General JSMail configuration settings ===================================== log --- This controls how much information is logged to the console screen as things happen. A setting of 0 will result in no screen output. Default is 0. log_to_file ----------- This controls whether or not activities are logged to a file. Default is 0. logfile ------- This sets the name of the log-file. There is no default. date_format ----------- This sets the format of the date strings in the various mail headers. The possible values are 1, 2 or 3 1 is Mon, 10 April 97 15:23:37 GMT +0000 2 is Mon, 10 April 97 15:23:37 +0000 3 is Mon, 10 April 97 15:23:37 +0000 (GMT) The default is 2. remote_port -------------- The tcp port to which the remote-command server is to listen on. Default is 5000. pass_server ----------- This controls whether or not the change-password listener is started 0 means do not start. Default is 0. key --- The key used to encrypt passwords when they are written to the password file. 0 means do not encrypt, any other numeric value is used as a key. Default is 0. local_router ------------ This controls whether or not the internal router is started. It routes mail between the queue and either local users or the outbox. It should normally be set to start. 0 means do not start. Default is 0. router_retry_every ------------------ This controls how often to check the queue for mails to be routed. Default is 10. passwords --------- The name of the password file. There is no default. smart_host ---------- The name of the smarthost (the mail server of your ISP). There is no default. local_host ---------- The name this machine is to be known by for mail purposes. Usually the local domain name. ( eg. mycompany.com ) Defaults to be the same as local_machine. local_machine ------------- The real name of this machine. eg. mail.mycompany.com If no value is specified, defaults to the name returned by the system. local_host_alias ---------------- An alternative to the name given by local_host. It could be the machine name for which this machine also handles mail. This could be the actual node name provided by your isp. If this is not specified, it is ignored. queue ----- The directory for mail waiting to be routed (the queue). Defaults to the current directory. mbox_root --------- The root directory for all the maildrops Defaults to the current directory. outbound_mbox ------------- The folder for outbound mail (the outbox). There is no default. default_user ------------ The user to whom mail should be delivered if the requested destination does not exist. Defaults to 'postmaster' pop3s_port ---------- The tcp port number to listen for pop3 connections on. Defaults to 110. smtps_port ---------- The tcp port number to listen for smtp connections on. Defaults to 25. pop3c_port ---------- The tcp port number to connect to ISP pop3 server on. Defaults to 110. smtpc_port ---------- The tcp port number to connect to ISP smtp server on. Defaults to 25. password_port ----------- The tcp port which the password-change server is to listen on. Default is 5001. finger_port ----------- The tcp port number to connect to listen for finger connections on . Defaults to 79. remote_port ----------- The tcp port number to connect to listen for remote command connections on. Defaults to 5000. SMTP settings ============= try_send_days ------------- This sets the number of days for which the SMTP client side of JSMail will try to deliver a mail. After this time, if the mail has not been delivered, it will be returned to the sender. Default is 5 days. smtp_server ----------- This controls whether or not the smtp server (listener) is started. This is used by clients and other servers to send mail. 0 means do not start, 1 means start. Default is 0. smtp_client ----------- This controls whether or not to try to send mail in the outbox to its intended destination or not. If your mail system comunicates with the outside world, it be set to 1 ( start ). Default is 0. smtp_client_mode ---------------- This controls how to send mails to non-local destinations 1 = send all non-local mails to smarthost 0 = try to send direct to destination first, then via smarthost Default is 0. smtp_retry_every ---------------- This controls how often to try to connect to the smarthost. Values are in seconds ( approx. ). Default is 10. smtp_retry_connected -------------------- This controls how long to wait to try to connect to the smarthost again after a successful connection has been established. Values are in seconds ( approx. ). Default is 600. reject_unknown -------------- This controls what happens when an attempt is made to deliver mail to this server for a local user that is not recognised. If set to 1, it is rejected. If set to 0, it is delivered to the default user ( usually postmaster ). Default is 1. POP3 settings ============= pop3_server ----------- This controls whether or not the pop3 server (listener) is started. This is used by clients recieving mail. 0 means do not start, 1 means start. Default is 0. pop3_client ----------- This controls whether or not to run the POP3 client and attempt to collect mail from another POP3 server( 1 = yes, 0 = no ) Default is 0. pop3_host --------- If mail is to be collected from a POP3 server, its name. There is no default. pop3_user --------- If mail is to be collected from a POP3 server, your login name for that server. There is no default. pop3_pass --------- If mail is to be collected from a POP3 server, your password for that server. There is no default. pop3_retry_every ---------------- If mail is to be collected from a POP3 server, how often to try. Default is 10. pop3_retry_connected -------------------- If mail is to be collected from a POP3 server, how long to wait after a successful connection before trying again. Default is 600. Finger settings =============== finger_server ------------- This controls whether or not to start the finger server. ( 1 = start )There is no default. Default is 0. finger_dir ---------- The directory containing the .fgr files Defaults to the current directory. Auto responder settings ======================= auto_responder -------------- This controls whether or not to run the auto-responder ( 1 = yes ) Default is 0. auto_retry_every ---------------- This controls how often to check for mail for the auto-responder user. The values are approximately in seconds. Default is 10. responders ---------- The name of the autoresponder config file There is no default. mailsrv ------- The name of the user that is the auto-responder. Defaults to 'robot'.