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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/docs/old-manual/faq.html Sat May 29 21:51:13 2010 +0200 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ 1.4 +<HTML> 1.5 +<HEAD> 1.6 +<TITLE>MasqMail - Manual 1.7 +</TITLE> 1.8 +</HEAD> 1.9 + <BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> 1.10 + 1.11 + <center> 1.12 + <table width="80%"> 1.13 + <tr><td> 1.14 + <table width="100%" bgcolor="#0000aa" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> 1.15 + <tr> 1.16 + <td> 1.17 + <a href="manual.html"> 1.18 + <img width="20" src = "../images/u_arrow.gif" alt = "manual"> 1.19 + </a> 1.20 + </td> 1.21 + <td align=center width="100%"><font size="6" color = "#ffffff">Frequently Asked Questions</font></td> 1.22 + <td> 1.23 + <a href="./config.html"> 1.24 + <img width="20" src = "../images/l_arrow.gif" alt = "Configuration"> 1.25 + </a> 1.26 + </td> 1.27 + </tr> 1.28 + </table> 1.29 + 1.30 + 1.31 + Some of these questions were never asked, but I thought they will be 1.32 + some time. Some <em>were</em> asked. 1.33 + 1.34 + <h4>General Questions</h4> 1.35 + <ul> 1.36 + <li><a href="#1_0">1.0: When do I need MasqMail?</a></li> 1.37 + <li><a href="#1_1">1.1: When do I <em>not</em> need MasqMail?</a></li> 1.38 + <li><a href="#1_2">1.2: Can I retrieve mail with MasqMail?</a></li> 1.39 + <li><a href="#1_3">1.3: Is there a mailing list for MasqMail?</a></li> 1.40 + </ul> 1.41 + 1.42 + <h4>Setup</h4> 1.43 + <ul> 1.44 + <li><a href="#2_0">2.0: After starting masmail, I get the following 1.45 + message: "could not gain root privileges. Is the setuid bit set?"</a></li> 1.46 + <li><a href="#2_1">2.1: After starting masmail, I get the following 1.47 + message: "bind: (terminating): Address already in use"</a></li> 1.48 + </ul> 1.49 + 1.50 + <h4>Header Rewriting</h4> 1.51 + <ul> 1.52 + <li><a href="#3_0">3.0: My friends told me that they do not see my 1.53 + full name in their inbox, although it is configured in my mail 1.54 + client.</a></li> 1.55 + </ul> 1.56 + 1.57 + <h4>Delivering Online</h4> 1.58 + <ul> 1.59 + <li><a href="#4_0">4.0: With connection methed <em>file</em>, I get the following message in the log file: "Could not open /tmp/connect_route: Permission denied".</a></li> 1.60 + <li><a href="#4_1">4.1: With connection methed <em>file</em>, I get the following message in the log file: "route with name <em>name</em> not found.".</a></li> 1.61 + </ul> 1.62 + 1.63 + <h4>Bugs</h4> 1.64 + <ul> 1.65 + <li><a href="#5_0">5.0: I found a bug.</a></li> 1.66 + <li><a href="#5_1">5.1: I think I found a bug, but I am not sure whether I configured MasqMail incorrectly.</a></li> 1.67 + </ul> 1.68 + 1.69 + <a name="1_0"> <h4>1.0: When do I need MasqMail?</h4></a> 1.70 + 1.71 + <p> You do not <em>need</em> it. But it makes sending mails via a 1.72 + dialup connection a lot easier.</p> 1.73 + 1.74 + <p>It is useful if you dial to the internet from time to time via a 1.75 + modem and connect to different providers, each one with a different 1.76 + configuration. Other MTAs are not flexible enough if you have to send 1.77 + mails via different mail servers for each provider. With MasqMail you 1.78 + can configure a different one for each provider and even set your 1.79 + return addresses differently.</p> 1.80 + 1.81 + <p>It is also useful if you have a LAN with a gateway which is 1.82 + connected to the internet via a modem because you can rewrite your 1.83 + address depending on whether the recipients are <em>inside</em> or 1.84 + <em>outside</em> your LAN. So responses and delivery failures on your 1.85 + LAN will be sent to you without leaving it, while those outside will 1.86 + be delivered to your address outside. (But it does not yet send 1.87 + delivery failures itself yet.)</p> 1.88 + 1.89 + <p>MasqMail is also often used on notebooks.</p> 1.90 + 1.91 + <a name="1_1"><h4>1.1: When do I <em>not</em> need MasqMail?</h4></a> 1.92 + 1.93 + <p>The use of MasqMail is <em>strongly</em> discouraged if you have a 1.94 + permanent connection to the internet without a firewall. First because 1.95 + it does not have the ability to block relaying (it relays every mail) 1.96 + and second because there are no capabilities to protect against 1.97 + SPAM. You will not take advantages of its features anyway.