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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@159 10 0.3.0
meillo@159 11
meillo@159 12 - Started a new development branch. Attention: It will not maintain
meillo@159 13 compatibility with 0.2.x versions. Upgrading from 0.2.x to 0.3.x will
meillo@159 14 surely require manual adjustment of the configuration.
meillo@159 15
meillo@159 16
meillo@126 17 0.2.25
meillo@126 18
meillo@126 19 - Added server-side SMTP SIZE support. Thanks to Paolo.
meillo@126 20
meillo@126 21 - Masqmail will from now on:
meillo@143 22 o always remove Bcc: headers
meillo@143 23 o never create headers from envelope recipients
meillo@143 24 o add ``To: undisclosed-recipients:;'' if no recipient header (To:
meillo@126 25 or Cc:) is present in the mail
meillo@126 26
meillo@126 27 - Colons (`:') don't need to be quoted in the config file anymore.
meillo@126 28 Thanks to Paolo.
meillo@126 29
meillo@143 30 - Added checks for too long addresses in SMTP dialog. Thanks to Paolo.
meillo@143 31
meillo@149 32 - Moved rmail to sbin and added a man page for it.
meillo@126 33
meillo@149 34 - Added warnmsg.tpl.it. Thanks to Paolo.
meillo@149 35
meillo@149 36 - The tests do not get installed any longer. All on install created
meillo@149 37 dirs are removed on uninstall, except they contain generated data like
meillo@149 38 logs, spooled files, or configuration.
meillo@126 39
meillo@143 40 - Documented some, yet undocumented, config options. Several typo
meillo@143 41 fixes in man pages and code comments.
meillo@126 42
meillo@126 43
meillo@77 44 0.2.24
meillo@77 45
meillo@77 46 - This version keeps on logging after an restart of the deamon, for
meillo@77 47 instance when sending SIGHUP to the daemon process for rereading its
meillo@77 48 config.
meillo@77 49
meillo@77 50 - Now the daemon keeps the same process id when it receives SIGHUP to
meillo@77 51 reread the config.
meillo@77 52
meillo@77 53 - Mail messages with lines longer than 4096 characters do not get
meillo@77 54 truncated anymore.
meillo@77 55
meillo@94 56 - Fixed checking of the trusted group. Primary groups are now
meillo@94 57 detected too.
meillo@94 58
meillo@94 59 - Mservdetect's man page is now in section 1.
meillo@94 60
meillo@94 61 - An `rmail' command is now included and gets installed with
meillo@94 62 masqmail. See docs/uucp-setup for more information.
meillo@94 63
meillo@94 64 - Docs and thelike, that masqmail installs, is removed on uninstall
meillo@94 65 now.
meillo@94 66
meillo@77 67
meillo@53 68 0.2.23
meillo@53 69
meillo@53 70 - This release fixes a major bug in 0.2.22 which made online detection
meillo@53 71 by file unusable. Thanks to Juergen Daubert for reporting and providing
meillo@53 72 a patch.
meillo@53 73
meillo@69 74 - Masqmail installs to /usr/local by default now. Previously it
meillo@69 75 installed to /usr. To regain the old behavior, add
meillo@69 76 --prefix=/usr
meillo@69 77 to the configure call.
meillo@69 78
meillo@69 79 - Man pages get installed again; in 0.2.22 they were not. Again thanks
meillo@69 80 to Juergen Daubert. Docs and examples do get installed now too.
meillo@69 81
meillo@69 82 - Updated the docs. Moved the man pages from docs/ to man/. Added the
meillo@69 83 old manual from the old website to the distribution. Added a bug
meillo@69 84 reporting howto.
meillo@69 85
meillo@53 86
meillo@42 87 0.2.22
meillo@41 88
meillo@41 89 - Hello, I'm meillo, the new maintainer and developer of masqmail. Oku
meillo@48 90 handed masqmail over to me, because he wasn't active anymore.
