masqmail
diff README @ 67:bce7604e0465
updated README; added howto-report-bugs
removed old future goals for masqmail, which oku had
author | meillo@marmaro.de |
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date | Sun, 30 May 2010 19:15:26 +0200 |
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1.1 --- a/README Sun May 30 17:11:07 2010 +0200 1.2 +++ b/README Sun May 30 19:15:26 2010 +0200 1.3 @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ 1.4 -MasqMail README 1.5 +Masqmail README 1.6 +=============== 1.7 1.8 -MasqMail is a mail server designed for hosts that are not permanently 1.9 +Masqmail is a mail server designed for hosts that are not permanently 1.10 connected to the internet. It handles outgoing messages, i.e. those 1.11 that are to be sent over the non-permanent link (usually a ppp or slip 1.12 connection over a modem or ISDN adapter) specially and delivers them 1.13 @@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ 1.14 provider 1, it may be delivered when connected to provider 2. For each 1.15 provider another mail host (or none) can be specified. 1.16 1.17 -MasqMail provides (a yet simple) mechanism to rewrite headers, also 1.18 +Masqmail provides (a yet simple) mechanism to rewrite headers, also 1.19 depending on the current connection. This makes it possible to deliver 1.20 messages with a return address on the local network which will be 1.21 rewitten at delivery time. The purpose of this is: 1.22 @@ -29,54 +30,71 @@ 1.23 there is still the problem with the failure messages...), but it is a 1.24 problem if you use different ones from time to time. 1.25 1.26 -MasqMail shall once be a complete replacement for sendmail (or other 1.27 +Masqmail shall once be a complete replacement for sendmail (or other 1.28 MTAs such as exim, qmail or smail) on a local network, but it is NOT 1.29 supposed to be installed in a network with a permanent internet 1.30 connection (at least if it is not behind a secure firewall) because 1.31 it has no ability to check for undesired relaying or spam filtering. 1.32 1.33 -Missing, but soon to be realized features: 1.34 1.35 -- .forward file support (alias file is supported) 1.36 -- mailer demon messages (mail from the server in cases of delivery failures 1.37 -or malformed addresses) 1.38 +Masqmail's website is: 1.39 1.40 -Future plans are: 1.41 + http://marmaro.de/prog/masqmail 1.42 1.43 -- initiate connections on its own 1.44 -- integration to the masqdialer system (mserver) as an option 1.45 -- possibly a pop3 server 1.46 +The email address of it's mailing list is: 1.47 + 1.48 + <masqmail@marmaro.de> 1.49 + 1.50 +To subscribe yourself to the list, send a mail with the subject 1.51 +``subscribe masqmail'' to <minimalist@marmaro.de>. The mailing list 1.52 +archive is accessible at: http://lists.marmaro.de/masqmail/ . If you 1.53 +have any problems, contact me: markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>. 1.54 + 1.55 + 1.56 +INSTALLATION 1.57 +------------ 1.58 1.59 For installation instructions, see INSTALL. 1.60 1.61 -Bugs: MasqMail is still very young, and there are probably at lot of 1.62 -bugs in it. I need every bug reported to me! If you do, please send me 1.63 -the configuration files, the logs, the version, and a good description 1.64 -on how to reproduce the error. The more bug reports I get, the better 1.65 -masqmail will get! 1.66 1.67 -CREDITS: 1.68 --------- 1.69 +BUGS 1.70 +---- 1.71 + 1.72 +There are probably a lot of bugs in masqmail. Please report any one you 1.73 +discover to me. The more bug reports I get, the better masqmail will 1.74 +get. 1.75 + 1.76 +See docs/howto-report-bugs for detailed instructions. 1.77 + 1.78 + 1.79 +CREDITS 1.80 +------- 1.81 1.82 I would like to thank everyone who has submitted suggestions and bug 1.83 reports. Special thanks to: 1.84 1.85 Gregor Hoffleit for beta testing and his suggestions for delivering 1.86 -mail immediately when online. 1.87 -Gregor Hoffleit again for supplying a patch which made maqmail work with mutt. 1.88 -And again for making the Debian package. And more patches. 1.89 +mail immediately when online. And for supplying a patch which made 1.90 +masqmail work with mutt. And again for making the Debian package. And 1.91 +more patches. 1.92 1.93 -Dale Perkel for patiently trying to make MM compile and run with libc5 and 1.94 -various bug reports. 1.95 +Dale Perkel for patiently trying to make MM compile and run with libc5 1.96 +and various bug reports. 1.97 1.98 Andre Masloch for finding most bugs. 1.99 1.100 -Edouard G. Parmelan for many patches and bug reports 1.101 +Edouard G. Parmelan for many patches and bug reports. 1.102 1.103 -Iain Lea for the Redhat spec file 1.104 +Iain Lea for the Redhat spec file. 1.105 1.106 -...and many others 1.107 --- 1.108 -Oliver Kurth <oku@masqmail.cx> 1.109 -http://masqmail.cx/ 1.110 -last change: Feb. 3, 2000 1.111 +Juergen Daubert for excellent bug reports including patches and various 1.112 +feedback. 1.113 + 1.114 +... and many others. 1.115 +See ChangeLog, the code repository log, and the mailing list for more. 1.116 +Feel free to tell me if you think you are missing on this list. 1.117 + 1.118 + 1.119 + 1.120 +This file was originally written by by Oliver Kurth <oku@masqmail.cx>. 1.121 +Later updated and extended by markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>.