# HG changeset patch # User meillo@marmaro.de # Date 1274090991 -7200 # Node ID 5e527abc1fc2defd11f76f97ddbb327b6b81dcfc # Parent 90644c204265c9717f4b1111eec4c0522fabc852 documented log_dir; minor improvements diff -r 90644c204265 -r 5e527abc1fc2 docs/masqmail.conf.5 --- a/docs/masqmail.conf.5 Mon May 17 12:07:33 2010 +0200 +++ b/docs/masqmail.conf.5 Mon May 17 12:09:51 2010 +0200 @@ -63,9 +63,18 @@ Be careful if you set this as high as 5 or higher, the logs may very soon fill your hard drive. .TP +\fBlog_dir = \fIfile\fR + +The directory where log are stored, if syslog is not used. +Debug files are stored in this directory anyways. +\fI/var/log/masqmail\fR is a common value. +\fIfile\fR must be an absolute path. + +.TP \fBmail_dir = \fIfile\fR The directory where local mail is stored, usually \fI/var/spool/mail\fR or \fI/var/mail\fR. +\fIfile\fR must be an absolute path. .TP \fBspool_dir = \fIfile\fR @@ -74,6 +83,7 @@ It must have a subdirectory \fIinput\fR. Masqmail needs read and write permissions for this directory. I suggest to use \fI/var/spool/masqmail\fR. +\fIfile\fR must be an absolute path. .TP \fBhost_name = \fIstring\fR @@ -456,8 +466,8 @@ Replace \fIname\fR with a valid local or remote mail address. -If this option is not empty, then a copy of every mail, -that passes trough the masqmail system will also be sent to the given mail address. +If this option is set, then a copy of every mail, +that passes through the masqmail system will also be sent to the given mail address. For example you can feed your mails into a program like hypermail for archiving purpose by placing an appropriate pipe command in masqmail.alias