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replaced the MD5 implementation with the one of Solar Designer Until now, the sample code of RFC 1321 was used. It had an ugly license. Now we use the implementation of Solar Designer, which is in the Public Domain. http://openwall.info/wiki/people/solar/software/public-domain-source-code/md5
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meillo@48 1 This NEWS file lists changes which may be important for you, especially
meillo@41 2 in regard to compatiblity in upgrades.
meillo@41 3
meillo@41 4 See ChangeLog file for more details and technical changes that don't
meillo@41 5 affect users directly.
meillo@41 6
meillo@41 7 The manual pages describe newly added options. Take them for reference.
meillo@41 8
meillo@41 9
meillo@160 10 0.2.26
meillo@160 11
meillo@160 12 - Write a log message when the daemon starts up. Thanks to Juergen
meillo@160 13 Daubert.
meillo@160 14
meillo@160 15 - Fix handling of --with-liblockfile=no or --without-liblockfile for
meillo@160 16 configure script. Thanks to Nico Roeser.
meillo@160 17
meillo@160 18 - Improved the INSTALL file and some man pages. Thanks to Nico Roeser
meillo@160 19 Improved the documentation of the wrapper option of route files.
meillo@160 20
meillo@160 21
meillo@126 22 0.2.25
meillo@126 23
meillo@126 24 - Added server-side SMTP SIZE support. Thanks to Paolo.
meillo@126 25
meillo@126 26 - Masqmail will from now on:
meillo@143 27 o always remove Bcc: headers
meillo@143 28 o never create headers from envelope recipients
meillo@143 29 o add ``To: undisclosed-recipients:;'' if no recipient header (To:
meillo@126 30 or Cc:) is present in the mail
meillo@126 31
meillo@126 32 - Colons (`:') don't need to be quoted in the config file anymore.
meillo@126 33 Thanks to Paolo.
meillo@126 34
meillo@143 35 - Added checks for too long addresses in SMTP dialog. Thanks to Paolo.
meillo@143 36
meillo@149 37 - Moved rmail to sbin and added a man page for it.
meillo@126 38
meillo@149 39 - Added warnmsg.tpl.it. Thanks to Paolo.
meillo@149 40
meillo@149 41 - The tests do not get installed any longer. All on install created
meillo@149 42 dirs are removed on uninstall, except they contain generated data like
meillo@149 43 logs, spooled files, or configuration.
meillo@126 44
meillo@143 45 - Documented some, yet undocumented, config options. Several typo
meillo@143 46 fixes in man pages and code comments.
meillo@126 47
meillo@126 48
meillo@77 49 0.2.24
meillo@77 50
meillo@77 51 - This version keeps on logging after an restart of the deamon, for
meillo@77 52 instance when sending SIGHUP to the daemon process for rereading its
meillo@77 53 config.
meillo@77 54
meillo@77 55 - Now the daemon keeps the same process id when it receives SIGHUP to
meillo@77 56 reread the config.
meillo@77 57
meillo@77 58 - Mail messages with lines longer than 4096 characters do not get
meillo@77 59 truncated anymore.
meillo@77 60
meillo@94 61 - Fixed checking of the trusted group. Primary groups are now
meillo@94 62 detected too.
meillo@94 63
meillo@94 64 - Mservdetect's man page is now in section 1.
meillo@94 65
meillo@94 66 - An `rmail' command is now included and gets installed with
meillo@94 67 masqmail. See docs/uucp-setup for more information.
meillo@94 68
meillo@94 69 - Docs and thelike, that masqmail installs, is removed on uninstall
meillo@94 70 now.
meillo@94 71
meillo@77 72
meillo@53 73 0.2.23
meillo@53 74
meillo@53 75 - This release fixes a major bug in 0.2.22 which made online detection
meillo@53 76 by file unusable. Thanks to Juergen Daubert for reporting and providing
meillo@53 77 a patch.
meillo@53 78
meillo@69 79 - Masqmail installs to /usr/local by default now. Previously it
meillo@69 80 installed to /usr. To regain the old behavior, add
meillo@69 81 --prefix=/usr
meillo@69 82 to the configure call.
