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NAME

       masqmail.conf - masqmail configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       This  man page describes the syntax of the main configuration file of masqmail.  Its usual
       location is /etc/masqmail/masqmail.conf

       The configuration consists of lines of the form

       val = expression

       Where val is a variable name and expression a string, which  can  be  quoted  with  double
       quotes  `"'.   If  the  expression  is on multiple lines or contains characters other than
       letters, digits or the characters `.', `-', `_', `/', ';', '@', ':', it  must  be  quoted.
       You can use quotes inside quotes by escaping them with a backslash.

       Each  val  has  a type, which can be boolean, numeric, string or list.  A boolean variable
       can be set with one of the values `on', `yes', and `true'  or  `off',  `no'  and  `false'.
       List  items  are  separated with semicolons `;'.  For some values, patterns (like `*',`?')
       can be used.  The spaces in front of and after the equal sign `=' are optional.

       Most   lists   (exceptions:   local_hosts,   listen_addresses,    query_routes.name    and
       permanent_routes)  accept  files.   These  will be recognized by a leading slash `/'.  The
       contents of these files will be included at the position of the file name,  there  can  be
       items  or  other  files  before  and  after  the  file  entry.  The format of the files is
       different though, within these files each entry is on another line and the entries are not
       separated  by  semicolons.   This makes it easy to include large lists which are common in
       different configuration files, so they do not have to appear in every configuration file.

       Blank lines and lines starting with a hash `#' are ignored.

OPTIONS

       run_as_user = boolean

              If this is set, masqmail runs with the user id of the user who invoked it and never
              changes  it.   This  is  for  debugging  purposes  only.   If the user is not root,
              masqmail will not be able to listen on a port <  1024  and  will  not  be  able  to
              deliver local mail to others than the user.

       use_syslog = boolean

              If  this  is  set,  masqmail uses syslogd for logging.  It uses facility MAIL.  You
              still have to set log_dir for debug files.

       debug_level = n

              Set the debug level.  Valid values are 0 to 6 and 9.  Be careful if you set this as
              high  as 5 or higher, the logs may very soon fill your hard drive.  Level 9 enables
              printing of debug messages to stderr during reading of the config file.  The  debug
              file  comes  available for the first time after this step.  Thus nothing but stderr
              is available.  Level 9 is almost never interesting.

       log_dir = file

              The directory where logs are stored, if syslog is not used.  Debug files are always
              stored in this directory if debugging is enabled.  file must be an absolute path.

              Default: /var/log/masqmail

       mail_dir = file

              The  directory  where  local  mail is stored, usually /var/spool/mail or /var/mail.
              file must be an absolute path.

              Default: /var/mail

       spool_dir = file

              The directory where masqmail stores its spool files (and later also  other  stuff).
              It  must  have a subdirectory input.  Masqmail needs read and write permissions for
              this directory.  file must be an absolute path.

              Default: /var/spool/masqmail

       lock_dir = file

              The directory where masqmail stores its lock files.  Masqmail needs read and  write
              permissions  for  this  directory.  By default it is a directory ``lock'' inside of
              spool_dir.  file must be an absolute path.

       host_name = string

              This is used in different places: Masqmail identifies itself in the greeting banner
              on  incoming connections and in the HELO/EHLO command for outgoing connections with
              this name, it is used in the Received: header  and  to  qualify  the  sender  of  a
              locally originating message.

              If the string begins with a slash `/', it it assumed that it is a filename, and the
              first line of this file will be used.  Usually this will be `/etc/mailname' to make
              masqmail conform to Debian policies.

              It is not used to find whether an address is local. Use local_hosts for that.

              Default: none; host_name MUST be set in the config file

       local_hosts = list

              A  semicolon  `;'  separated  list  of  hostnames  which are considered local.  Can
              contain glob patterns, like `*example.org' or `mail?.*mydomain.net'.  Normally  you
              should  set  it to "localhost;foo;foo.bar.com" if your host has the fully qualified
              domain name `foo.bar.com'.

              Default: localhost ; <value of  host_name  cut  at  the  first  dot>  ;  <value  of
              host_name>

              Example:    localhost;foo;foo.example.org   (if   you   have   set   host_name   to
              foo.example.org)

       local_addresses = list

              A semicolon `;'  separated  list  of  fully  qualified  email-addresses  which  are
              considered local although their domain name part is not in the list of local_hosts.
              This list can be seen as an addition to local_hosts.

              Further more only the local part of the addresses will be regarded, seeing it as  a
              local user.

              Example: local_addresses = "person1@yourdomain;person2@yourdomain"

              This  means mail to person1@yourdomain will effectively go to person1@localhost, if
              not redirected by an alias.

       not_local_addresses = list

              A semicolon `;'  separated  list  of  fully  qualified  email-addresses  which  are
              considered not local although their domain name part is in the list of local_hosts.
              This list can be seen as a substraction to local_hosts.

              This is the opposite of the previous case.  The majority of addresses of a specific
              domain are local.  But some users are not.  With this option you can easily exclude
              these users.

