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| author | Dan McDonald <danmcd@joyent.com> | 2022-03-15 12:07:15 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-03-15 12:07:15 -0400 |
| commit | 83decd22b44019b0fe369224fb19e1ef21263ab6 (patch) | |
| tree | 0bbbaea9d4231f77a406362904280d6ba53e1d55 /usr/src/man/man1m/mailwrapper.1m | |
| parent | ad491f11d9af43fd3f0d6159c9e08112de475a54 (diff) | |
| download | illumos-joyent-83decd22b44019b0fe369224fb19e1ef21263ab6.tar.gz | |
OS-8361 IPD 4 (man page renumbering) tracking issue
Reviewed by: Brian Bennett <brian.bennett@joyent.com>
Approved by: Brian Bennett <brian.bennett@joyent.com>
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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man1m/mailwrapper.1m b/usr/src/man/man1m/mailwrapper.1m deleted file mode 100644 index e1b176f5d6..0000000000 --- a/usr/src/man/man1m/mailwrapper.1m +++ /dev/null @@ -1,130 +0,0 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mailwrapper.8,v 1.10 2009/02/07 16:58:23 martynas Exp $ -.\" $NetBSD: mailwrapper.8,v 1.11 2002/02/08 01:38:50 ross Exp $ -.\" $FreeBSD: releng/9.1/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.8 205938 2010-03-30 21:54:25Z delphij $ -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 1998 -.\" Perry E. Metzger. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgment: -.\" This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project -.\" by Perry E. Metzger. -.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products -.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES -.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. -.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, -.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT -.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, -.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY -.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT -.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF -.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.Dd August 7, 2006 -.Dt MAILWRAPPER 1M -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm \fB/usr/lib/mailwrapper\fR -.Nd invoke appropriate MTA software based on configuration file -.Sh SYNOPSIS -Special. -See below. -.Sh DESCRIPTION -At one time, the only Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) software easily available -was -.Xr sendmail 1M . -As a result of this, most Mail User Agents (MUAs) such as -.Xr mail 1 -had the path and calling conventions expected by -.Xr sendmail 1M -compiled in. -.Pp -Times have changed, however. -On a modern -.Ux -system, the administrator may wish to use one of several -available MTAs. -.Pp -It would be difficult to modify all MUA software typically available -on a system, so most of the authors of alternative MTAs have written -their front end message submission programs so that they use the same -calling conventions as -.Xr sendmail 1M -and may be put into place instead of -.Xr sendmail 1M -in -.Pa /usr/lib/sendmail . -.Pp -.Xr sendmail 1M -also typically has aliases named -.Xr mailq 1 -and -.Xr newaliases 1M -linked to it. -The program knows to behave differently when its -.Va argv[0] -is -.Dq mailq -or -.Dq newaliases -and behaves appropriately. -Typically, replacement MTAs provide similar -functionality, either through a program that also switches behavior -based on calling name, or through a set of programs that provide -similar functionality. -.Pp -Although having drop-in replacements for -.Xr sendmail 1M -helps in installing alternative MTAs, it essentially makes the -configuration of the system depend on hand installing new programs in -.Pa /usr . -This leads to configuration problems for many administrators, since -they may wish to install a new MTA without altering the system -provided -.Pa /usr . -(This may be, for example, to avoid having upgrade problems when a new -version of the system is installed over the old.) -They may also have a shared -.Pa /usr -among several -machines, and may wish to avoid placing implicit configuration -information in a read-only -.Pa /usr . -.Pp -The -.Nm -utility is designed to replace -.Pa /usr/lib/sendmail -and to invoke an appropriate MTA instead of -.Xr sendmail 1M -based on configuration information placed in -.Pa /etc/mailer.conf . -This permits the administrator to configure which MTA is to be invoked on -the system at run time. -.Pp -Other configuration files may need to be altered when replacing -.Xr sendmail 1M . -.Sh EXIT STATUS -.Ex -std -.Sh DIAGNOSTICS -The -.Nm -will print a diagnostic if its configuration file is missing or malformed, -or does not contain a mapping for the name under which it was invoked. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr mail 1 , -.Xr mailq 1 , -.Xr newaliases 1M , -.Xr sendmail 1M , -.Xr mailer.conf 4 |
