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@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +Configuration of this program in the typical case is quite simple. + +1. Compile and install the program. If you are using the RPM, skip this +step. See the INSTALL file for more details. Note that this package is +designed to execute as a non-priveleged user named "nullmail". When you +do the final install, add the "nullmail" user (typically with either a +non-priveleged group or a new "nullmail" group) and run "make +install-root" to set up the files with the proper permissions. + +2. Determine who your relay host is. This is the computer or computers +to which you will send all your mail. + +3. Into the file SYSCONFDIR/nullmailer/remotes, put one line for each of +your relay hosts: + HOSTNAME PROTOCOL +You will have specified the SYSCONFDIR during configuration of the +install step. On most systems, it will be /usr/local/etc. The RPMs use +/etc. HOSTNAME is the fully-qualified host name of the relay host, or +its numerical IP address. PROTOCOL will typically be "smtp" (without +the quotes), but QMQP[1] is also supported with the "qmqp" module. + +4. Start nullmailer-send. If you are using the RPM, ignore the rest of +the instructions and type: + /etc/rc.d/init.d/nullmailer start +Otherwise, you will need to set up the appropriate scripts to run +nullmailer-send in the background, with its output going to a logging +program. The following is an appropriate run script for use with +daemontools[2]: + #!/bin/sh + exec setuidgid nullmail nullmailer-send 2>&1 + +5. You're done! The included sendmail emulator front-end should allow +most (if not all) sendmail-compatible programs to run without any +changes. See the man page for nullmailer-inject for details on outgoing +email message header formatting options. + +Footnotes: +1. QMQP is a high-speed mail queueing protocol, used with qmail. See +http://cr.yp.to/proto/qmqp.html +2. See http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html. I have RPMS available at +http://em.ca/~bruceg/rpms/daemontools/ |