README
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2 BATV-MILTER PACKAGE
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4This directory has the latest open source BATV filter software from
5Sendmail, Inc.
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7Report any bugs to batv-milter-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net.
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9There is a web site at http://sourceforge.net/projects/batv-milter that is
10home for the latest updates.
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14| INTRODUCTION |
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17The batv-milter package is an open source implementation of the BATV
18e-mail authentication system proposed in an Internet Draft (ID)
19by John Levine, Dave Crocker, Sam Silberman and Tony Finch. It
20consists of a filter which implements the proposal. The filter can be
21used by Open Source sendmail mail servers and any other which implements
22the "milter" filtering protocol.
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26| DEPENDENCIES |
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29To compile and operate, this package requires the following:
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31o OpenSSL (http://www.openssl.org, or ask your software vendor for a package)
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33o sendmail v8.14.0 (or later), and libmilter from the same distribution
34 (http://www.sendmail.org)
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38| RELATED DOCUMENTATION |
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41General information about BATV can be found at http://www.mipassoc.org/batv.
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43Mailing lists discussing and supporting the BATV software found in this
44package are maintained via the list server at SourceForge. Visit
45http://sourceforge.net/batv-milter to subscribe or browse archives.
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49| WARNING |
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52Since batv-milter uses cryptography, the following information from OpenSSL
53applies to this package as well.
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55PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EXPORT/IMPORT AND/OR USE OF STRONG CRYPTOGRAPHY
56SOFTWARE, PROVIDING CRYPTOGRAPHY HOOKS OR EVEN JUST COMMUNICATING
57TECHNICAL DETAILS ABOUT CRYPTOGRAPHY SOFTWARE IS ILLEGAL IN SOME
58PARTS OF THE WORLD. SO, WHEN YOU IMPORT THIS PACKAGE TO YOUR
59COUNTRY, RE-DISTRIBUTE IT FROM THERE OR EVEN JUST EMAIL TECHNICAL
60SUGGESTIONS OR EVEN SOURCE PATCHES TO THE AUTHOR OR OTHER PEOPLE
61YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ANY EXPORT/IMPORT
62AND/OR USE LAWS WHICH APPLY TO YOU. THE AUTHORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR
63ANY VIOLATIONS YOU MAKE HERE. SO BE CAREFUL, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
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65If you use OpenSSL then make sure you read their README file which
66contains information about patents etc.
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70| DIRECTORY STRUCTURE |
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73devtools m4-based build scripts and other data needed to compile
74 the package.
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76batv-filter A milter-based filter application which provides BATV
77 service via a sendmail MTA and the milter protocol.
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80$Revision: 1.2 $, Last updated $Date: 2007/03/10 03:14:04 $
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