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Added explanation about --enable-ident
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:41:02 +0200
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children 02bc0331e390
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70 enables ESMTP AUTH support (disabled by default) 70 enables ESMTP AUTH support (disabled by default)
71 71
72 --enable-ident 72 --enable-ident
73 enables RFC 1413 support. If you have the libident dynamic library 73 enables RFC 1413 support. If you have the libident dynamic library
74 installed, this will be linked, otherwise it will be statically linked 74 installed, this will be linked, otherwise it will be statically linked
75 using the sources included in the package. 75 using the sources included in the package. Ident support brings few
76 advantages. If mail is received from machines that run identd, the
77 Received headers and log messages include a user name too. Additionally
78 a user can remove queued mail if it had been sent by himself from another
79 machine running identd. In any case: You cannot trust the ident
80 information more than you trust the specific remote machine.
76 81
77 --disable-resolver 82 --disable-resolver
78 disables resolver support. Without the resolver functions, masqmail 83 disables resolver support. Without the resolver functions, masqmail
79 uses only gethostbyname() to resolve DNS names, and you cannot send 84 uses only gethostbyname() to resolve DNS names, and you cannot send
80 mail without a smart host. Not recommended. 85 mail without a smart host. Not recommended.