[Nym3-devel] nym server configuration

[remop+minion at hermetix.org]

Hi,
I'm setting up nymbaron on hermetix.
I'm having problems figuring out how to get mail to it or when I'm supposed to use -m or -d

The man page is kind of confusing about that:

| 2. Chose an email domain that will host the nymuser email addresses. It's better to have a different domain that the
|   regular domain used for the host. Configure your MTA to deliver emails for this domain to:
|   as user nymbaron. If you're not familiar with your MTA, you will want to look for something named "pipe delivery" or
|   similar. Please see the example configurations in the contrib directory.
|
|   nymbarond -d account

I understand that I need to pipe mail for nym at hermetix.org into "nymbarond -d nym"
but I'm not sure what "deliver emails for this domain to: as user nymbaron" means.
(running as user nym, in my case, I guessed)

| 3. Arrange for control message delivery.

What are those anyway? (pings?)

| The recommanded way is to assign a mixminion mailbox and route it to the nymserver
|   user on localhost. The server address you will have to advertise will look like "mbox:nymuser at nodename".

Ok so in my case something like mbox:nym at hermetix -> nym at hermetix.org (local) would be obvious but this confuses me:

| If you choose
|   to host a nymbaron server without running a mixminion node you can advertise the nymserver user email address directly.
|   Make sure emails sent to this address are piped through the command

|   nymbarond -m

Is this for all control message delivery or just in case you advertised the nymserver user email address directly?

Do I need to pipe control messages through a different command (line) than nym messages?

| 4. Configure the nymserver. Copy the nymbaronrc file supplied in the contrib directory and adjust the variables to your
|   needs.

Where does nymbarond look for this file? I would guess in the user home dir, but still it's unclear.

BTW why is it better to use a different domain name? I plan to use the same so I will only pipe mail for a user, not
a domain. I will use different names for user and addresses, of course.

Thanks
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Hermetix Admin
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