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correct masqmail path in rmail script; remove docs on uninstall on install the correct path to the masqmail executable gets inserted into the rmail script now. now documentation, examples, and the templates are removed on uninstall. Empty directories are the only thing that may remain if one installs masqmail into an unusual path.
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date Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:40:16 +0200
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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@77 10 0.2.24
meillo@77 11
meillo@77 12 - This version keeps on logging after an restart of the deamon, for
meillo@77 13 instance when sending SIGHUP to the daemon process for rereading its
meillo@77 14 config.
meillo@77 15
meillo@77 16 - Now the daemon keeps the same process id when it receives SIGHUP to
meillo@77 17 reread the config.
meillo@77 18
meillo@77 19 - Mail messages with lines longer than 4096 characters do not get
meillo@77 20 truncated anymore.
meillo@77 21
meillo@77 22
meillo@53 23 0.2.23
meillo@53 24
meillo@53 25 - This release fixes a major bug in 0.2.22 which made online detection
meillo@53 26 by file unusable. Thanks to Juergen Daubert for reporting and providing
meillo@53 27 a patch.
meillo@53 28
meillo@69 29 - Masqmail installs to /usr/local by default now. Previously it
meillo@69 30 installed to /usr. To regain the old behavior, add
meillo@69 31 --prefix=/usr
meillo@69 32 to the configure call.
meillo@69 33
meillo@69 34 - Man pages get installed again; in 0.2.22 they were not. Again thanks
meillo@69 35 to Juergen Daubert. Docs and examples do get installed now too.
meillo@69 36
meillo@69 37 - Updated the docs. Moved the man pages from docs/ to man/. Added the
meillo@69 38 old manual from the old website to the distribution. Added a bug
meillo@69 39 reporting howto.
meillo@69 40
meillo@53 41
meillo@42 42 0.2.22
meillo@41 43
meillo@41 44 - Hello, I'm meillo, the new maintainer and developer of masqmail. Oku
meillo@48 45 handed masqmail over to me, because he wasn't active anymore.
meillo@41 46
meillo@41 47 - This release includes various fixes for problems in 0.2.21, mainly
meillo@41 48 based on bugs from Debian.
meillo@41 49
meillo@41 50 - Distribution specific data has been excluded from the distribution,
meillo@48 51 but is separately available on the project's website.
meillo@41 52
meillo@41 53 - Man pages will not be generated from xml sources in future, but the
meillo@41 54 nroff sources will be maintained directly.
meillo@41 55
meillo@41 56 - The default online status file is now
meillo@41 57 /var/run/masqmail/masqmail-route, as it already was in the Debian
meillo@41 58 package.
meillo@41 59
meillo@48 60
meillo@41 61 0.2.21
meillo@41 62
meillo@41 63 - Retrospective: Probably, this version was not published in the usual
meillo@41 64 way by oku. I (meillo) grabbed it from Debian's package archive. It does
meillo@41 65 not introduce new functions but fixes security problems, such as writing
meillo@41 66 log files as user `mail'. It also changes the location for pid files;
meillo@41 67 they are stored in /var/run/masqmail/ now.
meillo@0 68
meillo@48 69
meillo@0 70 0.2.18
meillo@0 71
meillo@48 72 - delivery warnings and failures are now also implemented if the
meillo@0 73 connection to a server fails. Because masqmail is designed for dialup
meillo@0 74 networks, a connection failure will merely generate a warning by default.
meillo@0 75 If you deliver in a local network and use the default local_net route,
meillo@0 76 this would generte a failure. You can change this behaviour by setting
meillo@41 77 'connect_error_fail' to either true or false in the route configurations.
meillo@0 78
meillo@0 79 0.2.17
meillo@0 80
meillo@0 81 - delivery warnings have been finally implemented: if delivery of a mail
meillo@0 82 fails temporarily, warning mail will be generated, informing the sender
meillo@0 83 of the problem. After some time, the mail will be handled as failing
meillo@0 84 permanently, and be bounced. New options: 'warn_intervals',
meillo@0 85 'max_defer_time' and 'warnmsg_file'.
meillo@0 86
meillo@0 87 - the message templates for failures and warnings will now be installed
meillo@0 88 into /usr/share/masqmail/tpl/, and no longer to /etc/masqmail/tpl/. The
meillo@0 89 default for the search path (options 'errmsg_file' and 'warnmsg_file'
meillo@0 90 has been changed accordingly.