              Example:

              local_hosts = "localhost;myhost;mydomain.net"

              not_local_addresses = "eric@mydomain.net"

       listen_addresses = list

              A semicolon `;' separated list of interfaces on which connections will be accepted.
              An  interface  ist  defined by a hostname, optionally followed by a colon `:' and a
              number for the port.  If this is left out, port 25 will be used.

              You can set this to "localhost:25;foo:25" if your hostname is `foo'.

              Note that the names are resolved to IP addresses.  If your host has different names
              which resolve to the same IP, use only one of them, otherwise you will get an error
              message.

              Default: localhost:25 (i.e. only local processes can connect)

       do_save_envelope_to = boolean

              If this is set to true, a possibly existing Envelope-to: header in an incoming mail
              which  is  received via either pop3 or smtp will be saved as an X-Orig-Envelope-to:
              header.

              This is useful if you retrieve mail from a pop3  server  with  fetchmail,  and  the
              server supports Envelope-to: headers, and you want to make use of those with a mail
              filtering tool, e.g. procmail.  It cannot be preserved because masqmail sets such a
              header by itself.

              Default is false.

       do_relay = boolean

              If  this  is  set  to  false,  mail  with  a  return  path  that is not local and a
              destination that is also not local will not be accepted via smtp and  a  550  reply
              will be given.  Default is true.

              Note that this will not protect you from spammers using open relays, but from users
              unable to set their address in their mail clients.

       do_queue = boolean

              If this is set, masqmail will not try to deliver mail  immediately  when  accepted.
              Instead  it  will always queue it.  (Note: Masqmail will always automatically queue
              mail if neccesary, i.e.  if  it  cannot  deliver  because  no  suitable  route  was
              available for example.)

              Same  as  calling  masqmail  with  the  -odq option.  Usually you should leave this
              option unset.

              Default: false

       permanent_routes = list

              Set this to the filename (or a semicolon-separated list of filenames) of the  route
              configuration  for  always available connections.  Main purpose is to define a mail
              server with mail_host in your local  network,  or  if  masqmail  should  send  mail
              directly  to  the  target  host.   If you have only a single host, you can leave it
              unset.

              A setting `local_nets = "*home.net"' in versions <=  0.3.3  is  in  newer  versions
              configured  as:  `permanent_routes  =  "/etc/masqmail/homenet.route"' and the route
              file `homenet.route' containing:
                        allowed_recipients = "*@*home.net"
                        connect_error_fail = true
                        resolve_list = byname
This is just as it had been with local_net_route, with  the  exception  that  the  filtering  for
appropriate addresses is only in the route file and not with local_nets.

       query_routes.name = list

              Replace  name with a name to identify the connection.  Set this to a filename (or a
              semicolon-separated list  of  filenames)  for  the  route  configuration  for  that
              connection.

              Routes  of  this  kind cannot be expected to be online always.  Masqmail will query
              which of the routes are online.

              You can use the name to call masqmail with the -qo option every time  a  connection
              to your ISP is set up, in order to send queued mail through this route.

              Example:  Your  ISP has the name FastNet.  Then you write the following line in the
              main configuration:

              query_routes.FastNet = "/etc/masqmail/fastnet.route"

              /etc/masqmail/fastnet.route is the route configuration file, see masqmail.route(5).
              As  soon  as  a  link  to FastNet has been set up, you call `masqmail -qo FastNet'.
              Masqmail will then read the specified file and send the mails.

              See online_query.

       alias_file = file

              Set this to the location of your alias file.  If not set, no aliasing will be done.

              Default: <not set> (i.e. no aliasing is done)

       caseless_matching = boolean

              If  this  is   set,   aliasing   and   the   matching   for   local_addresses   and
              not_local_addresses will be done caseless.

              Note:  Be  sure  to  change  this  option  only  if  the  queue is empty as correct
              processing of queued messages is not guaranteed otherwise.

              Default: false

       pipe_fromline = boolean

              If this is set, a from line will be prepended to the output stream whenever a  pipe
              command is called after an alias expansion.  Default is false.

       pipe_fromhack = boolean

              If this is set, each line beginning with `From ' is replaced with `>From ' whenever
              a pipe command is called after an alias expansion.  You probably want this  if  you
              have set pipe_fromline above.  Default is false.

       mbox_default = string

              The  default local delivery method.  Can be mbox or mda.  You can override this for
              each user by using the mbox_users or mda_users (see below).

              Default: mbox.

       mbox_users = list

              A list of users which wish delivery to an mbox style mail folder.

       mda_users = list

              A list of users which wish local delivery to an mda.  You  have  to  set  mda  (see
              below) as well.

       mda = expand string

              If  you  want local delivery to be transferred to an mda (Mail Delivery Agent), set
              this to a command.  The argument will be expanded on delivery  time,  you  can  use
              variables  beginning  with a dolloar sign `$', optionally enclosed in curly braces.
              Variables you can use are:

              uid - the unique message id.  This is not necessarily identical with the Message ID
              as given in the Message ID: header.

              received_host - the host the mail was received from

              ident - the user id of the sender if the message was received locally.

              return_path_local - the local part of the return path (sender).

              return_path_domain - the domain part of the return path (sender).

              return_path - the complete return path (sender).

              rcpt_local - the local part of the recipient.

              rcpt_domain - the domain part of the recipient.

              rcpt - the complete recipient address.