meillo@69 83
meillo@69 84 - Man pages get installed again; in 0.2.22 they were not. Again thanks
meillo@69 85 to Juergen Daubert. Docs and examples do get installed now too.
meillo@69 86
meillo@69 87 - Updated the docs. Moved the man pages from docs/ to man/. Added the
meillo@69 88 old manual from the old website to the distribution. Added a bug
meillo@69 89 reporting howto.
meillo@69 90
meillo@53 91
meillo@42 92 0.2.22
meillo@41 93
meillo@41 94 - Hello, I'm meillo, the new maintainer and developer of masqmail. Oku
meillo@48 95 handed masqmail over to me, because he wasn't active anymore.
meillo@41 96
meillo@41 97 - This release includes various fixes for problems in 0.2.21, mainly
meillo@41 98 based on bugs from Debian.
meillo@41 99
meillo@41 100 - Distribution specific data has been excluded from the distribution,
meillo@48 101 but is separately available on the project's website.
meillo@41 102
meillo@41 103 - Man pages will not be generated from xml sources in future, but the
meillo@41 104 nroff sources will be maintained directly.
meillo@41 105
meillo@41 106 - The default online status file is now
meillo@41 107 /var/run/masqmail/masqmail-route, as it already was in the Debian
meillo@41 108 package.
meillo@41 109
meillo@48 110
meillo@41 111 0.2.21
meillo@41 112
meillo@41 113 - Retrospective: Probably, this version was not published in the usual
meillo@41 114 way by oku. I (meillo) grabbed it from Debian's package archive. It does
meillo@41 115 not introduce new functions but fixes security problems, such as writing
meillo@41 116 log files as user `mail'. It also changes the location for pid files;
meillo@41 117 they are stored in /var/run/masqmail/ now.
meillo@0 118
meillo@48 119
meillo@0 120 0.2.18
meillo@0 121
meillo@48 122 - delivery warnings and failures are now also implemented if the
meillo@0 123 connection to a server fails. Because masqmail is designed for dialup
meillo@0 124 networks, a connection failure will merely generate a warning by default.
meillo@0 125 If you deliver in a local network and use the default local_net route,
meillo@0 126 this would generte a failure. You can change this behaviour by setting
meillo@41 127 'connect_error_fail' to either true or false in the route configurations.
meillo@0 128
meillo@0 129 0.2.17
meillo@0 130
meillo@0 131 - delivery warnings have been finally implemented: if delivery of a mail
meillo@0 132 fails temporarily, warning mail will be generated, informing the sender
meillo@0 133 of the problem. After some time, the mail will be handled as failing
meillo@0 134 permanently, and be bounced. New options: 'warn_intervals',
meillo@0 135 'max_defer_time' and 'warnmsg_file'.
meillo@0 136
meillo@0 137 - the message templates for failures and warnings will now be installed
meillo@0 138 into /usr/share/masqmail/tpl/, and no longer to /etc/masqmail/tpl/. The
meillo@0 139 default for the search path (options 'errmsg_file' and 'warnmsg_file'
meillo@0 140 has been changed accordingly.
meillo@0 141
meillo@0 142 - new option 'last_route'. See man 5 masqmail.route.
meillo@0 143
meillo@0 144 0.2.12
meillo@0 145 two new options have been added:
meillo@0 146 - do_pipelining will be used only in broken mail setups. Actually, I
meillo@0 147 implemented it only to test such a setup.
meillo@0 148
meillo@0 149 - helo_name for routes sets the helo_name. This may be useful for
meillo@0 150 eg. ssh tunneling, or if do_correcthelo does not work, because you are
meillo@0 151 behind a firewall.
meillo@0 152
meillo@0 153 - the old 'remote_port' option should not be used any more. Set the
meillo@0 154 port with mail_host="foo.bar.com:1234" in the route file instead.
meillo@0 155
meillo@0 156 0.2.11
meillo@0 157
meillo@0 158 - two new options have been added: do_save_envelope_to for the main
meillo@0 159 configuration and map_h_mail_followup_to_addresses for the route
meillo@0 160 files. See the man pages on purpose and usage.
