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diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index dc7189d..cfd25dd 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ Echolot for Debian ------------------ Make sure mail to the Echolot pinger reaches /var/mail/echolot (or configure -echolot to read it from any other location). - - -Make sure your MTA supports user defined mailboxes. so that -my_localpart+anything@my_domain also reaches Echolot. - ^^^^^^^^^ -If you use another character instead of + to indicate a user defined -extension set recipient_delimiter accordingly in echolot.conf. - -postfix: add »recipient_delimiter = +« to main.cf. - +echolot to read it from any other location). Please really check that mail to +the configured domain works. Any bounces will annoy dozends of remailer +operators. To send commands to pingd it's best to use the /etc/init.d/echolot script. It takes care that pingd is only called as the correct user. See pingd(1) for a list of commands and their description. +If you run this pinger please consider publishing the results so that other +people benefit from it. Announcing the URL to the remailer operators' list +<remops@freedom.gmsociety.org>, the alt.privacy.anon-server Usenet newsgroup +and sending a mail to pingers@palfrader.org would be apprechiated. + +Since many users installed Echolot without considering its implications the +default setup is now to no longer start the pingd in the default installation. +To actually enable it please modify /etc/default/echolot. - -- Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>, Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:21:18 +0200 + -- Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 02:02:25 +0100 |