- Automatic envelope-from addresses are only generated when auto_from is enabled
with the new auto_from command or --auto-from option.
This allow empty envelope from addresses to be set with the from command or
--from option.
- The 'connect_timeout' setting was replaced by a 'timeout' setting that applies
to all network operations. The old option and command are still accepted, but
they are not restricted to connection attempts anymore.
- Native language support (NLS) was added. Currently the only supported language
besides english is german, but it is easy to add more translations (hint,
hint)!
Changes 1.4.1:
- Only bug fixes, no new features.
- This is the new stable release of msmtp.
BEWARE: When upgrading from 1.2.4, note that
- Authentication is not enabled automatically anymore! Insert the command
"auth on" into account definitions that need it.
- Some command line options have changed!
- Summary of new features since 1.2.4:
- Sendmail compatible command line options, including -t, -N, and -R
- New long options to configure almost everything on the command line
- Optional account selection with -f/--from
- Support for a system wide configuration file
- Optional automatic construction of envelope from addresses
- More flexible account definitions
- Configurable connection timeouts
- Improved log file logging
- Syslog logging
- Improved TLS/SSL support
- Support for LMTP
- Support for the EXTERNAL and GSSAPI authentication methods
- Support for .netrc and password prompting
- Rewritten documentation, available in various formats
- Changed return code in case of authentication error from EX_DATAERR
to EX_NOPERM
- Changed return code in case of missing/invalid configuration file or
nonexistent account from EX_NOINPUT/EX_DATAERR to EX_CONFIG
- Test return value of localtime(3) in msmtp_log()
- Windows specific code in net.c: moved translation of error code from
WSAStartup() from net_lib_init() to wsa_strerror()
- OpenSSL specific code in tls.c: minor cleanup in openssl_io_error()
- Always keep control of the format string in calls to merror(). (There
were four cases where the result of strerror() was passed as the format
string in smtp.c.)
- Clarified usage instructions of merror() in merror.h
- Check at initialization time whether support for a manually requested
authentication mechanism is compiled, *before* establishing a network
connection.
This required a change from smtp_auth_caps() to the (equally trivial)
smtp_authmech_is_supported() function.
Made the output of both "not compiled in" messages (TLS and auth mech)
consistent.
The return code for these error conditions is EX_UNAVAILABLE now.
- Make the output of -h/--help and -v/--version consistent with the GNU
utilities by including copyright and no-warranty notice (version) and
a short description and the bug report address (--help).
- Add missing declarations of optarg and optind to msmtp.c, needed for
getopt() handling. No compiler complained so far, though.
- Fixed stupid error in smtp.c that prevented the detection of output
errors when sending the RCPT TO command (highly unlikely to occur).
- Cosmetic change in -v/--version output that avoids lines longer than
80 characters
- Fixed some man page typos
- Fixed typos in conffile.c error message
- Fixed typo in tls.c error message (OpenSSL code only)
- Changed error messages: "bla [blub]" -> "bla: blub"
- Improved some TLS error messages
- Corrected short description in man page, README and code comments
- Updated README.dos
Changes since 1.0.0:
Version 1.2.3:
- IPv6 support on Windows systems
- The configuration file supports all commands and arguments related to
TLS and authentication, even if TLS and/or GNU SASL support is not
compiled in
- The GNU SASL library is not required to support DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM
anymore. This means you can now use the packaged versions of the library
from Gentoo or Debian sarge.
- You can use the -v/--version option to find out which authentication
methods are supported.
Version 1.2.2:
- Enhancements to the logfile command:
- All available information is now written to the logfile (new fields:
mailsize=..., smtpmsg='...', errormsg='...').
- Logging to standard output is possible by using "logfile -"
Version 1.2.1:
- No new features.
Version 1.2.0:
- This version can be compiled without TLS/SSL support; use
--disable-ssl if you really want that.
- Read the entries for versions 1.1.x for more changes since the last
stable version 1.0.0.
Version 1.1.3:
- New option -i for compatibility with mail(1).
- New 'logfile' command; see man page for details.
Version 1.1.2:
- No user visible changes.
Version 1.1.1:
- The tls_nostarttls command now sets the default port to 465 (ssmtp).
Version 1.1.0:
- Support for SMTP command pipelining. On high latency networks, this
may increase transmission speed, especially when sending to many
recipients.
- The short option for --file, -f, has changed to -F
- A new option --from/-f is available to set the envelope from address.
- A new option --serverinfo/-S is available to print information
about the capabilities and limitations of an SMTP server
eslack dot org> in private email.
Changes:
Version 1.0.0:
- New feature: tilde expansion for filenames in the configuration file
Version 0.7.2:
- This version adds native support for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003
(with MinGW) and DOS (with DJGPP and the Watt32 library).
Version 0.7.1:
- New command: 'domain'
- New options: --pretend and --debug
Version 0.7.0:
- Support for DSN (Delivery Status Notifications) was added via
the new commands 'dsn_notify' and 'dsn_return'.
- The 'tls_nocertcheck' command was added. It disables all server
certificate checks. Use it if you get certificate check errors but
still want to use the SMTP server with TLS/SSL.
- The 'nostarttls' command is now called 'tls_nostarttls'.
Please update your configuration file.
Version 0.6.5:
- License clarification:
msmtp is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that
compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed.
- If you want to use GnuTLS instead of OpenSSL, you will now need
GnuTLS >= 1.0.0 and libgcrypt >= 1.1.90!
- msmtp now works on systems that lack IPv6 support
- msmtp now accepts arbitrary long lines in mails
Version 0.6.4:
- fixed configuration file code
Version 0.6.3:
- portability fix for Mac OS X (Randolph Fritz)
- fixed --disable-gsasl configure option
- man page improvements
Version 0.6.2:
- use GNU Autotools (Christophe Nowicki)
- fixed wildcard support in server certificate's Common Name field
Version 0.6.1:
- improved certificate check/verification with OpenSSL
- code cleanups
Version 0.6.0:
- Added sanity checks of server certificate when using TLS
- Strict server certificate verification with tls_trust_file command
- Possibility to send client certificate if requested (tls_key_file and
tls_cert_file commands)
- Optional support for GnuTLS instead of OpenSSL
- Optional support for GSASL (adds DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM authentication methods)
- Arguments in the configuration file may now contain blanks
- Removed the possibility to choose the TLS version with the tls command
- Proper recognition of server capabilities (EHLO response)
Bryan Carter Vyhmeister in PR 22840.
and probably other MUAs (mail user agents). msmtp forwards mails
to an SMTP server (for example at a free mail provider) which does
the delivery.
Features include:
* SMTP AUTH methods PLAIN, LOGIN and CRAM-MD5
* TLS encrypted connections
* IPv6 support
* robustness
* detailed error messages (including the full answer of the
SMTP server) if something goes wrong
* sendmail compatible exit codes (which most MUAs understand).
Simply tell your MUA to call msmtp instead of /usr/sbin/sendmail.
