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     1.4 +Here I add changes which may be important for you. See ChangeLog for more
     1.5 +details and the manual pages for a more complete description
     1.6 +of added options.
     1.7 +
     1.8 +0.2.18
     1.9 +
    1.10 +- delivery warnings and failures are now also implermented if the
    1.11 +connection to a server fails. Because masqmail is designed for dialup
    1.12 +networks, a connection failure will merely generate a warning by default.
    1.13 +If you deliver in a local network and use the default local_net route,
    1.14 +this would generte a failure. You can change this behaviour by setting
    1.15 +connect_error_fail
    1.16 +to either true or false in the route configurations.
    1.17 +
    1.18 +0.2.17
    1.19 +
    1.20 +- delivery warnings have been finally implemented: if delivery of a mail
    1.21 +fails temporarily, warning mail will be generated, informing the sender
    1.22 +of the problem. After some time, the mail will be handled as failing
    1.23 +permanently, and be bounced. New options: 'warn_intervals',
    1.24 +'max_defer_time' and 'warnmsg_file'.
    1.25 +
    1.26 +- the message templates for failures and warnings will now be installed
    1.27 +into /usr/share/masqmail/tpl/, and no longer to /etc/masqmail/tpl/. The
    1.28 +default for the search path (options 'errmsg_file' and 'warnmsg_file'
    1.29 +has been changed accordingly.
    1.30 +
    1.31 +- new option 'last_route'. See man 5 masqmail.route.
    1.32 +
    1.33 +0.2.12
    1.34 +two new options have been added:
    1.35 +- do_pipelining will be used only in broken mail setups. Actually, I
    1.36 +implemented it only to test such a setup.
    1.37 +
    1.38 +- helo_name for routes sets the helo_name. This may be useful for
    1.39 +eg. ssh tunneling, or if do_correcthelo does not work, because you are
    1.40 +behind a firewall.
    1.41 +
    1.42 +- the old 'remote_port' option should not be used any more. Set the
    1.43 +port with mail_host="foo.bar.com:1234" in the route file instead.
    1.44 +
    1.45 +0.2.11
    1.46 +
    1.47 +- two new options have been added: do_save_envelope_to for the main
    1.48 +configuration and map_h_mail_followup_to_addresses for the route
    1.49 +files. See the man pages on purpose and usage.
    1.50 +
    1.51 +- the route files can now be mode 0400, owned by root. Previous
    1.52 +versions had problems when sendmail was called directly by a
    1.53 +non-priviledged user, because the route files could not be read.
    1.54 +
    1.55 +0.2.10
    1.56 +
    1.57 +- this version should work on FreeBSD. At least I care now if it does not.
    1.58 +
    1.59 +- masqmail now writes pid files to /var/run/, one for the smtp/queue
    1.60 +daemon and one for the get daemon. So you now know whom to kill ;-)
    1.61 +
    1.62 +- much effort has been put into the Debian package, which now uses debconf.
    1.63 +
    1.64 +0.2.7
    1.65 +
    1.66 +- sorry for my reluctany in the last months...
    1.67 +- my email address is oku@masqmail.cx. I hope that I keep this for the rest
    1.68 +of my life...
    1.69 +
    1.70 +0.2.6
    1.71 +
    1.72 +- you can configure the prefered local delivery mechanism for each user. See
    1.73 +man page masqmail.conf (5), options mbox_default, mbox_users, mda_users and
    1.74 +maildir_users. BIT FAT NOTE: if you used an mda, set mbox_default = "mda"
    1.75 +(or use the mda_users option). Just setting mda is not enough any more.
    1.76 +
    1.77 +- there are the allowed_return_paths and not_allowed_return_paths for the
    1.78 +route configurations, this enables better checking for return path addresses
    1.79 +than allowed_mail_locals. You can also use this to enable or disable messages
    1.80 +from null sender addresses (<>) using "<>".
    1.81 +note: this option has been there for quite a time... I just forgot to document it.
    1.82 +
    1.83 +0.2.5
    1.84 +
    1.85 +- simple relay checking: if you set do_relay=false in masqmail.conf, users
    1.86 +with a return path that is not local will get a 550 reply if they try to
    1.87 +deliver to a not local address. This is for users to force them to have a
    1.88 +proper configuration. It is _not_ to prevent spammers from using your MTA
    1.89 +as a relay, it can be easily forged! masqmail is not designed to be an always
    1.90 +accessible MTA for an internet site.
