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| author | meillo@marmaro.de |
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| date | Sat, 29 May 2010 21:51:13 +0200 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/docs/old-manual/faq.html Sat May 29 21:51:13 2010 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>MasqMail - Manual +</TITLE> +</HEAD> + <BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + + <center> + <table width="80%"> + <tr><td> + <table width="100%" bgcolor="#0000aa" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> + <tr> + <td> + <a href="manual.html"> + <img width="20" src = "../images/u_arrow.gif" alt = "manual"> + </a> + </td> + <td align=center width="100%"><font size="6" color = "#ffffff">Frequently Asked Questions</font></td> + <td> + <a href="./config.html"> + <img width="20" src = "../images/l_arrow.gif" alt = "Configuration"> + </a> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + + + Some of these questions were never asked, but I thought they will be + some time. Some <em>were</em> asked. + + <h4>General Questions</h4> + <ul> + <li><a href="#1_0">1.0: When do I need MasqMail?</a></li> + <li><a href="#1_1">1.1: When do I <em>not</em> need MasqMail?</a></li> + <li><a href="#1_2">1.2: Can I retrieve mail with MasqMail?</a></li> + <li><a href="#1_3">1.3: Is there a mailing list for MasqMail?</a></li> + </ul> + + <h4>Setup</h4> + <ul> + <li><a href="#2_0">2.0: After starting masmail, I get the following + message: "could not gain root privileges. Is the setuid bit set?"</a></li> + <li><a href="#2_1">2.1: After starting masmail, I get the following + message: "bind: (terminating): Address already in use"</a></li> + </ul> + + <h4>Header Rewriting</h4> + <ul> + <li><a href="#3_0">3.0: My friends told me that they do not see my + full name in their inbox, although it is configured in my mail + client.</a></li> + </ul> + + <h4>Delivering Online</h4> + <ul> + <li><a href="#4_0">4.0: With connection methed <em>file</em>, I get the following message in the log file: "Could not open /tmp/connect_route: Permission denied".</a></li> + <li><a href="#4_1">4.1: With connection methed <em>file</em>, I get the following message in the log file: "route with name <em>name</em> not found.".</a></li> + </ul> + + <h4>Bugs</h4> + <ul> + <li><a href="#5_0">5.0: I found a bug.</a></li> + <li><a href="#5_1">5.1: I think I found a bug, but I am not sure whether I configured MasqMail incorrectly.</a></li> + </ul> + + <a name="1_0"> <h4>1.0: When do I need MasqMail?</h4></a> + + <p> You do not <em>need</em> it. But it makes sending mails via a + dialup connection a lot easier.</p> + + <p>It is useful if you dial to the internet from time to time via a + modem and connect to different providers, each one with a different + configuration. Other MTAs are not flexible enough if you have to send + mails via different mail servers for each provider. With MasqMail you + can configure a different one for each provider and even set your + return addresses differently.</p> + + <p>It is also useful if you have a LAN with a gateway which is + connected to the internet via a modem because you can rewrite your + address depending on whether the recipients are <em>inside</em> or + <em>outside</em> your LAN. So responses and delivery failures on your + LAN will be sent to you without leaving it, while those outside will + be delivered to your address outside. (But it does not yet send + delivery failures itself yet.)</p> + + <p>MasqMail is also often used on notebooks.</p> + + <a name="1_1"><h4>1.1: When do I <em>not</em> need MasqMail?</h4></a> + + <p>The use of MasqMail is <em>strongly</em> discouraged if you have a + permanent connection to the internet without a firewall. First because + it does not have the ability to block relaying (it relays every mail) + and second because there are no capabilities to protect against + SPAM. You will not take advantages of its features anyway.</p> + + <a name="1_2"><h4>1.2: Can I retrieve mail with MasqMail?</h4></a> + + <p>Yes, for version >= 0.1.0 you can retrieve mail via the POP3 and + APOP protocol from single drop mailboxes (in case you do not know + about single/mutidrop, you probaby use single drop mailboxes).</p> + + <p>You can also use fetchmail or other pop/imap clients to feed + it.</p> + + <a name="1_3"><h4>1.3: Is there a mailing list for MasqMail?</h4></a> + + <p>Yes, there is! See <a href="http://www.innominate.org/mailman/listinfo/masqmail">here</a>.</p> + + <a name="2_0"><h4>2.0: After starting masmail, I get the following + message: "could not gain root privileges. Is the setuid bit set?"</h4></a> + + <p>Set the set-user-id-bit with chmod u+s /usr/sbin/masqmail.</p> + + <a name="2_1"><h4>2.1: After starting masmail, I get the following + message: "bind: (terminating): Address already in use"</h4></a> + + <p>This means that there is already a process listening on a port, + usually 25. You either have another MTA running in background + (sendmail, exim, etc...) or another instance of masqmail.</p> + + <p>It may also mean that the ports you configured MM to listen to + (with 'listen_addresses') are on the same IP address, eg. you may have + set your hostname to 127.0.0.1 and try to listen on localhost and your + host name. In this case either set your hostname to another IP address + or delete one of the conflicting entries.</p> + + <a name="3_0"><h4>3.0: My friends told me that they do not see my full + name in their inbox, although it is configured in my mail + client.</h4></a> + + <p>You probably used the <b>map_h_from_addresses</b> feature in the + route configuration and forgot to set your real name. The syntax + is:</p> + + <pre> +map_h_from_addresses = "charlie:Charlie Miller <cmiller@foo.com>"; + </pre> + + <p>Do not forget the <em>Charlie Miller</em>.</p> + + <a name="4_0"><h4>4.0: With connection method <em>file</em>, I get the + following message in the log file: "Could not open /tmp/connect_route: + Permission denied".</h4></a> + + <p>In your ip-up script, you have to set read permission to the user + masqmail runs as. After you write the file with the connection name, + set read permission to all with chmod ugo+r <em>file</em>. + + <a name="4_1"><h4>4.1: With connection methed <em>file</em>, I get the + following message in the log file: "route with name <em>name</em> not + found.".</h4></a> + + <p>Check whether the name in the file is really identical to name you + gave to the route configuration (case sensitive!). Maybe there is a + linefeed after the name in the file. Write it with echo -n.</p> + + <a name="5_0"><h4>5.0: I found a bug.</h4></a> + + <p>Make sure you are using the newest version, in case of doubt search + it in <a href="http://www.freshmeat.net">freshmeat</a>. If you do, tell + <a href = "mailto:Oliver Kurth <kurth@innominate.de>">me</a>. See + also the section <a href="index.html#bugs">bugs</a> on the <a + href="index.html">main</a> page.</p> + + <a name="5_1"><h4>5.1: I think I found a bug, but I am not sure + whether I configured MasqMail incorrectly.</h4></a> + + <p>Don't care. Tell <a href = "mailto:Oliver Kurth + <kurth@innominate.de>">me</a>. Or write to the <a + href="http://www.innominate.org/mailman/listinfo/masqmail">mailing + list</a>.</p> + + </td></tr> + + <tr><td> + <p> + <hr> + <address><a href = "mailto:kurth@innominate.de">Oliver Kurth</a></address> + Last modified: Tue May 30 15:19:56 CEST 2000 + <br> + This page was created using <a href="http://www.freddyfrog.com/hacks/genpage/">Genpage</a> - Version: 1.0.6 + </p> + + </table> + </center> + + </BODY> +</HEAD> +