meillo@0 91
meillo@0 92 - new option 'last_route'. See man 5 masqmail.route.
meillo@0 93
meillo@0 94 0.2.12
meillo@0 95 two new options have been added:
meillo@0 96 - do_pipelining will be used only in broken mail setups. Actually, I
meillo@0 97 implemented it only to test such a setup.
meillo@0 98
meillo@0 99 - helo_name for routes sets the helo_name. This may be useful for
meillo@0 100 eg. ssh tunneling, or if do_correcthelo does not work, because you are
meillo@0 101 behind a firewall.
meillo@0 102
meillo@0 103 - the old 'remote_port' option should not be used any more. Set the
meillo@0 104 port with mail_host="foo.bar.com:1234" in the route file instead.
meillo@0 105
meillo@0 106 0.2.11
meillo@0 107
meillo@0 108 - two new options have been added: do_save_envelope_to for the main
meillo@0 109 configuration and map_h_mail_followup_to_addresses for the route
meillo@0 110 files. See the man pages on purpose and usage.
meillo@0 111
meillo@0 112 - the route files can now be mode 0400, owned by root. Previous
meillo@0 113 versions had problems when sendmail was called directly by a
meillo@0 114 non-priviledged user, because the route files could not be read.
meillo@0 115
meillo@0 116 0.2.10
meillo@0 117
meillo@0 118 - this version should work on FreeBSD. At least I care now if it does not.
meillo@0 119
meillo@0 120 - masqmail now writes pid files to /var/run/, one for the smtp/queue
meillo@0 121 daemon and one for the get daemon. So you now know whom to kill ;-)
meillo@0 122
meillo@0 123 - much effort has been put into the Debian package, which now uses debconf.
meillo@0 124
meillo@0 125 0.2.7
meillo@0 126
meillo@0 127 - sorry for my reluctany in the last months...
meillo@0 128 - my email address is oku@masqmail.cx. I hope that I keep this for the rest
meillo@0 129 of my life...
meillo@0 130
meillo@0 131 0.2.6
meillo@0 132
meillo@0 133 - you can configure the prefered local delivery mechanism for each user. See
meillo@0 134 man page masqmail.conf (5), options mbox_default, mbox_users, mda_users and
meillo@0 135 maildir_users. BIT FAT NOTE: if you used an mda, set mbox_default = "mda"
meillo@0 136 (or use the mda_users option). Just setting mda is not enough any more.
meillo@0 137
meillo@0 138 - there are the allowed_return_paths and not_allowed_return_paths for the
meillo@0 139 route configurations, this enables better checking for return path addresses
meillo@0 140 than allowed_mail_locals. You can also use this to enable or disable messages
meillo@0 141 from null sender addresses (<>) using "<>".
meillo@0 142 note: this option has been there for quite a time... I just forgot to document it.
meillo@0 143
meillo@0 144 0.2.5
meillo@0 145
meillo@0 146 - simple relay checking: if you set do_relay=false in masqmail.conf, users
meillo@0 147 with a return path that is not local will get a 550 reply if they try to
meillo@0 148 deliver to a not local address. This is for users to force them to have a
meillo@0 149 proper configuration. It is _not_ to prevent spammers from using your MTA
meillo@0 150 as a relay, it can be easily forged! masqmail is not designed to be an always
meillo@0 151 accessible MTA for an internet site.
meillo@0 152
meillo@0 153 - added Maildir support. To use it, add --enable-maildir as ./configure
meillo@0 154 optiom. Currently, if enabled, all local deliveries are to Maildir
meillo@0 155 (in ~user/Maildir), and none to mailbox. This is preliminary, future versions
meillo@0 156 will be configurable (probably together with mda delivery).
meillo@0 157
meillo@0 158 0.2.4
meillo@0 159
meillo@0 160 - added -v option, this logs to stdout, so you see what happens when
meillo@0 161 calling masqmail from command line. This is not yet finished, and only
meillo@0 162 for fetching mails completed.
meillo@0 163
meillo@0 164 0.2.3
meillo@0 165
meillo@0 166 - new option lock_dir where locks will be put to. Defaults to the spool
meillo@0 167 dir with '/lock/' appended (if spool_dir is /var/spool/masqmail/, lock_dir
meillo@0 168 is /var/spool/masqmail/lock/).
