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meillo@1 1 Here I add changes which may be important for you. See ChangeLog for more
meillo@1 2 details and the manual pages for a more complete description
meillo@1 3 of added options.
meillo@1 4
meillo@1 5 0.2.17
meillo@1 6
meillo@1 7 - delivery warnings have been finally implemented: if delivery of a mail
meillo@1 8 fails temporarily, warning mail will be generated, informing the sender
meillo@1 9 of the problem. After some time, the mail will be handled as failing
meillo@1 10 permanently, and be bounced. New options: 'warn_intervals',
meillo@1 11 'max_defer_time' and 'warnmsg_file'.
meillo@1 12
meillo@1 13 - the message templates for failures and warnings will now be installed
meillo@1 14 into /usr/share/masqmail/tpl/, and no longer to /etc/masqmail/tpl/. The
meillo@1 15 default for the search path (options 'errmsg_file' and 'warnmsg_file'
meillo@1 16 has been changed accordingly.
meillo@1 17
meillo@1 18 - new option 'last_route'. See man 5 masqmail.route.
meillo@1 19
meillo@1 20 0.2.12
meillo@1 21 two new options have been added:
meillo@1 22 - do_pipelining will be used only in broken mail setups. Actually, I
meillo@1 23 implemented it only to test such a setup.
meillo@1 24
meillo@1 25 - helo_name for routes sets the helo_name. This may be useful for
meillo@1 26 eg. ssh tunneling, or if do_correcthelo does not work, because you are
meillo@1 27 behind a firewall.
meillo@1 28
meillo@1 29 - the old 'remote_port' option should not be used any more. Set the
meillo@1 30 port with mail_host="foo.bar.com:1234" in the route file instead.
meillo@1 31
meillo@1 32 0.2.11
meillo@1 33
meillo@1 34 - two new options have been added: do_save_envelope_to for the main
meillo@1 35 configuration and map_h_mail_followup_to_addresses for the route
meillo@1 36 files. See the man pages on purpose and usage.
meillo@1 37
meillo@1 38 - the route files can now be mode 0400, owned by root. Previous
meillo@1 39 versions had problems when sendmail was called directly by a
meillo@1 40 non-priviledged user, because the route files could not be read.
meillo@1 41
meillo@1 42 0.2.10
meillo@1 43
meillo@1 44 - this version should work on FreeBSD. At least I care now if it does not.
meillo@1 45
meillo@1 46 - masqmail now writes pid files to /var/run/, one for the smtp/queue
meillo@1 47 daemon and one for the get daemon. So you now know whom to kill ;-)
meillo@1 48
meillo@1 49 - much effort has been put into the Debian package, which now uses debconf.
meillo@1 50
meillo@1 51 0.2.7
meillo@1 52
meillo@1 53 - sorry for my reluctany in the last months...
meillo@1 54 - my email address is oku@masqmail.cx. I hope that I keep this for the rest
meillo@1 55 of my life...
meillo@1 56
meillo@1 57 0.2.6
meillo@1 58
meillo@1 59 - you can configure the prefered local delivery mechanism for each user. See
meillo@1 60 man page masqmail.conf (5), options mbox_default, mbox_users, mda_users and
meillo@1 61 maildir_users. BIT FAT NOTE: if you used an mda, set mbox_default = "mda"
meillo@1 62 (or use the mda_users option). Just setting mda is not enough any more.
meillo@1 63
meillo@1 64 - there are the allowed_return_paths and not_allowed_return_paths for the
meillo@1 65 route configurations, this enables better checking for return path addresses
meillo@1 66 than allowed_mail_locals. You can also use this to enable or disable messages
meillo@1 67 from null sender addresses (<>) using "<>".
meillo@1 68 note: this option has been there for quite a time... I just forgot to document it.
meillo@1 69
meillo@1 70 0.2.5
meillo@1 71
meillo@1 72 - simple relay checking: if you set do_relay=false in masqmail.conf, users
meillo@1 73 with a return path that is not local will get a 550 reply if they try to
meillo@1 74 deliver to a not local address. This is for users to force them to have a
meillo@1 75 proper configuration. It is _not_ to prevent spammers from using your MTA
meillo@1 76 as a relay, it can be easily forged! masqmail is not designed to be an always
meillo@1 77 accessible MTA for an internet site.
meillo@1 78
meillo@1 79 - added Maildir support. To use it, add --enable-maildir as ./configure
meillo@1 80 optiom. Currently, if enabled, all local deliveries are to Maildir
meillo@1 81 (in ~user/Maildir), and none to mailbox. This is preliminary, future versions
meillo@1 82 will be configurable (probably together with mda delivery).
