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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Notes by the author (preface).</A></H2>
<P>In this chapter i'm just going to put myself safe for any damages and
flames - since even *I* could be wrong ... If you got any questions or
suggestions to add to this faq, even if you find any faults - there is a
feedback section in it ...
<P>Some "need to know" point is, all filenames &amp; files/types are indicated
with the line:
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
<CODE>(*** &lt; file &gt; *** text ***) .procmailrc</CODE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>This means, this is a file, called ".procmailrc" containing text. The text
variable can also be code. It shows you what name of file to use. Without
a path means it can be variable/choosen by you (in the most cases this
files resists in the homedirectory of the mail"user" like /home/mailer).
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Legal stuff</A>
</H2>
<P>Neither the author nor the distributors of this HOWTO are in any way
responsible for physical, financial, moral damage incurred by following
the suggestions and examples of this text. The information in this document
contains the best of my knowledge and experience, but i could still make
any mistakes as well in the information as in the examples. Any trademarks
are property of their respective holders (i ain't using any commercial
thingy's here - but well - IF i'm going to add some text, i don't need to
change this disclaimer). If your cat dies 'coz this document was too
heavy - i am not responsible as well ...
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<H2><A NAME="copyright"></A> <A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Copyrights</A>
</H2>
<P>This document and contents are Copyright (c)1997-98 by Gunther Voet.
Unauthorized (re)production in any form is explicitly allowed and even
strongly encouraged as long you don't change the contents of it without
contacting the author (Gunther Voet). If you quote the document as whole
or a part of it, there needs to be a Copyright "hint" or link to the
derived work. "The HOWTO documents are copyrighted by their respective
authors". The "HOWTO copyright" will discuss what can be done and what
cannot be done with this document. If it is used in a commercial way,
the author should been noticed for such distributions. Exceptions on this
copyright may be granted under certain conditions with a written letter or
e-mail to the author. For more info about the standard HOWTO disclaimer,
please contact linux-howto@sunsite.unc.edu.
<P>*PLEASE* *IF* you are going to make a system based on this HOWTO, then
PLEASE give me the copyright :) heh ... - i am not that cruel :)). I mean
by a system "a package" - NOT the mailsystem itself - altough it is some
appreciative thingy i would be included :)) i can always use one email
address more for more flaming :)) (just kiddin').
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 Feedback</A>
</H2>
<P>Well, i expect from you and the users who read this HOWTO, they will
make this HOWTO useful. If you got any suggestions, corrections, comments
(except flame-mail :)) - please send them to me at freaker@freestamp.com or
<A HREF="freaker@tuc.ml.org">freaker@tuc.ml.org</A>
and i will make the corrections, comments or
suggestions happen in the next revision. If you publish this document on
a commercial way, a complimentary copy would be appreciated - you can mail
me for my postal address. For flames - you could send them to me, but they
will end at /dev/null ... so - don't even mind to waste bandwidth for it !.
Since i can exclude some users to receive mail from (explained in this
document) (evil grin). My alias (name) is freaker btw :)). You can always
try "freaker@freestamp.com". (note the changed address !!)
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.4">1.4 Distribution</A>
</H2>
<P>The latest revision of this document can been get from:
<P>
<A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/Offline-Mailing">http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/Offline-Mailing</A><P>-and-
<P>
<A HREF="http://tuc.ml.org/om/">http://tuc.ml.org/om/</A><P>(also checkout
<A HREF="http://tuc.ml.org/">http://tuc.ml.org</A>)
<P>tuc.ml.org could be down at the time of current writing!
<P>
<H2><A NAME="ss1.5">1.5 Changes</A>
</H2>
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<PRE>
v1.0.0 - Preliminary release, internal testing, we tried it before
we gave it out to you :) .. since - it GOT to be usefull
and needs to work? rite ? :)
v1.1.0 - Fixed a lot of errors in the texts, put chapters in it,
- fixed some small errors and typo's ...
v1.2.0 - fixed grammatical errors.
- added a "what-are-we-using" chapter.
- added Sunsite address.
v1.3.0 - Added "virtual mail support" for admins
- New site and email addresses
- Thanks go to ...
v1.3.1 - Converted to SGML and fixed some minor details.
v1.3.2 - Major errors corrected (filenames .fetchmailrc to
.procmailrc) etc... (thx to Tetsu Isaji)
- Added support for the "new" sendmail, v8.8.0+
- Fixed some minor errors
- Upgraded my system YAY!
- Japanese version will come out soon, location
will be mentioned when known ... (thx to Tetsu Isaji)
v1.3.3 - Added CC support, changed email addr to freaker@freestamp.com
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.6">1.6 What am i using ?</A>
</H2>
<P>I'm using Linux 2.0.30, Pentium-166, ATI pci-mach64 card, Accelerated-X
(Metro) and a connection to my isp (currently ibmnet) via ppp using a ZyXEL
28k8 modem, and occasionally a Bausch 28k8.
<P>Now i upgraded to Linux 2.0.33, installed a USRobotics modem, it still
works as it should work :) (everybody should upgrade their linux versions
as soon there comes out a patch :) believe me :) you could spare a lot of
time &amp; seeking for errors when doing this one :)
<P>
<H2><A NAME="ss1.7">1.7 Thanks go out to ...</A>
</H2>
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<LI>Fred, durban.hebel.net (for allowing the pages &amp; bot)</LI>
<LI>Lifesaver, parkside.net (for allowing the new pages, helping with this
faq for mailing, since, it is all working overthere and here ... make
some visit to his cyber-cafe ... heard they got great coffee :))</LI>
<LI>The server admins at lodus.net to continue this project.</LI>
<LI>Now i'll need a new server since lodus.net has been sold :(</LI>
</UL>
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