meillo@41 91
meillo@41 92 - This release includes various fixes for problems in 0.2.21, mainly
meillo@41 93 based on bugs from Debian.
meillo@41 94
meillo@41 95 - Distribution specific data has been excluded from the distribution,
meillo@48 96 but is separately available on the project's website.
meillo@41 97
meillo@41 98 - Man pages will not be generated from xml sources in future, but the
meillo@41 99 nroff sources will be maintained directly.
meillo@41 100
meillo@41 101 - The default online status file is now
meillo@41 102 /var/run/masqmail/masqmail-route, as it already was in the Debian
meillo@41 103 package.
meillo@41 104
meillo@48 105
meillo@41 106 0.2.21
meillo@41 107
meillo@41 108 - Retrospective: Probably, this version was not published in the usual
meillo@41 109 way by oku. I (meillo) grabbed it from Debian's package archive. It does
meillo@41 110 not introduce new functions but fixes security problems, such as writing
meillo@41 111 log files as user `mail'. It also changes the location for pid files;
meillo@41 112 they are stored in /var/run/masqmail/ now.
meillo@0 113
meillo@48 114
meillo@0 115 0.2.18
meillo@0 116
meillo@48 117 - delivery warnings and failures are now also implemented if the
meillo@0 118 connection to a server fails. Because masqmail is designed for dialup
meillo@0 119 networks, a connection failure will merely generate a warning by default.
meillo@0 120 If you deliver in a local network and use the default local_net route,
meillo@0 121 this would generte a failure. You can change this behaviour by setting
meillo@41 122 'connect_error_fail' to either true or false in the route configurations.
meillo@0 123
meillo@0 124 0.2.17
meillo@0 125
meillo@0 126 - delivery warnings have been finally implemented: if delivery of a mail
meillo@0 127 fails temporarily, warning mail will be generated, informing the sender
meillo@0 128 of the problem. After some time, the mail will be handled as failing
meillo@0 129 permanently, and be bounced. New options: 'warn_intervals',
meillo@0 130 'max_defer_time' and 'warnmsg_file'.
meillo@0 131
meillo@0 132 - the message templates for failures and warnings will now be installed
meillo@0 133 into /usr/share/masqmail/tpl/, and no longer to /etc/masqmail/tpl/. The
meillo@0 134 default for the search path (options 'errmsg_file' and 'warnmsg_file'
meillo@0 135 has been changed accordingly.
meillo@0 136
meillo@0 137 - new option 'last_route'. See man 5 masqmail.route.
meillo@0 138
meillo@0 139 0.2.12
meillo@0 140 two new options have been added:
meillo@0 141 - do_pipelining will be used only in broken mail setups. Actually, I
meillo@0 142 implemented it only to test such a setup.
meillo@0 143
meillo@0 144 - helo_name for routes sets the helo_name. This may be useful for
meillo@0 145 eg. ssh tunneling, or if do_correcthelo does not work, because you are
meillo@0 146 behind a firewall.
meillo@0 147
meillo@0 148 - the old 'remote_port' option should not be used any more. Set the
meillo@0 149 port with mail_host="foo.bar.com:1234" in the route file instead.
meillo@0 150
meillo@0 151 0.2.11
meillo@0 152
meillo@0 153 - two new options have been added: do_save_envelope_to for the main
meillo@0 154 configuration and map_h_mail_followup_to_addresses for the route
meillo@0 155 files. See the man pages on purpose and usage.
meillo@0 156
meillo@0 157 - the route files can now be mode 0400, owned by root. Previous
meillo@0 158 versions had problems when sendmail was called directly by a
meillo@0 159 non-priviledged user, because the route files could not be read.
meillo@0 160
meillo@0 161 0.2.10
meillo@0 162
meillo@0 163 - this version should work on FreeBSD. At least I care now if it does not.