meillo@1 83
meillo@1 84 0.2.4
meillo@1 85
meillo@1 86 - added -v option, this logs to stdout, so you see what happens when
meillo@1 87 calling masqmail from command line. This is not yet finished, and only
meillo@1 88 for fetching mails completed.
meillo@1 89
meillo@1 90 0.2.3
meillo@1 91
meillo@1 92 - new option lock_dir where locks will be put to. Defaults to the spool
meillo@1 93 dir with '/lock/' appended (if spool_dir is /var/spool/masqmail/, lock_dir
meillo@1 94 is /var/spool/masqmail/lock/).
meillo@1 95
meillo@1 96 - You can use the 'do_uidl_dele' option more reliably. The uidl list
meillo@1 97 will be written immediately after a message was fetched, so if you use the
meillo@1 98 do_uidl and do_uidl_dele option you can safely interrupt masqmail when it is
meillo@1 99 getting mail via pop3, and do not get the message again next time.
meillo@1 100
meillo@1 101 - there are a lot of new options for ./configure to customize masqmail
meillo@1 102 to your needs. See INSTALL.
meillo@1 103
meillo@1 104 - Uli Funcke sent a patch with the new options 'local_addresses' and
meillo@1 105 'not_local_addresses' for masqmail.conf. With these, you can declare single
meillo@1 106 email addresses as local, though they normally are not, and vice versa,
meillo@1 107 declare addresses as not local though normally they are (determined with
meillo@1 108 local_hosts). These options are not yet documented.
meillo@1 109
meillo@1 110 0.2.2
meillo@1 111 - with -go5m you can now run a get daemon, the command 'masqmail -go5m' will fetch
meillo@1 112 mail every five minutes, using the detected online configuration.
meillo@1 113
meillo@1 114 0.2.1
meillo@1 115
meillo@1 116 - there is a new option for the main conf: online_gets. Using this option,
meillo@1 117 you can retrieve mail with just calling masqmail -go, masqmail will detect
meillo@1 118 whether it is online (similar to conect_routes (which is now called
meillo@1 119 online_routes)).
meillo@1 120
meillo@1 121 0.2.0
meillo@1 122
meillo@1 123 This is the first release of he development branch of masqmail
meillo@1 124
meillo@1 125 - the default configuration is now /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf
meillo@1 126 (as it already was for the debian package). The --with-conffile
meillo@1 127 option for configure has been replaced by the --with-confdir option.
meillo@1 128
meillo@1 129 - added delivery failure notices:
meillo@1 130 o you can customize your own delivery failure report, its
meillo@1 131 default location is /etc/masqmail/tpl/failmsg.tpl
meillo@1 132 o if a delivery via a route fails permanently (the server replied with a 5xx status)
meillo@1 133 the message will be bounced, if it is bounced, no further delivery will be attempted.
meillo@1 134 This is different to previous versions, where failed messages were kept in the queue until
meillo@1 135 it was finally delivered, deleted or forever.
meillo@1 136
meillo@1 137 - there is a new online detection method: pipe. This allows you more
meillo@1 138 flexibility to detect the current online status, eg. the DHCP status on notebooks.
meillo@1 139
meillo@1 140 This method will once replace the 'mserver' option,
meillo@1 141 you can already use the program mservdetect to use it:
meillo@1 142
meillo@1 143 online_method=pipe
meillo@1 144 online_pipe="/usr/bin/mservdetect localhost 222"
meillo@1 145
meillo@1 146 instead of
meillo@1 147
meillo@1 148 online_etect=mserver
meillo@1 149 mserver_iface="localhost:222"
meillo@1 150
meillo@1 151 0.1.9
meillo@1 152
meillo@1 153 - you can use pipes in routes to implement gateways to uucp, fax, sms etc.
meillo@1 154 The setup is similar to mda transport. See man pages.
meillo@1 155
meillo@1 156 - for each connection (connect_routes), you can now give a list of
meillo@1 157 route files, which will be used in the order given. You can use the
meillo@1 158 filter rules (allowed_* and not_allowed_* rules) within each route.
meillo@1 159
meillo@1 160 0.1.8
meillo@1 161
meillo@1 162 - for pop retrieval and smtp sending you can use a wrapper for eg. ssl
meillo@1 163 tunneling. See man pages.
meillo@1 164
meillo@1 165 - a user can delete his mail from the spool with -Mrm if received
meillo@1 166 locally, and if you configure with --enable-ident and set
meillo@1 167 ident_trusted_nets also if received via smtp.
meillo@1 168
meillo@1 169 - a backslash now works to escape characters in the configuration, so
meillo@1 170 you can now use quotes inside quotes. All other characters with a
meillo@1 171 leading backslash will be converted to itself (\a becomes a, \\
meillo@1 172 becomes \).
