Implement asyncronous syslog

git-svn-id: file:///svnroot/mailfromd/trunk@1368 7a8a7f39-df28-0410-adc6-e0d955640f24

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6e68fc69..8398d6fd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Mailfromd NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2007-04-18
+Mailfromd NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 2007-04-20
 Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007 Sergey Poznyakoff
 See the end of file for copying conditions.
 
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ Please send mailfromd bug reports to <bug-mailfromd@gnu.org.ua>
 
 Version 3.1.91, SVN
 
+* Non-blocking syslog
+
+This version is shipped with non-blocking syslog implementation by
+Simon Kelley.  You may wish to enable it if you noticed that the
+number of mailfromd processes grows uncontrollably and the processes
+are hung for prolonged amounts of time.  Usually this indicates that
+the daemon blocks in syslog() calls.  Read the description of
+`--enable-syslog-async' option in chapter `Building' for the detailed
+discussion of this (try `info -f doc/mailfromd.info --index-search
+syslog-async').
+
 * SPF support
 
 The function check_host() tests the SPF record for the given
@@ -27,7 +38,7 @@ below).
 
 For compatibility with the previous versions, its use outside of a
 loop statement is still allowed, but a warning is issued.  You are
-enouraged to replace all occurrances of `next' in your confifuration
+encouraged to replace all occurrences of `next' in your configuration
 scripts with `pass'.
 
 * Loop
@@ -210,7 +221,7 @@ an error message.
 
 * DNS functions
 
-DNS functions are reemplemented in two layers:
+DNS functions are reimplemented in two layers:
 
 1. Primitive calls:
 
@@ -236,7 +247,7 @@ To use the traditional calls, include file "dns.mf".
 
 * Function `match_cidr'
 
-This function has been reemplemented in MFL. To use it, include
+This function has been reimplemented in MFL. To use it, include
 "match_cidr.mf". 
 
 * Catch arguments
@@ -319,7 +330,7 @@ The bug manifested itself with the following log messages:
    Milter(mailfrom): to error state
    
 ** Fix coredumps on printing void returns with --dump-tree
-** Fix coredumps on optimising conditionals like
+** Fix coredumps on optimizing conditionals like
 
        if 0
           do_something