    1.91 +
    1.92 +- added Maildir support. To use it, add --enable-maildir as ./configure
    1.93 +optiom. Currently, if enabled, all local deliveries are to Maildir
    1.94 +(in ~user/Maildir), and none to mailbox. This is preliminary, future versions
    1.95 +will be configurable (probably together with mda delivery).
    1.96 +
    1.97 +0.2.4 
    1.98 +
    1.99 +- added -v option, this logs to stdout, so you see what happens when
   1.100 +calling masqmail from command line. This is not yet finished, and only
   1.101 +for fetching mails completed.
   1.102 +
   1.103 +0.2.3
   1.104 +
   1.105 +- new option lock_dir where locks will be put to. Defaults to the spool
   1.106 +dir with '/lock/' appended (if spool_dir is /var/spool/masqmail/, lock_dir
   1.107 +is /var/spool/masqmail/lock/).
   1.108 +
   1.109 +- You can use the 'do_uidl_dele' option more reliably. The uidl list
   1.110 +will be written immediately after a message was fetched, so if you use the
   1.111 +do_uidl and do_uidl_dele option you can safely interrupt masqmail when it is
   1.112 +getting mail via pop3, and do not get the message again next time.
   1.113 +
   1.114 +- there are a lot of new options for ./configure to customize masqmail
   1.115 +to your needs. See INSTALL.
   1.116 +
   1.117 +- Uli Funcke sent a patch with the new options 'local_addresses' and
   1.118 +'not_local_addresses' for masqmail.conf. With these, you can declare single
   1.119 +email addresses as local, though they normally are not, and vice versa,
   1.120 +declare addresses as not local though normally they are (determined with
   1.121 +local_hosts). These options are not yet documented.
   1.122 +
   1.123 +0.2.2
   1.124 +- with -go5m you can now run a get daemon, the command 'masqmail -go5m' will fetch
   1.125 +mail every five minutes, using the detected online configuration.
   1.126 +
   1.127 +0.2.1
   1.128 +
   1.129 +- there is a new option for the main conf: online_gets. Using this option,
   1.130 +you can retrieve mail with just calling masqmail -go, masqmail will detect
   1.131 +whether it is online (similar to conect_routes (which is now called
   1.132 +online_routes)).
   1.133 +
   1.134 +0.2.0
   1.135 +
   1.136 +This is the first release of he development branch of masqmail
   1.137 +
   1.138 +- the default configuration is now /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf
   1.139 +  (as it already was for the debian package). The --with-conffile
   1.140 +  option for configure has been replaced by the --with-confdir option.
   1.141 +
   1.142 +- added delivery failure notices:
   1.143 +  o you can customize your own delivery failure report, its
   1.144 +    default location is /etc/masqmail/tpl/failmsg.tpl
   1.145 +  o if a delivery via a route fails permanently (the server replied with a 5xx status)
   1.146 +    the message will be bounced, if it is bounced, no further delivery will be attempted.
   1.147 +    This is different to previous versions, where failed messages were kept in the queue until
   1.148 +    it was finally delivered, deleted or forever.
   1.149 +
   1.150 +- there is a new online detection method: pipe. This allows you more
   1.151 +  flexibility to detect the current online status, eg. the DHCP status on notebooks.
   1.152 +
   1.153 +This method will once replace the 'mserver' option,
   1.154 +you can already use the program mservdetect to use it:
   1.155 +
   1.156 +online_method=pipe
   1.157 +online_pipe="/usr/bin/mservdetect localhost 222"
   1.158 +
   1.159 +instead of
   1.160 +
   1.161 +online_etect=mserver
   1.162 +mserver_iface="localhost:222"
   1.163 +
   1.164 +0.1.9
   1.165 +
   1.166 +- you can use pipes in routes to implement gateways to uucp, fax, sms etc.
   1.167 +The setup is similar to mda transport. See man pages.
   1.168 +
   1.169 +- for each connection (connect_routes), you can now give a list of
   1.170 +route files, which will be used in the order given. You can use the
   1.171 +filter rules (allowed_* and not_allowed_* rules) within each route.
   1.172 +
   1.173 +0.1.8
   1.174 +
   1.175 +- for pop retrieval and smtp sending you can use a wrapper for eg. ssl
   1.176 +tunneling. See man pages.
   1.177 +
   1.178 +- a user can delete his mail from the spool with -Mrm if received
   1.179 +locally, and if you configure with --enable-ident and set
   1.180 +ident_trusted_nets also if received via smtp.