meillo@0 161
meillo@0 162 - the route files can now be mode 0400, owned by root. Previous
meillo@0 163 versions had problems when sendmail was called directly by a
meillo@0 164 non-priviledged user, because the route files could not be read.
meillo@0 165
meillo@0 166 0.2.10
meillo@0 167
meillo@0 168 - this version should work on FreeBSD. At least I care now if it does not.
meillo@0 169
meillo@0 170 - masqmail now writes pid files to /var/run/, one for the smtp/queue
meillo@0 171 daemon and one for the get daemon. So you now know whom to kill ;-)
meillo@0 172
meillo@0 173 - much effort has been put into the Debian package, which now uses debconf.
meillo@0 174
meillo@0 175 0.2.7
meillo@0 176
meillo@0 177 - sorry for my reluctany in the last months...
meillo@0 178 - my email address is oku@masqmail.cx. I hope that I keep this for the rest
meillo@0 179 of my life...
meillo@0 180
meillo@0 181 0.2.6
meillo@0 182
meillo@0 183 - you can configure the prefered local delivery mechanism for each user. See
meillo@0 184 man page masqmail.conf (5), options mbox_default, mbox_users, mda_users and
meillo@0 185 maildir_users. BIT FAT NOTE: if you used an mda, set mbox_default = "mda"
meillo@0 186 (or use the mda_users option). Just setting mda is not enough any more.
meillo@0 187
meillo@0 188 - there are the allowed_return_paths and not_allowed_return_paths for the
meillo@0 189 route configurations, this enables better checking for return path addresses
meillo@0 190 than allowed_mail_locals. You can also use this to enable or disable messages
meillo@0 191 from null sender addresses (<>) using "<>".
meillo@0 192 note: this option has been there for quite a time... I just forgot to document it.
meillo@0 193
meillo@0 194 0.2.5
meillo@0 195
meillo@0 196 - simple relay checking: if you set do_relay=false in masqmail.conf, users
meillo@0 197 with a return path that is not local will get a 550 reply if they try to
meillo@0 198 deliver to a not local address. This is for users to force them to have a
meillo@0 199 proper configuration. It is _not_ to prevent spammers from using your MTA
meillo@0 200 as a relay, it can be easily forged! masqmail is not designed to be an always
meillo@0 201 accessible MTA for an internet site.
meillo@0 202
meillo@0 203 - added Maildir support. To use it, add --enable-maildir as ./configure
meillo@0 204 optiom. Currently, if enabled, all local deliveries are to Maildir
meillo@0 205 (in ~user/Maildir), and none to mailbox. This is preliminary, future versions
meillo@0 206 will be configurable (probably together with mda delivery).
meillo@0 207
meillo@0 208 0.2.4
meillo@0 209
meillo@0 210 - added -v option, this logs to stdout, so you see what happens when
meillo@0 211 calling masqmail from command line. This is not yet finished, and only
meillo@0 212 for fetching mails completed.
meillo@0 213
meillo@0 214 0.2.3
meillo@0 215
meillo@0 216 - new option lock_dir where locks will be put to. Defaults to the spool
meillo@0 217 dir with '/lock/' appended (if spool_dir is /var/spool/masqmail/, lock_dir
meillo@0 218 is /var/spool/masqmail/lock/).
meillo@0 219
meillo@0 220 - You can use the 'do_uidl_dele' option more reliably. The uidl list
meillo@0 221 will be written immediately after a message was fetched, so if you use the
meillo@0 222 do_uidl and do_uidl_dele option you can safely interrupt masqmail when it is
meillo@0 223 getting mail via pop3, and do not get the message again next time.
meillo@0 224
meillo@0 225 - there are a lot of new options for ./configure to customize masqmail
meillo@0 226 to your needs. See INSTALL.
meillo@0 227
meillo@0 228 - Uli Funcke sent a patch with the new options 'local_addresses' and
meillo@0 229 'not_local_addresses' for masqmail.conf. With these, you can declare single
meillo@0 230 email addresses as local, though they normally are not, and vice versa,
meillo@0 231 declare addresses as not local though normally they are (determined with
meillo@0 232 local_hosts). These options are not yet documented.