              Example:

              mda="/usr/bin/procmail -Y -d ${rcpt_local}"

              For the mda, as for pipe commands, a few environment variables will be set as well.
              See masqmail(8).  To use environment variables for the mda, the dollar sign `$' has
              to  be  escaped  with a backslash, otherwise they will be tried to be expanded with
              the internal variables.

       mda_fromline = boolean

              If this is set, a from line will be prepended  to  the  output  stream  whenever  a
              message is delivered to an mda.  Default is false.

       mda_fromhack = boolean

              If this is set, each line beginning with `From ' is replaced with `>From ' whenever
              a message is delivered to  an  mda.   You  probably  want  this  if  you  have  set
              mda_fromline above.  Default is false.

       online_query = command line

              Defines  the  method  masqmail  uses  to  detect  whether  there  exists  an online
              connection currently.

              Masqmail executes the command given  and  reads  from  its  standard  output.   The
              command  should  just  print  a  route  name, as defined with query_routes.name, to
              standard output and return a zero status code.  Masqmail assumes it is  offline  if
              the  script  returns  with  a  non-zero status.  Leading and trailing whitespace is
              removed from the output.

              Simple example:

              #!/bin/sh
              test -e /var/run/masqmail/masqmail-route || exit 1
              cat /var/run/masqmail/masqmail-route
              exit 0

              No matter how masqmail detects the online status, only messages that  are  accepted
              at  online time will be delivered using the connection.  The mail spool still needs
              to be emptied manually (-qoconnection).

              command line must start with an absolute path to an  executable  program.   It  can
              contain optional arguments.

              To simulate the old online_method=file, use: /bin/cat /path/to/file

              To be always online with connection `foo', use: /bin/echo foo

              To  query  a masqdialer server (i.e. asking it whether a connection exists and what
              its name is) use: /usr/bin/mservdetect localhost 224

       errmsg_file = file

              Set this to a template which will be used to  generate  delivery  failure  reports.
              Variable  parts  within  the template begin with a dollar sign and are identical to
              those which can  be  used  as  arguments  for  the  mda  command,  see  mda  above.
              Additional  information  can  be  included  with  @failed_rcpts,  @msg_headers  and
              @msg_body, these must be at the beginning of a line and will be replaced  with  the
              list  of  the  failed  recipients,  the message headers and the message body of the
              failed message.

              Default is /usr/share/masqmail/tpl/failmsg.tpl.

       warnmsg_file = file

              Set this to a template which will be used to generate delivery warning reports.  It
              uses the same mechanisms for variables as errmsg_file, see above.

              Default is /usr/share/masqmail/tpl/warnmsg.tpl.

       warn_intervals = list

              Set this to a list of time intervals, at which delivery warnings (starting with the
              receiving time of the message) shall be generated.

              A warning will only be generated just after an attempt to deliver the mail  and  if
              that  attempt  failed  temporarily.   So  a warning may be generated after a longer
              time, if there was no attempt before.

              Default is "1h;4h;8h;1d;2d;3d"

       max_defer_time = time

              This is the maximum time, in which a temporarily failed mail will be  kept  in  the
              spool.   When  this time is exceeded, it will be handled as a delivery failure, and
              the message will be bounced.

              The excedence of this time will only be noticed if the message was  actually  tried
              to  be  delivered.  If, for example, the message can only be delivered when online,
              but you have not been online for that time, no bounce will be generated.

              Default is 4d (4 days)

       log_user = name

              Replace name with a valid local or remote mail address.

              If this option is set, then a copy of every mail, that passes through the  masqmail
              system will also be sent to the given mail address.

              For  example  you  can  feed your mails into a program like hypermail for archiving
              purpose by placing an appropriate pipe command in masqmail.alias

       max_msg_size = bytes

              This option sets the maximum size in bytes masqmail will accept for delivery.  This
              value  is  advertised  to the SMTP client by the `SIZE' message during SMTP session
              setup.  Clients pretending to send, or actually send, more than bytes  will  get  a
              552 error message.

              `0' means no fixed maximum size limit is in force.

              Default is 0 (= unlimited).

       defer_all = boolean

              If  set  to  true, masqmail replies with ``421 service temporarily unavailable'' to
              any SMTP request and shuts the connection down.  Note: This option is for debugging
              purposes only.

              Default: false

AUTHOR

       Masqmail  was  written  by  Oliver  Kurth.   It  is  now  maintained  by  Markus  Schnalke
       <meillo@marmaro.de>.

       You will find the newest version of masqmail at  http://marmaro.de/prog/masqmail/.   There
       is also a mailing list, you will find information about it at masqmail's main site.

BUGS

       Please report bugs to the mailing list.

SEE ALSO

       masqmail(8), masqmail.route(5)