diff masqmail.templates @ 22:d77a7b699b6d

updated debconf translations
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Sat, 23 May 2009 18:06:45 +0200
parents bf717cdae8fc
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--- a/masqmail.templates	Wed Mar 11 10:14:20 2009 +0100
+++ b/masqmail.templates	Sat May 23 18:06:45 2009 +0200
@@ -1,25 +1,34 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org for advice.
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
 Template: masqmail/manage_config_with_debconf
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
-_Description: Manage masqmail.conf using debconf?
- The /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf file can be handled automatically
- by debconf, or manually by you.
+_Description: Manage masqmail.conf automatically?
+ The /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf file can be handled automatically by
+ answering a few questions, or entirely manually by the local administrator.
  .
  Note that only specific, marked sections of the configuration file will be
- handled by debconf if you select this option; if those markers are absent,
- you will have to update the file manually, or move or delete the file.
+ managed this way if you choose this option; if those markers are missing,
+ you will have to update the file manually, or remove the file.
 
 Template: masqmail/move_existing_nondebconf_config
 Type: boolean
 Default: false
 _Description: Replace existing /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf file?
  The existing /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf file currently on the system does
- not contain a marked section for debconf to write its data.
+ not contain a marked section for automatic configuration management.
  .
- If you select this option, the existing configuration
+ If you choose this option, the existing configuration
  file will be backed up to /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf.debconf-backup and a
- new file written to /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf.  If you do not select this
- option, the existing configuration file will not be managed by debconf,
+ new file written to /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf.  If you do not choose this
+ option, the existing configuration file will not be managed automatically,
  and no further questions about masqmail configuration will be
  asked.
 
@@ -28,70 +37,69 @@
 Default:
 _Description: Masqmail host name:
  Please enter the name used by masqmail to identify itself to others.
- This is most likely your hostname. It is used in its SMTP greeting
- banner, for expanding unqualified addresses, the Message ID and so on.
+ This is most likely the machine's hostname. It is used in the SMTP
+ greetings banner and generated Message-ID fields, as well as for
+ expansion of unqualified addresses, and so on.
 
 Template: masqmail/local_hosts
 Type: string
 _Description: Hosts considered local:
- Please enter a list of hosts, separated with semicolons (;), which are
- considered 'local', ie. mail to these hosts will be delivered to a
+ Please enter a list, separated with semicolons (;), of hosts which are
+ considered "local". Mail to these hosts will be delivered to a
  mailbox (or Maildir or MDA) on this host.
  .
- You will most likely insert 'localhost', your hostname in its fully
- qualified form and just the simple hostname here.
+ You will most likely insert "localhost" as well as this host's fully
+ qualified name and short name.
  .
- You can also use wildcard expressions like '*' and '?'.
+ You can also use wildcard expressions containing "*" and "?".
 
 Template: masqmail/local_nets
 Type: string
-_Description: Nets considered local:
- Please enter a list of hosts, separated with semicolons (;), which are
- on your local network, ie. they are always reachable, without a
+_Description: Networks considered local:
+ Please enter a list, separated with semicolons (;), of hosts which are
+ on the local network. That is, they should be always reachable, without a
  dialup connection. Mail to these hosts will be delivered immediately,
  without checking for the online status.
  .
- You can use wildcard expressions like '*' and '?', eg. *.yournet.local
+ You can use wildcard expressions containing "*" and "?", for
+ instance "*.yournet.local".
  .
- If you have only one box, you can leave this empty. If you do not want
- to use masqmail as an offline MTA, and the whole internet or another mail
- server which accepts outgoing mail is at all times
- reachable to you, just insert '*'.
+ That field can be left empty if this host is the only host on the
+ network. If you do not want
+ to use Masqmail as an offline MTA and all servers likely to receive
+ outbound mail from this host are always reachable, just use "*"
+ here.
 
 Template: masqmail/listen_addresses
 Type: string
 Default: localhost:25
 _Description: Interfaces for incoming connections:
- Masqmail, for security reasons, does not listen an all network
- interfaces by default. If there are no other hosts connected to your
- host, just leave the default 'localhost:25' value. If there are other
- hosts that may want to send SMTP messages to this host, add the
- address of your network interface here, eg.:
- localhost:25;192.168.1.2:25.
- .
- Of course you can also replace the '25' with another port number, however
- this is unusual.
+ For security reasons, Masqmail does not listen an all network
+ interfaces by default. If there are no other hosts connected to this
+ host, "localhost:25" is enough for local operation. If there are other
+ hosts that need to send SMTP mail to this host, you should add the
+ address of the relevant network interface, for instance
+ "localhost:25;192.168.1.2:25".
 