meillo@0 164
meillo@0 165 - masqmail now writes pid files to /var/run/, one for the smtp/queue
meillo@0 166 daemon and one for the get daemon. So you now know whom to kill ;-)
meillo@0 167
meillo@0 168 - much effort has been put into the Debian package, which now uses debconf.
meillo@0 169
meillo@0 170 0.2.7
meillo@0 171
meillo@0 172 - sorry for my reluctany in the last months...
meillo@0 173 - my email address is oku@masqmail.cx. I hope that I keep this for the rest
meillo@0 174 of my life...
meillo@0 175
meillo@0 176 0.2.6
meillo@0 177
meillo@0 178 - you can configure the prefered local delivery mechanism for each user. See
meillo@0 179 man page masqmail.conf (5), options mbox_default, mbox_users, mda_users and
meillo@0 180 maildir_users. BIT FAT NOTE: if you used an mda, set mbox_default = "mda"
meillo@0 181 (or use the mda_users option). Just setting mda is not enough any more.
meillo@0 182
meillo@0 183 - there are the allowed_return_paths and not_allowed_return_paths for the
meillo@0 184 route configurations, this enables better checking for return path addresses
meillo@0 185 than allowed_mail_locals. You can also use this to enable or disable messages
meillo@0 186 from null sender addresses (<>) using "<>".
meillo@0 187 note: this option has been there for quite a time... I just forgot to document it.
meillo@0 188
meillo@0 189 0.2.5
meillo@0 190
meillo@0 191 - simple relay checking: if you set do_relay=false in masqmail.conf, users
meillo@0 192 with a return path that is not local will get a 550 reply if they try to
meillo@0 193 deliver to a not local address. This is for users to force them to have a
meillo@0 194 proper configuration. It is _not_ to prevent spammers from using your MTA
meillo@0 195 as a relay, it can be easily forged! masqmail is not designed to be an always
meillo@0 196 accessible MTA for an internet site.
meillo@0 197
meillo@0 198 - added Maildir support. To use it, add --enable-maildir as ./configure
meillo@0 199 optiom. Currently, if enabled, all local deliveries are to Maildir
meillo@0 200 (in ~user/Maildir), and none to mailbox. This is preliminary, future versions
meillo@0 201 will be configurable (probably together with mda delivery).
meillo@0 202
meillo@0 203 0.2.4
meillo@0 204
meillo@0 205 - added -v option, this logs to stdout, so you see what happens when
meillo@0 206 calling masqmail from command line. This is not yet finished, and only
meillo@0 207 for fetching mails completed.
meillo@0 208
meillo@0 209 0.2.3
meillo@0 210
meillo@0 211 - new option lock_dir where locks will be put to. Defaults to the spool
meillo@0 212 dir with '/lock/' appended (if spool_dir is /var/spool/masqmail/, lock_dir
meillo@0 213 is /var/spool/masqmail/lock/).
meillo@0 214
meillo@0 215 - You can use the 'do_uidl_dele' option more reliably. The uidl list
meillo@0 216 will be written immediately after a message was fetched, so if you use the
meillo@0 217 do_uidl and do_uidl_dele option you can safely interrupt masqmail when it is
meillo@0 218 getting mail via pop3, and do not get the message again next time.
meillo@0 219
meillo@0 220 - there are a lot of new options for ./configure to customize masqmail
meillo@0 221 to your needs. See INSTALL.
meillo@0 222
meillo@0 223 - Uli Funcke sent a patch with the new options 'local_addresses' and
meillo@0 224 'not_local_addresses' for masqmail.conf. With these, you can declare single
meillo@0 225 email addresses as local, though they normally are not, and vice versa,
meillo@0 226 declare addresses as not local though normally they are (determined with
meillo@0 227 local_hosts). These options are not yet documented.
meillo@0 228
meillo@0 229 0.2.2
meillo@0 230 - with -go5m you can now run a get daemon, the command 'masqmail -go5m' will fetch
meillo@0 231 mail every five minutes, using the detected online configuration.
