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diff --git a/src/sendmail.8 b/src/sendmail.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 093b6e6..0000000 --- a/src/sendmail.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,580 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Sendmail, Inc. All rights reserved. -.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1997 Eric P. Allman. All rights reserved. -.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" By using this file, you agree to the terms and conditions set -.\" forth in the LICENSE file which can be found at the top level of -.\" the sendmail distribution. -.\" -.\" -.\" @(#)sendmail.8 8.20 (Berkeley) 8/2/1998 -.\" -.Dd August 2, 1998 -.Dt SENDMAIL 8 -.Os BSD 4 -.Sh NAME -.Nm sendmail -.Nd an electronic mail transport agent -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm sendmail -.Op Ar flags -.Op Ar address ... -.Nm newaliases -.Nm mailq -.Op Fl v -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Sendmail -sends a message to one or more -.Em recipients , -routing the message over whatever networks -are necessary. -.Nm Sendmail -does internetwork forwarding as necessary -to deliver the message to the correct place. -.Pp -.Nm Sendmail -is not intended as a user interface routine; -other programs provide user-friendly -front ends; -.Nm sendmail -is used only to deliver pre-formatted messages. -.Pp -With no flags, -.Nm sendmail -reads its standard input -up to an end-of-file -or a line consisting only of a single dot -and sends a copy of the message found there -to all of the addresses listed. -It determines the network(s) to use -based on the syntax and contents of the addresses. -.Pp -Local addresses are looked up in a file -and aliased appropriately. -Aliasing can be prevented by preceding the address -with a backslash. -Normally the sender is not included in any alias -expansions, e.g., -if `john' sends to `group', -and `group' includes `john' in the expansion, -then the letter will not be delivered to `john'. -.Ss Parameters -.Bl -tag -width Fl -.It Fl B Ns Ar type -Set the body type to -.Ar type . -Current legal values -.Li 7BIT -or -.Li 8BITMIME . -.It Fl ba -Go into -.Tn ARPANET -mode. -All input lines must end with a CR-LF, -and all messages will be generated with a CR-LF at the end. -Also, -the ``From:'' and ``Sender:'' -fields are examined for the name of the sender. -.It Fl bd -Run as a daemon. This requires Berkeley -.Tn IPC . -.Nm Sendmail -will fork and run in background -listening on socket 25 for incoming -.Tn SMTP -connections. -This is normally run from -.Pa /etc/rc . -.It Fl bD -Same as -.Fl bd -except runs in foreground. -.It Fl bh -Print the persistent host status database. -.It Fl bH -Purge the persistent host status database. -.It Fl bi -Initialize the alias database. -.It Fl bm -Deliver mail in the usual way (default). -.It Fl bp -Print a listing of the queue. -.It Fl bs -Use the -.Tn SMTP -protocol as described in -.Tn RFC821 -on standard input and output. -This flag implies all the operations of the -.Fl ba -flag that are compatible with -.Tn SMTP . -.It Fl bt -Run in address test mode. -This mode reads addresses and shows the steps in parsing; -it is used for debugging configuration tables. -.It Fl bv -Verify names only \- do not try to collect or deliver a message. -Verify mode is normally used for validating -users or mailing lists. -.It Fl C Ns Ar file -Use alternate configuration file. -.Nm Sendmail -refuses to run as root if an alternate configuration file is specified. -.It Fl d Ns Ar X -Set debugging value to -.Ar X . -.ne 1i -.It Fl F Ns Ar fullname -Set the full name of the sender. -.It Fl f Ns Ar name -Sets the name of the ``from'' person -(i.e., the sender of the mail). -.Fl f -can only be used -by ``trusted'' users -(normally -.Em root , -.Em daemon , -and -.Em network ) -or if the person