   1.181 +
   1.182 +- a backslash now works to escape characters in the configuration, so
   1.183 +you can now use quotes inside quotes. All other characters with a
   1.184 +leading backslash will be converted to itself (\a becomes a, \\
   1.185 +becomes \).
   1.186 +
   1.187 +- you can now use an mda for local mails. The mda will be called
   1.188 +*after* alias expansion. See documentation for more.
   1.189 +
   1.190 +0.1.0
   1.191 +- masqmail can now retrieve mail with pop3. See the manual on how to do that.
   1.192 +- supports now ESMTP AUTH as a client.
   1.193 +- when called with -qo (without a connection name), the online status
   1.194 +will be checked with the configured method.
   1.195 +
   1.196 +0.0.10
   1.197 +- there is now alias support. Give the location of the alias file (usually /etc/aliases) with eg.
   1.198 +alias_file = "/etc/aliases"
   1.199 +- delivery to pipes is now possible, but only if it appears in an alias file. Example:
   1.200 +pipe: |/usr/bin/command
   1.201 +will expand the address pipe to "|/usr/bin/command" which invokes '/usr/bin/command'
   1.202 +as the user and group masqmail is running as.
   1.203 +- entries starting with '\' in alias files will not be exanded further
   1.204 +
   1.205 +- changed permissions for queue runs again: got to be root, mail or in group trusted.
   1.206 +
   1.207 +- some configuration parameters can be read from files, these are
   1.208 +allowed_mail_locals, not_allowed_mail_locals, allowed_rcpt_domains, not_allowed_rcpt_domains,
   1.209 +map_return_path_addresses, map_h_from_addresses, map_h_reply_to_addresses
   1.210 +any entry in these list beginning with a '/' are regarded as
   1.211 +filenames, the content of these will be put at that location. Entries
   1.212 +in these files are separated by new lines.  Example:
   1.213 +in the route file you have:
   1.214 +map_h_from_addresses = "/etc/masqmail/hfrom.map"
   1.215 +and hfrom.map contains:
   1.216 +
   1.217 +john: John Smith <jsmith@mail.academic.edu>
   1.218 +cmiller: "Charlie Miller" <cmiller@foo.com>
   1.219 +
   1.220 +UPDATE (Jan 2000): The new home location of MasqMail is
   1.221 +http://www.innominate.org/~oku/masqmail/, the new email adress of the
   1.222 +author is Oliver Kurth <kurth@innominate.de>.
   1.223 +
   1.224 +0.0.9
   1.225 +- see ChangeLog.
   1.226 +
   1.227 +NOTE: The home location of MasqMail at
   1.228 +http://merlin.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~okurth/masqmail/ is uncertain from the
   1.229 +beginning of Nov. 1999! See http://www.freshmeat.net for new
   1.230 +announcements. I leave the university and begin a new job on Nov. 1st 1999
   1.231 +in Berlin :-).
   1.232 +
   1.233 +0.0.8:
   1.234 +- there is now a FAQ page. See docs/faq.html.
   1.235 +- added allowed_rcpt_domains option for routes.
   1.236 +- added allowed_mail_locals and not_allowed_mail_locals options for routes.
   1.237 +- mailq now gives information about the time mails spent in the queue,
   1.238 +the message size and the received host.
   1.239 +
   1.240 +0.0.7:
   1.241 +-bug fix release: for statements in two	adjacent lines, the second was not recognized.
   1.242 +
   1.243 +0.0.6:
   1.244 +- bug fix release: some MUAs (cucipop) saw the locally delivered mails
   1.245 +concatenated. (cucipop is not a MUA  but a pop server, but it has to read the
   1.246 +mails).
   1.247 +
   1.248 +0.0.5:
   1.249 +- fixed a bug that caused the headers to be lost under some circumstances.
   1.250 +- added expand_h_sender_domain option for routes.
   1.251 +- rewrote the libresolv part in configure. Should work better now.
   1.252 +
   1.253 +0.0.4:
   1.254 +- MM should now recognize whether libresolv should be linked.
   1.255 +- added --with-logdir=LOGDIR and --with-spooldir=SPOOLDIR to set directories.
   1.256 +  These will be created if not already existent.
   1.257 +- added --with-user=USER, --with-group=GROUP options to set user and group id
   1.258 +  for MasqMail.
   1.259 +
   1.260 +0.0.3:
   1.261 +- MasqMail can now deliver mails that are received at online
   1.262 +  time immediately to the internet. See the options detect_online,
   1.263 +  mserver_iface and online_file.
   1.264 +- You can define a route configuration for the local net. See option
   1.265 +  local_net_route.
   1.266 +