 Template: masqmail/use_syslog
 Type: boolean
 Default: false
-_Description: Use syslogd for logs?
- You can decide whether masqmail should log via syslog or not. If not,
- logs will be written to /var/log/masqmail/masqmail.log.
+_Description: Use the system log daemon for logging?
+ Masqmail may log via the system log daemon (syslog) or use its
+ own custom logging in /var/log/masqmail/masqmail.log.
 
 Template: masqmail/online_detect
 Type: select
 __Choices: file, pipe
 Default: file
 _Description: Online detection method:
- Masqmail has different methods to determine whether it is online or not,
- these are 'file','pipe'.
- .
- For 'file', masqmail checks for the existence of a file, and, if it
- exists, reads from it the name of the connection.
- .
- For 'pipe', masqmail calls a program or script, which outputs the name
- if online or nothing if not. You can use eg. the program guessnet for this.
+ Masqmail has two methods to determine whether it is online or not:
+ "file" and "pipe".
+  - With "file", it checks for the existence of a file. If it
+    exists, the name of the connection is read from that file.
+  - With "pipe", it calls a program or script, which outputs the name
+    if online or nothing if not. The "guessnet" program is a good
+    candidate for such use.
 
 Template: masqmail/online_file
 Type: string
@@ -103,86 +111,85 @@
 Default:
 _Description: Name of the program used to determine the online status:
  Please choose the program to use to determine the online
- status. Please note that, when this program is called, masqmail has
- the user id 'mail'.
+ status. This program is called with "mail" as user ID.
 
 Template: masqmail/mbox_default
 Type: select
 Choices: mbox, mda, maildir
 Default: mbox
 _Description: Local delivery style:
- Local mail can be delivered to a mailbox, to an MDA (eg. procmail)
- or to a qmail style Maildir in the users home dir.
+ Local mail can be delivered to a mailbox, to a mail delivery
+ agent (MDA) such as procmail
+ or to Maildir-style mailboxes in the users' home directories.
  .
- You can select the default style here. You can configure this also
- on a per-user basis with the options mbox_users, mda_users and
- maildir_users.
+ This choice affects the default delivery mechanism. It can be defined
+ on a per-user basis with the "mbox_users", "mda_users" and
+ "maildir_users" options.
 
 Template: masqmail/mda
 Type: string
 Default: /usr/bin/procmail -Y -d ${rcpt_local}
 _Description: MDA command line (including options):
  Please choose the path to the mail delivery agent (MDA), including
- its arguments. You can use substitution values here,
- eg. ${rcpt_local} for the user name.
+ its arguments. You can use variable substitution here,
+ such as ${rcpt_local} for the user name.
  .
- For other substitutions please see the man page.
+ Masqmail's manual page describes all available variable substitutions.
  .
- This question is also asked if you did not set mbox_default to mda,
- since you can use mda for a set of users specially.
+ This question is meaningful even when choosing another option than
+ MDA delivery, in case MDA is used for a restricted set of users.
 
 Template: masqmail/alias_local_caseless
 Type: boolean
 Default: false
-_Description: Should alias expansion regard case?
+_Description: Should alias expansion be case sensitive?
  Masqmail uses the file /etc/aliases to redirect local addresses.
- The search for a match in /etc/aliases can be regarding upper/lower
- case or insensitive to case.
+ The search for a match in /etc/aliases can be case sensitive or not.
 
 Template: masqmail/init_smtp_daemon
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
 _Description: Start SMTP listening daemon?
- Please choose whether you want masqmail to start as an SMTP listening
+ Please choose whether you want Masqmail to start as an SMTP listening
  daemon. You will need this if:
-  - there are other hosts in your local network that may want to send
-    mail via this host
-  - you use a mail client that sends mail via SMTP (netscape,
-    mozilla are examples)
+  - there are other hosts in the local network that may want to send
+    mail via this host;
+  - you use a local mail client that sends mail via SMTP.
 