meillo@0 232
meillo@0 233 0.2.1
meillo@0 234
meillo@0 235 - there is a new option for the main conf: online_gets. Using this option,
meillo@0 236 you can retrieve mail with just calling masqmail -go, masqmail will detect
meillo@41 237 whether it is online (similar to connect_routes (which is now called
meillo@0 238 online_routes)).
meillo@0 239
meillo@0 240 0.2.0
meillo@0 241
meillo@0 242 This is the first release of he development branch of masqmail
meillo@0 243
meillo@0 244 - the default configuration is now /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf
meillo@0 245 (as it already was for the debian package). The --with-conffile
meillo@0 246 option for configure has been replaced by the --with-confdir option.
meillo@0 247
meillo@0 248 - added delivery failure notices:
meillo@0 249 o you can customize your own delivery failure report, its
meillo@0 250 default location is /etc/masqmail/tpl/failmsg.tpl
meillo@0 251 o if a delivery via a route fails permanently (the server replied with a 5xx status)
meillo@0 252 the message will be bounced, if it is bounced, no further delivery will be attempted.
meillo@0 253 This is different to previous versions, where failed messages were kept in the queue until
meillo@0 254 it was finally delivered, deleted or forever.
meillo@0 255
meillo@0 256 - there is a new online detection method: pipe. This allows you more
meillo@0 257 flexibility to detect the current online status, eg. the DHCP status on notebooks.
meillo@0 258
meillo@0 259 This method will once replace the 'mserver' option,
meillo@0 260 you can already use the program mservdetect to use it:
meillo@0 261
meillo@0 262 online_method=pipe
meillo@0 263 online_pipe="/usr/bin/mservdetect localhost 222"
meillo@0 264
meillo@0 265 instead of
meillo@0 266
meillo@41 267 online_detect=mserver
meillo@0 268 mserver_iface="localhost:222"
meillo@0 269
meillo@0 270 0.1.9
meillo@0 271
meillo@0 272 - you can use pipes in routes to implement gateways to uucp, fax, sms etc.
meillo@0 273 The setup is similar to mda transport. See man pages.
meillo@0 274
meillo@0 275 - for each connection (connect_routes), you can now give a list of
meillo@0 276 route files, which will be used in the order given. You can use the
meillo@0 277 filter rules (allowed_* and not_allowed_* rules) within each route.
meillo@0 278
meillo@0 279 0.1.8
meillo@0 280
meillo@0 281 - for pop retrieval and smtp sending you can use a wrapper for eg. ssl
meillo@0 282 tunneling. See man pages.
meillo@0 283
meillo@0 284 - a user can delete his mail from the spool with -Mrm if received
meillo@0 285 locally, and if you configure with --enable-ident and set
meillo@0 286 ident_trusted_nets also if received via smtp.
meillo@0 287
meillo@0 288 - a backslash now works to escape characters in the configuration, so
meillo@0 289 you can now use quotes inside quotes. All other characters with a
meillo@0 290 leading backslash will be converted to itself (\a becomes a, \\
meillo@0 291 becomes \).
meillo@0 292
meillo@0 293 - you can now use an mda for local mails. The mda will be called
meillo@0 294 *after* alias expansion. See documentation for more.
meillo@0 295
meillo@0 296 0.1.0
meillo@0 297 - masqmail can now retrieve mail with pop3. See the manual on how to do that.
meillo@0 298 - supports now ESMTP AUTH as a client.
meillo@0 299 - when called with -qo (without a connection name), the online status
meillo@0 300 will be checked with the configured method.
meillo@0 301
meillo@0 302 0.0.10
meillo@0 303 - there is now alias support. Give the location of the alias file (usually /etc/aliases) with eg.
meillo@0 304 alias_file = "/etc/aliases"
meillo@0 305 - delivery to pipes is now possible, but only if it appears in an alias file. Example:
meillo@0 306 pipe: |/usr/bin/command
meillo@0 307 will expand the address pipe to "|/usr/bin/command" which invokes '/usr/bin/command'
meillo@0 308 as the user and group masqmail is running as.
