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