you are trying to become -is the same as the person you are. -.It Fl h Ns Ar N -Set the hop count to -.Ar N . -The hop count is incremented every time the mail is -processed. -When it reaches a limit, -the mail is returned with an error message, -the victim of an aliasing loop. -If not specified, -``Received:'' lines in the message are counted. -.It Fl i -Ignore dots alone on lines by themselves in incoming messages. -This should be set if you are reading data from a file. -.It Fl N Ar dsn -Set delivery status notification conditions to -.Ar dsn, -which can be -.Ql never -for no notifications -or a comma separated list of the values -.Ql failure -to be notified if delivery failed, -.Ql delay -to be notified if delivery is delayed, and -.Ql success -to be notified when the message is successfully delivered. -.It Fl n -Don't do aliasing. -.It Fl O Ar option Ns = Ns Em value -Set option -.Ar option -to the specified -.Em value . -This form uses long names. -See below for more details. -.It Fl o Ns Ar x Em value -Set option -.Ar x -to the specified -.Em value . -This form uses single character names only. -The short names are not described in this manual page; -see the -.%T "Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide" -for details. -.It Fl p Ns Ar protocol -Set the name of the protocol used to receive the message. -This can be a simple protocol name such as ``UUCP'' -or a protocol and hostname, such as ``UUCP:ucbvax''. -.It Fl q Ns Bq Ar time -Processed saved messages in the queue at given intervals. -If -.Ar time -is omitted, -process the queue once. -.Xr Time -is given as a tagged number, -with -.Ql s -being seconds, -.Ql m -being minutes, -.Ql h -being hours, -.Ql d -being days, -and -.Ql w -being weeks. -For example, -.Ql \-q1h30m -or -.Ql \-q90m -would both set the timeout to one hour thirty minutes. -If -.Ar time -is specified, -.Nm sendmail -will run in background. -This option can be used safely with -.Fl bd . -.It Fl qI Ns Ar substr -Limit processed jobs to those containing -.Ar substr -as a substring of the queue id. -.It Fl qR Ns Ar substr -Limit processed jobs to those containing -.Ar substr -as a substring of one of the recipients. -.It Fl qS Ns Ar substr -Limit processed jobs to those containing -.Ar substr -as a substring of the sender. -.It Fl R Ar return -Set the amount of the message to be returned -if the message bounces. -The -.Ar return -parameter can be -.Ql full -to return the entire message or -.Ql hdrs -to return only the headers. -.It Fl r Ns Ar name -An alternate and obsolete form of the -.Fl f -flag. -.It Fl t -Read message for recipients. -To:, Cc:, and Bcc: lines will be scanned for recipient addresses. -The Bcc: line will be deleted before transmission. -.It Fl U -Initial (user) submission. -This should -.Em always -be set when called from a user agent such as -.Nm Mail -or -.Nm exmh -and -.Em never -be set when called by a network delivery agent such as -.Nm rmail . -.It Fl V Ar envid -Set the original envelope id. -This is propagated across SMTP to servers that support DSNs -and is returned in DSN-compliant error messages. -.It Fl v -Go into verbose mode. -Alias expansions will be announced, etc. -.It Fl X Ar logfile -Log all traffic in and out of mailers in the indicated log file. -This should only be used as a last resort -for debugging mailer bugs. -It will log a lot of data very quickly. -.It Fl - -Stop processing command flags and use the rest of the arguments -as addresses. -.El -.Ss Options -There are also a number of processing options that may be set. -Normally these will only be used by a system administrator. -Options may be set either on the command line -using the -.Fl o -flag (for short names), -the -.Fl O -flag (for long names), -or in the configuration file. -This is a partial list limited to those options that are likely to be useful -on the command line -and only shows the long names; -for a complete list (and details), consult the -.