meillo@0 309 - entries starting with '\' in alias files will not be exanded further
meillo@0 310
meillo@0 311 - changed permissions for queue runs again: got to be root, mail or in group trusted.
meillo@0 312
meillo@0 313 - some configuration parameters can be read from files, these are
meillo@0 314 allowed_mail_locals, not_allowed_mail_locals, allowed_rcpt_domains, not_allowed_rcpt_domains,
meillo@0 315 map_return_path_addresses, map_h_from_addresses, map_h_reply_to_addresses
meillo@0 316 any entry in these list beginning with a '/' are regarded as
meillo@0 317 filenames, the content of these will be put at that location. Entries
meillo@0 318 in these files are separated by new lines. Example:
meillo@0 319 in the route file you have:
meillo@0 320 map_h_from_addresses = "/etc/masqmail/hfrom.map"
meillo@0 321 and hfrom.map contains:
meillo@0 322
meillo@0 323 john: John Smith <jsmith@mail.academic.edu>
meillo@0 324 cmiller: "Charlie Miller" <cmiller@foo.com>
meillo@0 325
meillo@0 326 UPDATE (Jan 2000): The new home location of MasqMail is
meillo@0 327 http://www.innominate.org/~oku/masqmail/, the new email adress of the
meillo@0 328 author is Oliver Kurth <kurth@innominate.de>.
meillo@0 329
meillo@0 330 0.0.9
meillo@0 331 - see ChangeLog.
meillo@0 332
meillo@0 333 NOTE: The home location of MasqMail at
meillo@0 334 http://merlin.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~okurth/masqmail/ is uncertain from the
meillo@0 335 beginning of Nov. 1999! See http://www.freshmeat.net for new
meillo@0 336 announcements. I leave the university and begin a new job on Nov. 1st 1999
meillo@0 337 in Berlin :-).
meillo@0 338
meillo@0 339 0.0.8:
meillo@0 340 - there is now a FAQ page. See docs/faq.html.
meillo@0 341 - added allowed_rcpt_domains option for routes.
meillo@0 342 - added allowed_mail_locals and not_allowed_mail_locals options for routes.
meillo@0 343 - mailq now gives information about the time mails spent in the queue,
meillo@0 344 the message size and the received host.
meillo@0 345
meillo@0 346 0.0.7:
meillo@0 347 -bug fix release: for statements in two adjacent lines, the second was not recognized.
meillo@0 348
meillo@0 349 0.0.6:
meillo@0 350 - bug fix release: some MUAs (cucipop) saw the locally delivered mails
meillo@0 351 concatenated. (cucipop is not a MUA but a pop server, but it has to read the
meillo@0 352 mails).
meillo@0 353
meillo@0 354 0.0.5:
meillo@0 355 - fixed a bug that caused the headers to be lost under some circumstances.
meillo@0 356 - added expand_h_sender_domain option for routes.
meillo@0 357 - rewrote the libresolv part in configure. Should work better now.
meillo@0 358
meillo@0 359 0.0.4:
meillo@0 360 - MM should now recognize whether libresolv should be linked.
meillo@0 361 - added --with-logdir=LOGDIR and --with-spooldir=SPOOLDIR to set directories.
meillo@0 362 These will be created if not already existent.
meillo@0 363 - added --with-user=USER, --with-group=GROUP options to set user and group id
meillo@0 364 for MasqMail.
meillo@0 365
meillo@0 366 0.0.3:
meillo@0 367 - MasqMail can now deliver mails that are received at online
meillo@0 368 time immediately to the internet. See the options detect_online,
meillo@0 369 mserver_iface and online_file.
meillo@0 370 - You can define a route configuration for the local net. See option
meillo@0 371 local_net_route.
meillo@0 372