meillo@0 169
meillo@0 170 - You can use the 'do_uidl_dele' option more reliably. The uidl list
meillo@0 171 will be written immediately after a message was fetched, so if you use the
meillo@0 172 do_uidl and do_uidl_dele option you can safely interrupt masqmail when it is
meillo@0 173 getting mail via pop3, and do not get the message again next time.
meillo@0 174
meillo@0 175 - there are a lot of new options for ./configure to customize masqmail
meillo@0 176 to your needs. See INSTALL.
meillo@0 177
meillo@0 178 - Uli Funcke sent a patch with the new options 'local_addresses' and
meillo@0 179 'not_local_addresses' for masqmail.conf. With these, you can declare single
meillo@0 180 email addresses as local, though they normally are not, and vice versa,
meillo@0 181 declare addresses as not local though normally they are (determined with
meillo@0 182 local_hosts). These options are not yet documented.
meillo@0 183
meillo@0 184 0.2.2
meillo@0 185 - with -go5m you can now run a get daemon, the command 'masqmail -go5m' will fetch
meillo@0 186 mail every five minutes, using the detected online configuration.
meillo@0 187
meillo@0 188 0.2.1
meillo@0 189
meillo@0 190 - there is a new option for the main conf: online_gets. Using this option,
meillo@0 191 you can retrieve mail with just calling masqmail -go, masqmail will detect
meillo@41 192 whether it is online (similar to connect_routes (which is now called
meillo@0 193 online_routes)).
meillo@0 194
meillo@0 195 0.2.0
meillo@0 196
meillo@0 197 This is the first release of he development branch of masqmail
meillo@0 198
meillo@0 199 - the default configuration is now /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf
meillo@0 200 (as it already was for the debian package). The --with-conffile
meillo@0 201 option for configure has been replaced by the --with-confdir option.
meillo@0 202
meillo@0 203 - added delivery failure notices:
meillo@0 204 o you can customize your own delivery failure report, its
meillo@0 205 default location is /etc/masqmail/tpl/failmsg.tpl
meillo@0 206 o if a delivery via a route fails permanently (the server replied with a 5xx status)
meillo@0 207 the message will be bounced, if it is bounced, no further delivery will be attempted.
meillo@0 208 This is different to previous versions, where failed messages were kept in the queue until
meillo@0 209 it was finally delivered, deleted or forever.
meillo@0 210
meillo@0 211 - there is a new online detection method: pipe. This allows you more
meillo@0 212 flexibility to detect the current online status, eg. the DHCP status on notebooks.
meillo@0 213
meillo@0 214 This method will once replace the 'mserver' option,
meillo@0 215 you can already use the program mservdetect to use it:
meillo@0 216
meillo@0 217 online_method=pipe
meillo@0 218 online_pipe="/usr/bin/mservdetect localhost 222"
meillo@0 219
meillo@0 220 instead of
meillo@0 221
meillo@41 222 online_detect=mserver
meillo@0 223 mserver_iface="localhost:222"
meillo@0 224
meillo@0 225 0.1.9
meillo@0 226
meillo@0 227 - you can use pipes in routes to implement gateways to uucp, fax, sms etc.
meillo@0 228 The setup is similar to mda transport. See man pages.
meillo@0 229
meillo@0 230 - for each connection (connect_routes), you can now give a list of
meillo@0 231 route files, which will be used in the order given. You can use the
meillo@0 232 filter rules (allowed_* and not_allowed_* rules) within each route.
meillo@0 233
meillo@0 234 0.1.8
meillo@0 235
meillo@0 236 - for pop retrieval and smtp sending you can use a wrapper for eg. ssl
meillo@0 237 tunneling. See man pages.
meillo@0 238
meillo@0 239 - a user can delete his mail from the spool with -Mrm if received
meillo@0 240 locally, and if you configure with --enable-ident and set
meillo@0 241 ident_trusted_nets also if received via smtp.
meillo@0 242
meillo@0 243 - a backslash now works to escape characters in the configuration, so
meillo@0 244 you can now use quotes inside quotes. All other characters with a
meillo@0 245 leading backslash will be converted to itself (\a becomes a, \\
meillo@0 246 becomes \).
meillo@0 247
meillo@0 248 - you can now use an mda for local mails. The mda will be called
meillo@0 249 *after* alias expansion. See documentation for more.
meillo@0 250
meillo@0 251 0.1.0
meillo@0 252 - masqmail can now retrieve mail with pop3. See the manual on how to do that.
