com> + +Older Postfix versions would log the internal (unquoted) form: + + from=<name with spaces@example.com> + +The external and internal forms are identical for the vast majority +of email addresses that contain no spaces or other special characters +in the localpart. + +Specify "info_log_address_format = internal" for backwards +compatibility. + +The logging in external form is consistent with the address form +that Postfix 3.2 and later prefer for table lookups. It is therefore +the more useful form for non-debug logging. + +Major changes - IP address normalization +---------------------------------------- + +[Incompat 20190427] Postfix now normalizes IP addresses received +with XCLIENT, XFORWARD, or with the HaProxy protocol, for consistency +with direct connections to Postfix. This may change the appearance +of logging, and the way that check_client_access will match subnets +of an IPv6 address. |