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1 MasqMail README
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2
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3 MasqMail is a mail server designed for hosts that are not permanently
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4 connected to the internet. It handles outgoing messages, i.e. those
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5 that are to be sent over the non-permanent link (usually a ppp or slip
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6 connection over a modem or ISDN adapter) specially and delivers them
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7 only when explicitely told to do so. There is support for multiple
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8 providers, it is possible to write different configurations for each
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9 one. The configuration chosen is selected at delivery time, so that if
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10 for example a delivery of a message failed while connected with
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11 provider 1, it may be delivered when connected to provider 2. For each
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12 provider another mail host (or none) can be specified.
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13
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14 MasqMail provides (a yet simple) mechanism to rewrite headers, also
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15 depending on the current connection. This makes it possible to deliver
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16 messages with a return address on the local network which will be
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17 rewitten at delivery time. The purpose of this is:
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18
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19 - to allow delivery failure messages that are produced on the local
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20 network to be delivered immediately, while those that are produced
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21 outside can be delivered to a mailbox on the internet, to be retrieved
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22 later.
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23
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24 - to give mail servers a return address which they can accept if they
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25 check for spam mail. Many mail servers require a return address which
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26 has the same domain as the server it is getting the message from. If
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27 you normally connect to only one provider, this is usually not a
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28 problem as you can configure your mailer to a fixed address (but then
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29 there is still the problem with the failure messages...), but it is a
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30 problem if you use different ones from time to time.
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31
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32 MasqMail shall once be a complete replacement for sendmail (or other
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33 MTAs such as exim, qmail or smail) on a local network, but it is NOT
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34 supposed to be installed in a network with a permanent internet
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35 connection (at least if it is not behind a secure firewall) because
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36 it has no ability to check for undesired relaying or spam filtering.
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37
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38 Missing, but soon to be realized features:
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39
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40 - .forward file support (alias file is supported)
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41 - mailer demon messages (mail from the server in cases of delivery failures
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42 or malformed addresses)
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43
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44 Future plans are:
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45
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46 - initiate connections on its own
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47 - integration to the masqdialer system (mserver) as an option
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48 - possibly a pop3 server
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49
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50 For installation instructions, see INSTALL.
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51
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52 Bugs: MasqMail is still very young, and there are probably at lot of
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53 bugs in it. I need every bug reported to me! If you do, please send me
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54 the configuration files, the logs, the version, and a good description
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55 on how to reproduce the error. The more bug reports I get, the better
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56 masqmail will get!
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57
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58 CREDITS:
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59 --------
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60
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61 I would like to thank everyone who has submitted suggestions and bug
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62 reports. Special thanks to:
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63
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64 Gregor Hoffleit for beta testing and his suggestions for delivering
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65 mail immediately when online.
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66 Gregor Hoffleit again for supplying a patch which made maqmail work with mutt.
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67 And again for making the Debian package. And more patches.
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68
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69 Dale Perkel for patiently trying to make MM compile and run with libc5 and
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70 various bug reports.
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71
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72 Andre Masloch for finding most bugs.
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73
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74 Edouard G. Parmelan for many patches and bug reports
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75
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76 Iain Lea for the Redhat spec file
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77
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78 ...and many others
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79 --
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80 Oliver Kurth <oku@masqmail.cx>
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81 http://masqmail.cx/
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82 last change: Feb. 3, 2000
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