News and announcements
Abandoning Project; msmtp-queue from mstp package should work
Written for msmtp-scripts by Daniel D. on 2019-12-18
I have decided to abandon this project. You should be able to use the msmtp-queue script(s) from the msmtp package proper to fulfull the same task.
Looking for feedback on usefulness of the project
Written for msmtp-scripts by Daniel D. on 2019-11-11
Sorry for the long silence. Life's been busy.
If anyone is following this project, I'd appreciate feedback on the following:
I am concerned about the security issues implicit in using raw command lines which may be partially supplied by the user (e.g. via parameters to the sendmail command). In fact I would rather make it harder to pass unverified command lines rather than easier (in particular I'm finding it difficult to figure out how allow valid email addresses but only valid (syntax-wise) email addresses where an email address is allowed).
In fact given the low usage rate of the project and my concerns about the overall security of the approach I'm still debating whether to keep this project alive or not.
The other big issue is with the fact that non-root daemons can issues with sending mail, particularly when using SELinux or similar mechanisms to restrict the daemon or cronjob that calls sendmail.
I think these issues are best resolved by doing something like the old 'nullmailer' approach that used to exist, but I'm not sure of whether it's really worth the effort of building that.
New Stable Release -- 1.2.5.1
Written for msmtp-scripts by Daniel D. on 2019-09-15
* In order to deal with permissions problems for non-root daemons sending mail, queue only at first, and let queue runner take care of actual sending
* In order to avoid lock contention especially for program that mail from within cronjobs, use per-message locks.
RPM Package Update for Logwatch with SELinux and msmtp-scripts
Written for msmtp-scripts by Daniel D. on 2019-08-08
A packaging update has been released for EL7/Fedora that addresses an issue with using logwatch with SELinux enabled and enforcing and msmtp-scripts as MTA. It's not in the COPRs.
New Stable -- 1.2.4 released
Written for msmtp-scripts by Daniel D. on 2019-08-05
Finally we have a new stable release series. 1.1.1 is now old stable and deprecated.
