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documented log_dir; minor improvements
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Mon, 17 May 2010 12:09:51 +0200
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61 Set the debug level. 61 Set the debug level.
62 Valid values are 0 to 6, increasing it further makes no difference. 62 Valid values are 0 to 6, increasing it further makes no difference.
63 Be careful if you set this as high as 5 or higher, the logs may very soon fill your hard drive. 63 Be careful if you set this as high as 5 or higher, the logs may very soon fill your hard drive.
64 64
65 .TP 65 .TP
66 \fBlog_dir = \fIfile\fR
67
68 The directory where log are stored, if syslog is not used.
69 Debug files are stored in this directory anyways.
70 \fI/var/log/masqmail\fR is a common value.
71 \fIfile\fR must be an absolute path.
72
73 .TP
66 \fBmail_dir = \fIfile\fR 74 \fBmail_dir = \fIfile\fR
67 75
68 The directory where local mail is stored, usually \fI/var/spool/mail\fR or \fI/var/mail\fR. 76 The directory where local mail is stored, usually \fI/var/spool/mail\fR or \fI/var/mail\fR.
77 \fIfile\fR must be an absolute path.
69 78
70 .TP 79 .TP
71 \fBspool_dir = \fIfile\fR 80 \fBspool_dir = \fIfile\fR
72 81
73 The directory where masqmail stores its spool files (and later also other stuff). 82 The directory where masqmail stores its spool files (and later also other stuff).
74 It must have a subdirectory \fIinput\fR. 83 It must have a subdirectory \fIinput\fR.
75 Masqmail needs read and write permissions for this directory. 84 Masqmail needs read and write permissions for this directory.
76 I suggest to use \fI/var/spool/masqmail\fR. 85 I suggest to use \fI/var/spool/masqmail\fR.
86 \fIfile\fR must be an absolute path.
77 87
78 .TP 88 .TP
79 \fBhost_name = \fIstring\fR 89 \fBhost_name = \fIstring\fR
80 90
81 This is used in different places: Masqmail identifies itself in the greeting banner 91 This is used in different places: Masqmail identifies itself in the greeting banner
454 .TP 464 .TP
455 \fBlog_user = \fIname\fR 465 \fBlog_user = \fIname\fR
456 466
457 Replace \fIname\fR with a valid local or remote mail address. 467 Replace \fIname\fR with a valid local or remote mail address.
458 468
459 If this option is not empty, then a copy of every mail, 469 If this option is set, then a copy of every mail,
460 that passes trough the masqmail system will also be sent to the given mail address. 470 that passes through the masqmail system will also be sent to the given mail address.
461 471
462 For example you can feed your mails into a program like hypermail 472 For example you can feed your mails into a program like hypermail
463 for archiving purpose by placing an appropriate pipe command in masqmail.alias 473 for archiving purpose by placing an appropriate pipe command in masqmail.alias
464 474
465 475