Simple Setup
============

You want
--------

- submit mail on stdin by calling masqmail on the commandline
- submit mail with SMTP from the local machine
- let masqmail deliver mail locally to the system mailboxes /var/mail/*

You have luck, because this is what masqmail does by default.


Set up
------

Follow the description in INSTALL.

Most times it's simply:

    ./configure


Configuration
-------------

You just need a minimal config file, having one line:

    host_name = "foo.example.org"

(Substitute a real value, of course.)


Starting the daemon
-------------------

Listening for SMTP connections on a port requires masqmail to run as
daemon. You probably want to start masqmail as daemon each time the
system comes up. How you have to do that is system dependent.
/etc/rc.local is a good try to add the daemon call, because this file
seems to be frequently available.

    /usr/local/sbin/masqmail -bd -q10m

This starts masqmail in daemon mode and does a queue run every ten
minutes.


Check the setup
---------------

Ensure you have the sendmail links correct:

    $ ls -l /usr/lib/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2010-03-06 13:50 /usr/lib/sendmail -> /usr/local/sbin/masqmail*
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2010-03-06 13:50 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /usr/local/sbin/masqmail*

Send a mail to yourself:

    $ echo "some text" | mail `whoami`

Check if the mail was delivered (then delete it and quit):

    $  mail
    Mail version 8.1.2 01/15/2001.  Type ? for help.
    "/var/mail/meillo": 1 message 1 new
    >N  1 meillo@serveme.sc  Wed Jul 14 22:50   13/467   
    & p
    Message 1:
    From <meillo@serveme.schnalke.local> Wed Jul 14 22:50:13 2010
    Envelope-to: <meillo@serveme.schnalke.local>
    To: meillo
    From: <meillo@serveme.schnalke.local>
    Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:50:13 +0200
    
    some text
    
    & d
    & q


In case of problems
-------------------

Have a look at the log file: /var/log/masqmail/masqmail.log

Set the debug level in masqmail.conf, restart the daemon, redo the
test, and look at the debug file: /var/log/masqmail/debug.log

Ask on the mailing list: <masqmail@marmaro.de>



meillo