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1 Masqmail README
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2 ===============
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3
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4 Masqmail is a mail server designed for hosts that are not permanently
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5 connected to the internet. It handles outgoing messages, i.e. those
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6 that are to be sent over the non-permanent link (usually a ppp or slip
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7 connection over a modem or ISDN adapter) specially and delivers them
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8 only when explicitely told to do so. There is support for multiple
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9 providers, it is possible to write different configurations for each
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10 one. The configuration chosen is selected at delivery time, so that if
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11 for example a delivery of a message failed while connected with
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12 provider 1, it may be delivered when connected to provider 2. For each
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13 provider another mail host (or none) can be specified.
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14
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15 Masqmail provides (a yet simple) mechanism to rewrite headers, also
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16 depending on the current connection. This makes it possible to deliver
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17 messages with a return address on the local network which will be
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18 rewitten at delivery time. The purpose of this is:
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19
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20 - to allow delivery failure messages that are produced on the local
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21 network to be delivered immediately, while those that are produced
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22 outside can be delivered to a mailbox on the internet, to be retrieved
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23 later.
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24
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25 - to give mail servers a return address which they can accept if they
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26 check for spam mail. Many mail servers require a return address which
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27 has the same domain as the server it is getting the message from. If
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28 you normally connect to only one provider, this is usually not a
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29 problem as you can configure your mailer to a fixed address (but then
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30 there is still the problem with the failure messages...), but it is a
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31 problem if you use different ones from time to time.
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32
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33 Masqmail shall once be a complete replacement for sendmail (or other
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34 MTAs such as exim, qmail or smail) on a local network, but it is NOT
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35 supposed to be installed in a network with a permanent internet
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36 connection (at least if it is not behind a secure firewall) because
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37 it has no ability to check for undesired relaying or spam filtering.
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40 Masqmail's website is:
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42 http://marmaro.de/prog/masqmail
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43
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44 The email address of it's mailing list is:
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45
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46 <masqmail@marmaro.de>
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47
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48 To subscribe yourself to the list, send a mail with the subject
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49 ``subscribe masqmail'' to <minimalist@marmaro.de>. The mailing list
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50 archive is accessible at: http://lists.marmaro.de/masqmail/ . If you
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51 have any problems, contact me: markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>.
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52
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53
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54 INSTALLATION
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55 ------------
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56
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57 For installation instructions, see INSTALL.
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58
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59
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60 BUGS
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61 ----
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62
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63 There are probably a lot of bugs in masqmail. Please report any one you
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64 discover to me. The more bug reports I get, the better masqmail will
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65 get.
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66
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67 See docs/howto-report-bugs for detailed instructions.
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68
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69
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70 CREDITS
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71 -------
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72
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73 I would like to thank everyone who has submitted suggestions and bug
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74 reports. Special thanks to:
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76 Gregor Hoffleit for beta testing and his suggestions for delivering
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77 mail immediately when online. And for supplying a patch which made
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78 masqmail work with mutt. And again for making the Debian package. And
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79 more patches.
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80
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81 Dale Perkel for patiently trying to make MM compile and run with libc5
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82 and various bug reports.
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83
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84 Andre Masloch for finding most bugs.
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85
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86 Edouard G. Parmelan for many patches and bug reports.
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87
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88 Iain Lea for the Redhat spec file.
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89
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90 Juergen Daubert for excellent bug reports including patches and various
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91 feedback.
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92
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93 ... and many others.
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94 See ChangeLog, the code repository log, and the mailing list for more.
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95 Feel free to tell me if you think you are missing on this list.
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96
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98
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99 This file was originally written by by Oliver Kurth <oku@masqmail.cx>.
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100 Later updated and extended by markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>.
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