</p> 1.98 + 1.99 + <a name="1_2"><h4>1.2: Can I retrieve mail with MasqMail?</h4></a> 1.100 + 1.101 + <p>Yes, for version >= 0.1.0 you can retrieve mail via the POP3 and 1.102 + APOP protocol from single drop mailboxes (in case you do not know 1.103 + about single/mutidrop, you probaby use single drop mailboxes).</p> 1.104 + 1.105 + <p>You can also use fetchmail or other pop/imap clients to feed 1.106 + it.</p> 1.107 + 1.108 + <a name="1_3"><h4>1.3: Is there a mailing list for MasqMail?</h4></a> 1.109 + 1.110 + <p>Yes, there is! See <a href="http://www.innominate.org/mailman/listinfo/masqmail">here</a>.</p> 1.111 + 1.112 + <a name="2_0"><h4>2.0: After starting masmail, I get the following 1.113 + message: "could not gain root privileges. Is the setuid bit set?"</h4></a> 1.114 + 1.115 + <p>Set the set-user-id-bit with chmod u+s /usr/sbin/masqmail.</p> 1.116 + 1.117 + <a name="2_1"><h4>2.1: After starting masmail, I get the following 1.118 + message: "bind: (terminating): Address already in use"</h4></a> 1.119 + 1.120 + <p>This means that there is already a process listening on a port, 1.121 + usually 25. You either have another MTA running in background 1.122 + (sendmail, exim, etc...) or another instance of masqmail.</p> 1.123 + 1.124 + <p>It may also mean that the ports you configured MM to listen to 1.125 + (with 'listen_addresses') are on the same IP address, eg. you may have 1.126 + set your hostname to 127.0.0.1 and try to listen on localhost and your 1.127 + host name. In this case either set your hostname to another IP address 1.128 + or delete one of the conflicting entries.</p> 1.129 + 1.130 + <a name="3_0"><h4>3.0: My friends told me that they do not see my full 1.131 + name in their inbox, although it is configured in my mail 1.132 + client.</h4></a> 1.133 + 1.134 + <p>You probably used the <b>map_h_from_addresses</b> feature in the 1.135 + route configuration and forgot to set your real name. The syntax 1.136 + is:</p> 1.137 + 1.138 + <pre> 1.139 +map_h_from_addresses = "charlie:Charlie Miller <cmiller@foo.com>"; 1.140 + </pre> 1.141 + 1.142 + <p>Do not forget the <em>Charlie Miller</em>.</p> 1.143 + 1.144 + <a name="4_0"><h4>4.0: With connection method <em>file</em>, I get the 1.145 + following message in the log file: "Could not open /tmp/connect_route: 1.146 + Permission denied".</h4></a> 1.147 + 1.148 + <p>In your ip-up script, you have to set read permission to the user 1.149 + masqmail runs as. After you write the file with the connection name, 1.150 + set read permission to all with chmod ugo+r <em>file</em>. 1.151 + 1.152 + <a name="4_1"><h4>4.1: With connection methed <em>file</em>, I get the 1.153 + following message in the log file: "route with name <em>name</em> not 1.154 + found.".</h4></a> 1.155 + 1.156 + <p>Check whether the name in the file is really identical to name you 1.157 + gave to the route configuration (case sensitive!). Maybe there is a 1.158 + linefeed after the name in the file. Write it with echo -n.</p> 1.159 + 1.160 + <a name="5_0"><h4>5.0: I found a bug.</h4></a> 1.161 + 1.162 + <p>Make sure you are using the newest version, in case of doubt search 1.163 + it in <a href="http://www.freshmeat.net">freshmeat</a>. If you do, tell 1.164 + <a href = "mailto:Oliver Kurth <kurth@innominate.de>">me</a>. See 1.165 + also the section <a href="index.html#bugs">bugs</a> on the <a 1.166 + href="index.html">main</a> page.</p> 1.167 + 1.168 + <a name="5_1"><h4>5.1: I think I found a bug, but I am not sure 1.169 + whether I configured MasqMail incorrectly.</h4></a> 1.170 + 1.171 + <p>Don't care. Tell <a href = "mailto:Oliver Kurth 1.172 + <kurth@innominate.de>">me</a>. Or write to the <a 1.173 + href="http://www.innominate.org/mailman/listinfo/masqmail">mailing 1.174 + list</a>.</p> 1.175 + 1.176 + </td></tr> 1.177 + 1.178 + <tr><td> 1.179 + <p> 1.180 + <hr> 1.181 + <address><a href = "mailto:kurth@innominate.de">Oliver Kurth</a></address> 1.182 + Last modified: Tue May 30 15:19:56 CEST 2000 1.183 + <br> 1.184 + This page was created using <a href="http://www.freddyfrog.com/hacks/genpage/">Genpage</a> - Version: 1.0.6 1.185 + </p> 1.186 + 1.187 + </table> 1.188 + </center> 1.189 + 1.190 + </BODY> 1.191 +</HEAD> 1.192 +