meillo@0 233
meillo@0 234 0.2.2
meillo@0 235 - with -go5m you can now run a get daemon, the command 'masqmail -go5m' will fetch
meillo@0 236 mail every five minutes, using the detected online configuration.
meillo@0 237
meillo@0 238 0.2.1
meillo@0 239
meillo@0 240 - there is a new option for the main conf: online_gets. Using this option,
meillo@0 241 you can retrieve mail with just calling masqmail -go, masqmail will detect
meillo@41 242 whether it is online (similar to connect_routes (which is now called
meillo@0 243 online_routes)).
meillo@0 244
meillo@0 245 0.2.0
meillo@0 246
meillo@0 247 This is the first release of he development branch of masqmail
meillo@0 248
meillo@0 249 - the default configuration is now /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf
meillo@0 250 (as it already was for the debian package). The --with-conffile
meillo@0 251 option for configure has been replaced by the --with-confdir option.
meillo@0 252
meillo@0 253 - added delivery failure notices:
meillo@0 254 o you can customize your own delivery failure report, its
meillo@0 255 default location is /etc/masqmail/tpl/failmsg.tpl
meillo@0 256 o if a delivery via a route fails permanently (the server replied with a 5xx status)
meillo@0 257 the message will be bounced, if it is bounced, no further delivery will be attempted.
meillo@0 258 This is different to previous versions, where failed messages were kept in the queue until
meillo@0 259 it was finally delivered, deleted or forever.
meillo@0 260
meillo@0 261 - there is a new online detection method: pipe. This allows you more
meillo@0 262 flexibility to detect the current online status, eg. the DHCP status on notebooks.
meillo@0 263
meillo@0 264 This method will once replace the 'mserver' option,
meillo@0 265 you can already use the program mservdetect to use it:
meillo@0 266
meillo@0 267 online_method=pipe
meillo@0 268 online_pipe="/usr/bin/mservdetect localhost 222"
meillo@0 269
meillo@0 270 instead of
meillo@0 271
meillo@41 272 online_detect=mserver
meillo@0 273 mserver_iface="localhost:222"
meillo@0 274
meillo@0 275 0.1.9
meillo@0 276
meillo@0 277 - you can use pipes in routes to implement gateways to uucp, fax, sms etc.
meillo@0 278 The setup is similar to mda transport. See man pages.
meillo@0 279
meillo@0 280 - for each connection (connect_routes), you can now give a list of
meillo@0 281 route files, which will be used in the order given. You can use the
meillo@0 282 filter rules (allowed_* and not_allowed_* rules) within each route.
meillo@0 283
meillo@0 284 0.1.8
meillo@0 285
meillo@0 286 - for pop retrieval and smtp sending you can use a wrapper for eg. ssl
meillo@0 287 tunneling. See man pages.
meillo@0 288
meillo@0 289 - a user can delete his mail from the spool with -Mrm if received
meillo@0 290 locally, and if you configure with --enable-ident and set
meillo@0 291 ident_trusted_nets also if received via smtp.
meillo@0 292
meillo@0 293 - a backslash now works to escape characters in the configuration, so
meillo@0 294 you can now use quotes inside quotes. All other characters with a
meillo@0 295 leading backslash will be converted to itself (\a becomes a, \\
meillo@0 296 becomes \).
meillo@0 297
meillo@0 298 - you can now use an mda for local mails. The mda will be called
meillo@0 299 *after* alias expansion. See documentation for more.
meillo@0 300
meillo@0 301 0.1.0
meillo@0 302 - masqmail can now retrieve mail with pop3. See the manual on how to do that.
meillo@0 303 - supports now ESMTP AUTH as a client.
meillo@0 304 - when called with -qo (without a connection name), the online status
meillo@0 305 will be checked with the configured method.
meillo@0 306
meillo@0 307 0.0.10
meillo@0 308 - there is now alias support. Give the location of the alias file (usually /etc/aliases) with eg.