%T "Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide" . -The options are: -.Bl -tag -width Fl -.It Li AliasFile= Ns Ar file -Use alternate alias file. -.It Li HoldExpensive -On mailers that are considered ``expensive'' to connect to, -don't initiate immediate connection. -This requires queueing. -.It Li CheckpointInterval= Ns Ar N -Checkpoint the queue file after every -.Ar N -successful deliveries (default 10). -This avoids excessive duplicate deliveries -when sending to long mailing lists -interrupted by system crashes. -.ne 1i -.It Li DeliveryMode= Ns Ar x -Set the delivery mode to -.Ar x . -Delivery modes are -.Ql i -for interactive (synchronous) delivery, -.Ql b -for background (asynchronous) delivery, -.Ql q -for queue only \- i.e., -actual delivery is done the next time the queue is run, and -.Ql d -for deferred \- the same as -.Ql q -except that database lookups (notably DNS and NIS lookups) are avoided. -.It Li ErrorMode= Ns Ar x -Set error processing to mode -.Ar x . -Valid modes are -.Ql m -to mail back the error message, -.Ql w -to ``write'' back the error message -(or mail it back if the sender is not logged in), -.Ql p -to print the errors on the terminal -(default), -.Ql q -to throw away error messages -(only exit status is returned), -and -.Ql e -to do special processing for the BerkNet. -If the text of the message is not mailed back -by -modes -.Ql m -or -.Ql w -and if the sender is local to this machine, -a copy of the message is appended to the file -.Pa dead.letter -in the sender's home directory. -.It Li SaveFromLine -Save -.Tn UNIX Ns \-style -From lines at the front of messages. -.It Li MaxHopCount= Ar N -The maximum number of times a message is allowed to ``hop'' -before we decide it is in a loop. -.It Li IgnoreDots -Do not take dots on a line by themselves -as a message terminator. -.It Li SendMimeErrors -Send error messages in MIME format. -If not set, the DSN (Delivery Status Notification) SMTP extension -is disabled. -.It Li ConnectionCacheTimeout= Ns Ar timeout -Set connection cache timeout. -.It Li ConnectionCacheSize= Ns Ar N -Set connection cache size. -.It Li LogLevel= Ns Ar n -The log level. -.It Li MeToo -Send to ``me'' (the sender) also if I am in an alias expansion. -.It Li CheckAliases -Validate the right hand side of aliases during a -.Xr newaliases 1 -command. -.It Li OldStyleHeaders -If set, this message may have -old style headers. -If not set, -this message is guaranteed to have new style headers -(i.e., commas instead of spaces between addresses). -If set, an adaptive algorithm is used that will correctly -determine the header format in most cases. -.It Li QueueDirectory= Ns Ar queuedir -Select the directory in which to queue messages. -.It Li StatusFile= Ns Ar file -Save statistics in the named file. -.It Li Timeout.queuereturn= Ns Ar time -Set the timeout on undelivered messages in the queue to the specified time. -After delivery has failed -(e.g., because of a host being down) -for this amount of time, -failed messages will be returned to the sender. -The default is five days. -.It Li UserDatabaseSpec= Ns Ar userdatabase -If set, a user database is consulted to get forwarding information. -You can consider this an adjunct to the aliasing mechanism, -except that the database is intended to be distributed; -aliases are local to a particular host. -This may not be available if your sendmail does not have the -.Dv USERDB -option compiled in. -.It Li ForkEachJob -Fork each job during queue runs. -May be convenient on memory-poor machines. -.It Li SevenBitInput -Strip incoming messages to seven bits. -.It Li EightBitMode= Ns Ar mode -Set the handling of eight bit input to seven bit destinations to -.Ar mode : -.Li m -(mimefy) will convert to seven-bit MIME format, -.Li p -(pass) will pass it as eight bits (but