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−Masqmail README
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−Masqmail is a mail server designed for hosts that are not permanently
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−connected to the internet. It handles outgoing messages, i.e. those
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−that are to be sent over the non-permanent link (usually a ppp or slip
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−connection over a modem or ISDN adapter) specially and delivers them
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−only when explicitely told to do so. There is support for multiple
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−providers, it is possible to write different configurations for each
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−one. The configuration chosen is selected at delivery time, so that if
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−for example a delivery of a message failed while connected with
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−provider 1, it may be delivered when connected to provider 2. For each
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−provider another mail host (or none) can be specified.
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−Masqmail provides (a yet simple) mechanism to rewrite headers, also
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−depending on the current connection. This makes it possible to deliver
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−messages with a return address on the local network which will be
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−rewitten at delivery time. The purpose of this is:
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−
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−- to allow delivery failure messages that are produced on the local
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−network to be delivered immediately, while those that are produced
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−outside can be delivered to a mailbox on the internet, to be retrieved
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−later.
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−- to give mail servers a return address which they can accept if they
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−check for spam mail. Many mail servers require a return address which
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−has the same domain as the server it is getting the message from. If
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−you normally connect to only one provider, this is usually not a
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−problem as you can configure your mailer to a fixed address (but then
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−there is still the problem with the failure messages...), but it is a
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−problem if you use different ones from time to time.
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−Masqmail shall once be a complete replacement for sendmail (or other
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−MTAs such as exim, qmail or smail) on a local network, but it is NOT
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−supposed to be installed in a network with a permanent internet
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−connection (at least if it is not behind a secure firewall) because
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−it has no ability to check for undesired relaying or spam filtering.
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−Masqmail's website is:
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−	http://marmaro.de/prog/masqmail
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−The email address of it's mailing list is:
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−	<masqmail@marmaro.de>
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−To subscribe yourself to the list, send a mail with the subject
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−``subscribe masqmail'' to <minimalist@marmaro.de>. The mailing list
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−archive is accessible at: http://lists.marmaro.de/masqmail/ . If you
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−have any problems, contact me: markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>.
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−INSTALLATION
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−------------
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−For installation instructions, see INSTALL.
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−BUGS
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−----
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−There are probably bugs in masqmail. Please report any one you discover
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−to me. The more bug reports I get, the better masqmail will get.
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−See docs/howto-report-bugs for detailed instructions.
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−CREDITS
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−-------
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−I would like to thank everyone who has submitted suggestions and bug
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−reports.
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−See THANKS.
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−This file was originally written by by Oliver Kurth <oku@masqmail.cx>.
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−Later updated and extended by markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>.