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updated ChangeLog and NEWS
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Mon, 10 May 2010 12:26:54 +0200
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1 Here I add changes which may be important for you. See ChangeLog for more 1 This files lists changes which may be important for you, especially
2 details and the manual pages for a more complete description 2 in regard to compatiblity in upgrades.
3 of added options. 3
4 See ChangeLog file for more details and technical changes that don't
5 affect users directly.
6
7 The manual pages describe newly added options. Take them for reference.
8
9
10 0.3.0
11
12 - Hello, I'm meillo, the new maintainer and developer of masqmail. Oku
13 handed masqmail over to me, as he wasn't active anymore. I will release
14 new code with version numbers starting from 0.3.0 to ease dividing
15 between oku's releases and mine.
16
17 - This release includes various fixes for problems in 0.2.21, mainly
18 based on bugs from Debian.
19
20 - Distribution specific data has been excluded from the distribution,
21 but is separately available on the website.
22
23 - Man pages will not be generated from xml sources in future, but the
24 nroff sources will be maintained directly.
25
26 - The default online status file is now
27 /var/run/masqmail/masqmail-route, as it already was in the Debian
28 package.
29
30 0.2.21
31
32 - Retrospective: Probably, this version was not published in the usual
33 way by oku. I (meillo) grabbed it from Debian's package archive. It does
34 not introduce new functions but fixes security problems, such as writing
35 log files as user `mail'. It also changes the location for pid files;
36 they are stored in /var/run/masqmail/ now.
4 37
5 0.2.18 38 0.2.18
6 39
7 - delivery warnings and failures are now also implermented if the 40 - delivery warnings and failures are now also implermented if the
8 connection to a server fails. Because masqmail is designed for dialup 41 connection to a server fails. Because masqmail is designed for dialup
9 networks, a connection failure will merely generate a warning by default. 42 networks, a connection failure will merely generate a warning by default.
10 If you deliver in a local network and use the default local_net route, 43 If you deliver in a local network and use the default local_net route,
11 this would generte a failure. You can change this behaviour by setting 44 this would generte a failure. You can change this behaviour by setting
12 connect_error_fail 45 'connect_error_fail' to either true or false in the route configurations.
13 to either true or false in the route configurations.
14 46
15 0.2.17 47 0.2.17
16 48
17 - delivery warnings have been finally implemented: if delivery of a mail 49 - delivery warnings have been finally implemented: if delivery of a mail
18 fails temporarily, warning mail will be generated, informing the sender 50 fails temporarily, warning mail will be generated, informing the sender
123 155
124 0.2.1 156 0.2.1
125 157
126 - there is a new option for the main conf: online_gets. Using this option, 158 - there is a new option for the main conf: online_gets. Using this option,
127 you can retrieve mail with just calling masqmail -go, masqmail will detect 159 you can retrieve mail with just calling masqmail -go, masqmail will detect
128 whether it is online (similar to conect_routes (which is now called 160 whether it is online (similar to connect_routes (which is now called
129 online_routes)). 161 online_routes)).
130 162
131 0.2.0 163 0.2.0
132 164
133 This is the first release of he development branch of masqmail 165 This is the first release of he development branch of masqmail
153 online_method=pipe 185 online_method=pipe
154 online_pipe="/usr/bin/mservdetect localhost 222" 186 online_pipe="/usr/bin/mservdetect localhost 222"
155 187
156 instead of 188 instead of
157 189
158 online_etect=mserver 190 online_detect=mserver
159 mserver_iface="localhost:222" 191 mserver_iface="localhost:222"
160 192
161 0.1.9 193 0.1.9
162 194
163 - you can use pipes in routes to implement gateways to uucp, fax, sms etc. 195 - you can use pipes in routes to implement gateways to uucp, fax, sms etc.