violates protocols), -and -.Li s -(strict) will bounce the message. -.It Li MinQueueAge= Ns Ar timeout -Sets how long a job must ferment in the queue between attempts to send it. -.It Li DefaultCharSet= Ns Ar charset -Sets the default character set used to label 8-bit data -that is not otherwise labelled. -.It Li DialDelay= Ns Ar sleeptime -If opening a connection fails, -sleep for -.Ar sleeptime -seconds and try again. -Useful on dial-on-demand sites. -.It Li NoRecipientAction= Ns Ar action -Set the behaviour when there are no recipient headers (To:, Cc: or Bcc:) -in the message to -.Ar action : -.Li none -leaves the message unchanged, -.Li add-to -adds a To: header with the envelope recipients, -.Li add-apparently-to -adds an Apparently-To: header with the envelope recipients, -.Li add-bcc -adds an empty Bcc: header, and -.Li add-to-undisclosed -adds a header reading -.Ql "To: undisclosed-recipients:;" . -.It Li MaxDaemonChildren= Ns Ar N -Sets the maximum number of children that an incoming SMTP daemon -will allow to spawn at any time to -.Ar N . -.It Li ConnectionRateThrottle= Ns Ar N -Sets the maximum number of connections per second to the SMTP port to -.Ar N . -.El -.Pp -In aliases, -the first character of a name may be -a vertical bar to cause interpretation of -the rest of the name as a command -to pipe the mail to. -It may be necessary to quote the name -to keep -.Nm sendmail -from suppressing the blanks from between arguments. -For example, a common alias is: -.Pp -.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact -msgs: "|/usr/bin/msgs -s" -.Ed -.Pp -Aliases may also have the syntax -.Dq :include: Ns Ar filename -to ask -.Xr sendmail -to read the named file for a list of recipients. -For example, an alias such as: -.Pp -.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact -poets: ":include:/usr/local/lib/poets.list" -.Ed -.Pp -would read -.Pa /usr/local/lib/poets.list -for the list of addresses making up the group. -.Pp -.Nm Sendmail -returns an exit status -describing what it did. -The codes are defined in -.Aq Pa sysexits.h : -.Bl -tag -width EX_UNAVAILABLE -compact -offset indent -.It Dv EX_OK -Successful completion on all addresses. -.It Dv EX_NOUSER -User name not recognized. -.It Dv EX_UNAVAILABLE -Catchall meaning necessary resources -were not available. -.It Dv EX_SYNTAX -Syntax error in address. -.It Dv EX_SOFTWARE -Internal software error, -including bad arguments. -.It Dv EX_OSERR -Temporary operating system error, -such as -.Dq cannot fork . -.It Dv EX_NOHOST -Host name not recognized. -.It Dv EX_TEMPFAIL -Message could not be sent immediately, -but was queued. -.El -.Pp -If invoked as -.Nm newaliases , -.Nm sendmail -will rebuild the alias database. -If invoked as -.Nm mailq , -.Nm sendmail -will print the contents of the mail queue. -.Sh FILES -Except for the file -.Pa /etc/sendmail.cf -itself and the daemon process ID file, -the following pathnames are all specified in -.Pa /etc/sendmail.cf. -Thus, -these values are only approximations. -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width /usr/lib/sendmail.fc -compact -.It Pa /etc/aliases -raw data for alias names -.It Pa /etc/aliases.db -data base of alias names -.It Pa /etc/sendmail.cf -configuration file -.It Pa /etc/sendmail.hf -help file -.It Pa /var/log/sendmail.st -collected statistics -.It Pa /var/spool/mqueue/* -temp files -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr binmail 1 , -.Xr mail 1 , -.Xr rmail 1 , -.Xr syslog 3 , -.Xr aliases 5 , -.Xr mailaddr 7 , -.Xr rc 8 ; -.Pp -DARPA -Internet Request For Comments -.%T RFC819 , -.%T RFC821 , -.%T RFC822 . -.Rs -.%T "Sendmail \- An Internetwork Mail Router" -.%V SMM -.%N \&No. 9 -.Re -.Rs -.%T "Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide" -.%V SMM -.%N \&No. 8 -.Re -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm -command appeared in -.Bx 4.2 . |