meillo@1 173
meillo@1 174 - you can now use an mda for local mails. The mda will be called
meillo@1 175 *after* alias expansion. See documentation for more.
meillo@1 176
meillo@1 177 0.1.0
meillo@1 178 - masqmail can now retrieve mail with pop3. See the manual on how to do that.
meillo@1 179 - supports now ESMTP AUTH as a client.
meillo@1 180 - when called with -qo (without a connection name), the online status
meillo@1 181 will be checked with the configured method.
meillo@1 182
meillo@1 183 0.0.10
meillo@1 184 - there is now alias support. Give the location of the alias file (usually /etc/aliases) with eg.
meillo@1 185 alias_file = "/etc/aliases"
meillo@1 186 - delivery to pipes is now possible, but only if it appears in an alias file. Example:
meillo@1 187 pipe: |/usr/bin/command
meillo@1 188 will expand the address pipe to "|/usr/bin/command" which invokes '/usr/bin/command'
meillo@1 189 as the user and group masqmail is running as.
meillo@1 190 - entries starting with '\' in alias files will not be exanded further
meillo@1 191
meillo@1 192 - changed permissions for queue runs again: got to be root, mail or in group trusted.
meillo@1 193
meillo@1 194 - some configuration parameters can be read from files, these are
meillo@1 195 allowed_mail_locals, not_allowed_mail_locals, allowed_rcpt_domains, not_allowed_rcpt_domains,
meillo@1 196 map_return_path_addresses, map_h_from_addresses, map_h_reply_to_addresses
meillo@1 197 any entry in these list beginning with a '/' are regarded as
meillo@1 198 filenames, the content of these will be put at that location. Entries
meillo@1 199 in these files are separated by new lines. Example:
meillo@1 200 in the route file you have:
meillo@1 201 map_h_from_addresses = "/etc/masqmail/hfrom.map"
meillo@1 202 and hfrom.map contains:
meillo@1 203
meillo@1 204 john: John Smith <jsmith@mail.academic.edu>
meillo@1 205 cmiller: "Charlie Miller" <cmiller@foo.com>
meillo@1 206
meillo@1 207 UPDATE (Jan 2000): The new home location of MasqMail is
meillo@1 208 http://www.innominate.org/~oku/masqmail/, the new email adress of the
meillo@1 209 author is Oliver Kurth <kurth@innominate.de>.
meillo@1 210
meillo@1 211 0.0.9
meillo@1 212 - see ChangeLog.
meillo@1 213
meillo@1 214 NOTE: The home location of MasqMail at
meillo@1 215 http://merlin.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~okurth/masqmail/ is uncertain from the
meillo@1 216 beginning of Nov. 1999! See http://www.freshmeat.net for new
meillo@1 217 announcements. I leave the university and begin a new job on Nov. 1st 1999
meillo@1 218 in Berlin :-).
meillo@1 219
meillo@1 220 0.0.8:
meillo@1 221 - there is now a FAQ page. See docs/faq.html.
meillo@1 222 - added allowed_rcpt_domains option for routes.
meillo@1 223 - added allowed_mail_locals and not_allowed_mail_locals options for routes.
meillo@1 224 - mailq now gives information about the time mails spent in the queue,
meillo@1 225 the message size and the received host.
meillo@1 226
meillo@1 227 0.0.7:
meillo@1 228 -bug fix release: for statements in two adjacent lines, the second was not recognized.
meillo@1 229
meillo@1 230 0.0.6:
meillo@1 231 - bug fix release: some MUAs (cucipop) saw the locally delivered mails
meillo@1 232 concatenated. (cucipop is not a MUA but a pop server, but it has to read the
meillo@1 233 mails).
meillo@1 234
meillo@1 235 0.0.5:
meillo@1 236 - fixed a bug that caused the headers to be lost under some circumstances.
meillo@1 237 - added expand_h_sender_domain option for routes.
meillo@1 238 - rewrote the libresolv part in configure. Should work better now.
meillo@1 239
meillo@1 240 0.0.4:
meillo@1 241 - MM should now recognize whether libresolv should be linked.
meillo@1 242 - added --with-logdir=LOGDIR and --with-spooldir=SPOOLDIR to set directories.
meillo@1 243 These will be created if not already existent.
meillo@1 244 - added --with-user=USER, --with-group=GROUP options to set user and group id
meillo@1 245 for MasqMail.
meillo@1 246
meillo@1 247 0.0.3:
meillo@1 248 - MasqMail can now deliver mails that are received at online
meillo@1 249 time immediately to the internet. See the options detect_online,
meillo@1 250 mserver_iface and online_file.
meillo@1 251 - You can define a route configuration for the local net. See option
meillo@1 252 local_net_route.
meillo@1 253