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removed the old manual because it is really outdated now In masqmail's 0.3 branch, so much changed that the old manual causes more harm than it improves the distribution. Most content is covered by the man pages anyway. You'll still find the old manual on masqmail's homepage.
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:06:08 +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@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