meillo@0 253 - supports now ESMTP AUTH as a client.
meillo@0 254 - when called with -qo (without a connection name), the online status
meillo@0 255 will be checked with the configured method.
meillo@0 256
meillo@0 257 0.0.10
meillo@0 258 - there is now alias support. Give the location of the alias file (usually /etc/aliases) with eg.
meillo@0 259 alias_file = "/etc/aliases"
meillo@0 260 - delivery to pipes is now possible, but only if it appears in an alias file. Example:
meillo@0 261 pipe: |/usr/bin/command
meillo@0 262 will expand the address pipe to "|/usr/bin/command" which invokes '/usr/bin/command'
meillo@0 263 as the user and group masqmail is running as.
meillo@0 264 - entries starting with '\' in alias files will not be exanded further
meillo@0 265
meillo@0 266 - changed permissions for queue runs again: got to be root, mail or in group trusted.
meillo@0 267
meillo@0 268 - some configuration parameters can be read from files, these are
meillo@0 269 allowed_mail_locals, not_allowed_mail_locals, allowed_rcpt_domains, not_allowed_rcpt_domains,
meillo@0 270 map_return_path_addresses, map_h_from_addresses, map_h_reply_to_addresses
meillo@0 271 any entry in these list beginning with a '/' are regarded as
meillo@0 272 filenames, the content of these will be put at that location. Entries
meillo@0 273 in these files are separated by new lines. Example:
meillo@0 274 in the route file you have:
meillo@0 275 map_h_from_addresses = "/etc/masqmail/hfrom.map"
meillo@0 276 and hfrom.map contains:
meillo@0 277
meillo@0 278 john: John Smith <jsmith@mail.academic.edu>
meillo@0 279 cmiller: "Charlie Miller" <cmiller@foo.com>
meillo@0 280
meillo@0 281 UPDATE (Jan 2000): The new home location of MasqMail is
meillo@0 282 http://www.innominate.org/~oku/masqmail/, the new email adress of the
meillo@0 283 author is Oliver Kurth <kurth@innominate.de>.
meillo@0 284
meillo@0 285 0.0.9
meillo@0 286 - see ChangeLog.
meillo@0 287
meillo@0 288 NOTE: The home location of MasqMail at
meillo@0 289 http://merlin.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~okurth/masqmail/ is uncertain from the
meillo@0 290 beginning of Nov. 1999! See http://www.freshmeat.net for new
meillo@0 291 announcements. I leave the university and begin a new job on Nov. 1st 1999
meillo@0 292 in Berlin :-).
meillo@0 293
meillo@0 294 0.0.8:
meillo@0 295 - there is now a FAQ page. See docs/faq.html.
meillo@0 296 - added allowed_rcpt_domains option for routes.
meillo@0 297 - added allowed_mail_locals and not_allowed_mail_locals options for routes.
meillo@0 298 - mailq now gives information about the time mails spent in the queue,
meillo@0 299 the message size and the received host.
meillo@0 300
meillo@0 301 0.0.7:
meillo@0 302 -bug fix release: for statements in two adjacent lines, the second was not recognized.
meillo@0 303
meillo@0 304 0.0.6:
meillo@0 305 - bug fix release: some MUAs (cucipop) saw the locally delivered mails
meillo@0 306 concatenated. (cucipop is not a MUA but a pop server, but it has to read the
meillo@0 307 mails).
meillo@0 308
meillo@0 309 0.0.5:
meillo@0 310 - fixed a bug that caused the headers to be lost under some circumstances.
meillo@0 311 - added expand_h_sender_domain option for routes.
meillo@0 312 - rewrote the libresolv part in configure. Should work better now.
meillo@0 313
meillo@0 314 0.0.4:
meillo@0 315 - MM should now recognize whether libresolv should be linked.
meillo@0 316 - added --with-logdir=LOGDIR and --with-spooldir=SPOOLDIR to set directories.
meillo@0 317 These will be created if not already existent.
meillo@0 318 - added --with-user=USER, --with-group=GROUP options to set user and group id
meillo@0 319 for MasqMail.
meillo@0 320
meillo@0 321 0.0.3:
meillo@0 322 - MasqMail can now deliver mails that are received at online
meillo@0 323 time immediately to the internet. See the options detect_online,
meillo@0 324 mserver_iface and online_file.
meillo@0 325 - You can define a route configuration for the local net. See option
meillo@0 326 local_net_route.
meillo@0 327