 Template: masqmail/init_queue_daemon
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
 _Description: Start SMTP queue running daemon?
- Please choose this option if you want masqmail to start as a queue
+ Please choose this option if you want Masqmail to start as a queue
  running daemon. You're very likely to need this. It is used for mail
  that cannot delivered immediately, either because of delivery
- failures or because you were not online on the first attempt to send
+ failures or because the host is not online on the first attempt to send
  a mail.
 
 Template: masqmail/queue_daemon_ival
 Type: string
 Default: -q10m
 _Description: Interval for the queue running daemon:
- Please choose the interval for the queue running daemon. -q10m means
- flush the queue every 10 minutes.
+ Please choose the interval for the queue running daemon.
  .
- The format is -q, followed by an numeric value and one of the letters s,m,h,d,w for
- seconds, minutes, hours, days or weeks respectively.
+ The format is "-q", followed by a numeric value and one of the letters
+ s, m, h, d, or w, for seconds, minutes, hours, days, or weeks,
+ respectively. For instance, "-q10m" defines a ten-minute interval
+ between runs.
  .
- Reasonable values are between 5 minutes (-q5m) and 2 hours (-q2h).
+ Reasonable values are between five minutes (-q5m) and two hours (-q2h).
 
 Template: masqmail/init_fetch_daemon
 Type: boolean
 Default: false
 _Description: Start POP3 fetch daemon?
- Please choose this option if you want masqmail to start as a fetch
- daemon. If you do so, masqmail will try to fetch mail from POP3
- servers that you configure in regular intervals, detecting the online
+ Please choose this option if you want Masqmail to start as a fetch
+ daemon. If you do so, it will try to fetch mail from configured POP3
+ servers, detecting the online
  status first.
  .
  No matter what you choose here, you can later select whether you want to fetch
- mail the moment you get online.
+ mail when the host becomes online.
 
 Template: masqmail/fetch_daemon_ival
 Type: string
@@ -190,38 +197,42 @@
 _Description: Interval for the fetch daemon:
  Please choose the interval for the fetch daemon.
  .
- The format is -go, followed by an numeric value and one of the letters s,m,h,d,w for
- seconds, minutes, hours, days or weeks respectively.
+ The format is "-go", followed by a numeric value and one of the letters
+ s, m, h, d, or w, for seconds, minutes, hours, days, or weeks,
+ respectively.
  .
- Reasonable values are between 2 minutes (-go2m) and 2 hours (-go2h).
+ Reasonable values are between two minutes (-go2m) and two hours (-go2h).
 
 Template: masqmail/ipup_runqueue
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
-_Description: Flush mail queue when you get online?
- Please choose whether you want masqmail to immediately flush its mail
- queue as soon as you go online. This will be done in the ip-up script
+_Description: Flush mail queue when online?
+ Please choose whether you want Masqmail to immediately flush its mail
+ queue as soon as the host comes online. This will be done by Masqmail's
+ ip-up script
  in /etc/ppp/ip-up or in /etc/network/if-up.d/.
 
 Template: masqmail/ipup_fetch
 Type: boolean
 Default: false
-_Description: Fetch mail when you get online?
- Please choose whether you want masqmail to immediately fetch mail
- from POP3 servers as soon as you go online. This will be done in the
- ip-up script in /etc/ppp/ip-up or in /etc/network/if-up.d/.
+_Description: Fetch mail when online?
+ Please choose whether you want Masqmail to immediately fetch mail
+ from POP3 servers as soon as the host comes online. This will be done
+ by Masqmail's ip-up script in /etc/ppp/ip-up or in /etc/network/if-up.d/.
 
 Template: masqmail/ifup_ifaces
 Type: string
 Default: all
-_Description: List of interfaces used for masqmail online detection:
+_Description: List of interfaces used for Masqmail online detection:
  Please choose a list of network interfaces which will trigger queue
  runs and/or fetching mails when going up. The list will be used in
  the /etc/ppp/ip-up and /etc/network/if-up.d/ scripts, when the
  interface goes up.
  .
- A reasonable choice is eg. 'ppp0' for a desktop at home, or 'ppp0 eth0' for
+ A reasonable choice is for instance "ppp0" for a home computer connected
+ by PPP or "ppp0 eth0" for
  a notebook.
  .
- Set to 'all' for all interfaces, or 'none' for no interfaces.
+ Other possible choices are "all" to listen on all network interfaces, or
+ "none" for not listening on any interface.