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Changed lockdir to /var/lock/masqmail; Create lockdir and piddir on startup. Moved the lockdir out of the spool dir. (When /var/lock is a ramdisk we do well to have the lock files there.) Added the new configure option --with-lockdir to change that location. Nontheless, if we run_as_user, then lock files are always stored in the spool dir directly. Instead of installing the lockdir and piddir at installation time, we create them on startup time now if they are missing. This is necessary if lockdir or piddir are a tmpfs.
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Wed, 30 May 2012 09:38:38 +0200
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meillo@186 1 Simple Setup
meillo@186 2 ============
meillo@186 3
meillo@186 4 You want
meillo@186 5 --------
meillo@186 6
meillo@186 7 - submit mail on stdin by calling masqmail on the commandline
meillo@186 8 - submit mail with SMTP from the local machine
meillo@186 9 - let masqmail deliver mail locally to the system mailboxes /var/mail/*
meillo@186 10 - let masqmail forward non-local mail through a smart host
meillo@186 11
meillo@186 12 This is like the simple-local-setup plus the forwarding.
meillo@186 13
meillo@186 14
meillo@186 15 Set up
meillo@186 16 ------
meillo@186 17
meillo@186 18 Follow the description in INSTALL.
meillo@186 19
meillo@378 20 Most times it's simply:
meillo@186 21
meillo@378 22 ./configure
meillo@186 23
meillo@186 24
meillo@186 25 Configuration
meillo@186 26 -------------
meillo@186 27
meillo@186 28 You need a config file like this one:
meillo@186 29
meillo@186 30 host_name = "foo.example.org"
meillo@354 31 query_routes.default = /etc/masqmail/default.route
meillo@186 32
meillo@186 33 (Substitute a real hostname, of course.)
meillo@186 34
meillo@186 35 Addionally you need to create the route config file like:
meillo@186 36
meillo@186 37 # where to relay to; the address and port of the smart host
meillo@186 38 mail_host = "mail.gmx.net:25"
meillo@223 39 # use a wrapper to enable encryption
meillo@223 40 # for STARTTLS on port 25:
meillo@223 41 #instant_helo=true
meillo@223 42 #wrapper="/usr/bin/openssl s_client -quiet -starttls smtp -connect mail.gmx.net:25 2>/dev/null"
meillo@223 43 # for SMTP over SSL on port 465:
meillo@223 44 #wrapper = "/usr/bin/openssl s_client -quiet -connect mail.gmx.net:465 2>/dev/null"
meillo@186 45
meillo@186 46 do_correct_helo = true
meillo@186 47
meillo@186 48 # rewrite the From addresses to ones visible from the outside
meillo@186 49 map_return_path_addresses = "meillo: schnalke4@gmx.de"
meillo@186 50 map_h_from_addresses = "meillo: markus schnalke <schnalke4@gmx.de>"
meillo@186 51
meillo@186 52 # it's good to use "login" only if the connection is encrypted
meillo@186 53 auth_name = "login"
meillo@186 54 #auth_name = "cram-md5"
meillo@186 55 auth_login = "UID_OR_EMAIL_ADDRESS"
meillo@186 56 auth_secret = "PASSWORD"
meillo@186 57
meillo@186 58
meillo@186 59
meillo@186 60 Starting the daemon
meillo@186 61 -------------------
meillo@186 62
meillo@186 63 Listening for SMTP connections on a port requires masqmail to run as
meillo@186 64 daemon. You probably want to start masqmail as daemon each time the
meillo@186 65 system comes up. How you have to do that is system dependent.
meillo@186 66 /etc/rc.local is a good try to add the daemon call, because this file
meillo@186 67 seems to be frequently available.
meillo@186 68
meillo@186 69 /usr/local/sbin/masqmail -bd -q10m
meillo@186 70
meillo@186 71 This starts masqmail in daemon mode and does a queue run every ten
meillo@186 72 minutes.
meillo@186 73
meillo@186 74
meillo@186 75 Check the setup
meillo@186 76 ---------------
meillo@186 77
meillo@186 78 Like in simple-local-setup plus ...
meillo@186 79
meillo@186 80 Send a mail to a remote location:
meillo@186 81
meillo@186 82 $ echo "some text" | mail foo@somewhereelse.example.org
meillo@186 83
meillo@186 84 Check if it is queued:
meillo@186 85
meillo@186 86 $ masqmail -bp
meillo@186 87
meillo@186 88 Deliver it with:
meillo@186 89
meillo@186 90 $ masqmail -qo default
meillo@186 91
meillo@186 92 Check the queue contents again.
meillo@186 93
meillo@186 94 You need to do such queue runs for online routes explicitely. For
meillo@186 95 instance by cron.
meillo@186 96
meillo@186 97
meillo@186 98 Automatic queue runs
meillo@186 99 --------------------
meillo@186 100
meillo@186 101 You can also tell masqmail to send queued mails through a route each
meillo@186 102 time the daemon does a queue run. Therefor you need to tell masqmail
meillo@186 103 that it is online and can use the default route to deliver mail.
meillo@186 104
meillo@186 105 Add this to masqmail.conf:
meillo@186 106
meillo@310 107 online_query = "/bin/echo default"
meillo@186 108
meillo@186 109 Now masqmail will send online mail automatically through the default
meillo@186 110 route, each time it does a queue run (every ten minutes).
meillo@186 111
meillo@186 112
meillo@186 113 In case of problems
meillo@186 114 -------------------
meillo@186 115
meillo@186 116 Have a look at the log file: /var/log/masqmail/masqmail.log
meillo@186 117
meillo@186 118 Set the debug level in masqmail.conf, restart the daemon, redo the
meillo@186 119 test, and look at the debug file: /var/log/masqmail/debug.log
meillo@186 120
meillo@186 121 If you use a wrapper, test it manually and interactively on the
meillo@186 122 command line.
meillo@186 123
meillo@186 124 Ask on the mailing list: <masqmail@marmaro.de>
meillo@186 125
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meillo@186 128 meillo