meillo@0 309 alias_file = "/etc/aliases"
meillo@0 310 - delivery to pipes is now possible, but only if it appears in an alias file. Example:
meillo@0 311 pipe: |/usr/bin/command
meillo@0 312 will expand the address pipe to "|/usr/bin/command" which invokes '/usr/bin/command'
meillo@0 313 as the user and group masqmail is running as.
meillo@0 314 - entries starting with '\' in alias files will not be exanded further
meillo@0 315
meillo@0 316 - changed permissions for queue runs again: got to be root, mail or in group trusted.
meillo@0 317
meillo@0 318 - some configuration parameters can be read from files, these are
meillo@0 319 allowed_mail_locals, not_allowed_mail_locals, allowed_rcpt_domains, not_allowed_rcpt_domains,
meillo@0 320 map_return_path_addresses, map_h_from_addresses, map_h_reply_to_addresses
meillo@0 321 any entry in these list beginning with a '/' are regarded as
meillo@0 322 filenames, the content of these will be put at that location. Entries
meillo@0 323 in these files are separated by new lines. Example:
meillo@0 324 in the route file you have:
meillo@0 325 map_h_from_addresses = "/etc/masqmail/hfrom.map"
meillo@0 326 and hfrom.map contains:
meillo@0 327
meillo@0 328 john: John Smith <jsmith@mail.academic.edu>
meillo@0 329 cmiller: "Charlie Miller" <cmiller@foo.com>
meillo@0 330
meillo@0 331 UPDATE (Jan 2000): The new home location of MasqMail is
meillo@0 332 http://www.innominate.org/~oku/masqmail/, the new email adress of the
meillo@0 333 author is Oliver Kurth <kurth@innominate.de>.
meillo@0 334
meillo@0 335 0.0.9
meillo@0 336 - see ChangeLog.
meillo@0 337
meillo@0 338 NOTE: The home location of MasqMail at
meillo@0 339 http://merlin.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~okurth/masqmail/ is uncertain from the
meillo@0 340 beginning of Nov. 1999! See http://www.freshmeat.net for new
meillo@0 341 announcements. I leave the university and begin a new job on Nov. 1st 1999
meillo@0 342 in Berlin :-).
meillo@0 343
meillo@0 344 0.0.8:
meillo@0 345 - there is now a FAQ page. See docs/faq.html.
meillo@0 346 - added allowed_rcpt_domains option for routes.
meillo@0 347 - added allowed_mail_locals and not_allowed_mail_locals options for routes.
meillo@0 348 - mailq now gives information about the time mails spent in the queue,
meillo@0 349 the message size and the received host.
meillo@0 350
meillo@0 351 0.0.7:
meillo@0 352 -bug fix release: for statements in two adjacent lines, the second was not recognized.
meillo@0 353
meillo@0 354 0.0.6:
meillo@0 355 - bug fix release: some MUAs (cucipop) saw the locally delivered mails
meillo@0 356 concatenated. (cucipop is not a MUA but a pop server, but it has to read the
meillo@0 357 mails).
meillo@0 358
meillo@0 359 0.0.5:
meillo@0 360 - fixed a bug that caused the headers to be lost under some circumstances.
meillo@0 361 - added expand_h_sender_domain option for routes.
meillo@0 362 - rewrote the libresolv part in configure. Should work better now.
meillo@0 363
meillo@0 364 0.0.4:
meillo@0 365 - MM should now recognize whether libresolv should be linked.
meillo@0 366 - added --with-logdir=LOGDIR and --with-spooldir=SPOOLDIR to set directories.
meillo@0 367 These will be created if not already existent.
meillo@0 368 - added --with-user=USER, --with-group=GROUP options to set user and group id
meillo@0 369 for MasqMail.
meillo@0 370
meillo@0 371 0.0.3:
meillo@0 372 - MasqMail can now deliver mails that are received at online
meillo@0 373 time immediately to the internet. See the options detect_online,
meillo@0 374 mserver_iface and online_file.
meillo@0 375 - You can define a route configuration for the local net. See option
meillo@0 376 local_net_route.
meillo@0 377