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diff --git a/src/sendmail.0 b/src/sendmail.0 index 8eceedd6790b..8059e0446bc5 100644 --- a/src/sendmail.0 +++ b/src/sendmail.0 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -SENDMAIL(8) System Manager's Manual SENDMAIL(8) +SENDMAIL(8) SENDMAIL(8) @@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN --BB_t_y_p_e Set the body type to _t_y_p_e. Current legal values are 7BIT or 8BITMIME. - --bbaa Go into 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. + --bbaa Go into ARPANET mode. All input lines must end with a CRLF, and + all messages will be generated with a CRLF at the end. Also, + the ``From:'' and ``Sender:'' fields are examined for the name + of the sender. --bbCC Check the configuration file. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN --bbhh Print the persistent host status database. - --bbHH Purge expired entries from the persistent host status database. + --bbHH Purge expired entries from the persistent host status database. --bbii Initialize the alias database. @@ -66,70 +66,70 @@ DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN --bbpp Print a listing of the queue(s). - --bbPP Print number of entries in the queue(s); only available with + --bbPP Print number of entries in the queue(s); only available with shared memory support. - --bbss Use the SMTP protocol as described in RFC821 on standard input - and output. This flag implies all the operations of the --bbaa + --bbss Use the SMTP protocol as described in RFC821 on standard input + and output. This flag implies all the operations of the --bbaa flag that are compatible with SMTP. - --bbtt Run in address test mode. This mode reads addresses and shows - the steps in parsing; it is used for debugging configuration ta- - bles. + --bbtt Run in address test mode. This mode reads addresses and shows + the steps in parsing; it is used for debugging configuration + tables. - --bbvv Verify names only - do not try to collect or deliver a message. - Verify mode is normally used for validating users or mailing + --bbvv Verify names only - do not try to collect or deliver a message. + Verify mode is normally used for validating users or mailing lists. - --CC_f_i_l_e Use alternate configuration file. SSeennddmmaaiill gives up any en- - hanced (set-user-ID or set-group-ID) privileges if an alternate - configuration file is specified. + --CC_f_i_l_e Use alternate configuration file. SSeennddmmaaiill gives up any + enhanced (set-user-ID or set-group-ID) privileges if an alter- + nate configuration file is specified. --DD _l_o_g_f_i_l_e - Send debugging output to the indicated log file instead of std- + Send debugging output to the indicated log file instead of std- out. --dd_c_a_t_e_g_o_r_y.._l_e_v_e_l_._._. - Set the debugging flag for _c_a_t_e_g_o_r_y to _l_e_v_e_l. _C_a_t_e_g_o_r_y is ei- - ther an integer or a name specifying the topic, and _l_e_v_e_l an in- - teger specifying the level of debugging output desired. Higher - levels generally mean more output. More than one flag can be - specified by separating them with commas. A list of numeric de- - bugging categories can be found in the TRACEFLAGS file in the - sendmail source distribution. - The option --dd00..11 prints the version of sseennddmmaaiill and the options + Set the debugging flag for _c_a_t_e_g_o_r_y to _l_e_v_e_l. _C_a_t_e_g_o_r_y is + either an integer or a name specifying the topic, and _l_e_v_e_l an + integer specifying the level of debugging output desired. + Higher levels generally mean more output. More than one flag + can be specified by separating them with commas. A list of + numeric debugging categories can be found in the TRACEFLAGS file + in the sendmail source distribution. + The option --dd00..11 prints the version of sseennddmmaaiill and the options it was compiled with. - Most other categories are only useful with, and documented in, + Most other categories are only useful with, and documented in, sseennddmmaaiill's source code. --FF_f_u_l_l_n_a_m_e Set the full name of the sender. - --ff_n_a_m_e Sets the name of the ``from'' person (i.e., the envelope sender + --ff_n_a_m_e Sets the name of the ``from'' person (i.e., the envelope sender of the mail). This address may also be used in the From: header - if that header is missing during initial submission. The enve- + if that header is missing during initial submission. The enve- lope sender address is used as the recipient for delivery status - notifications and may also appear in a Return-Path: header. --ff + notifications and may also appear in a Return-Path: header. --ff should only be used by ``trusted'' users (normally _r_o_o_t, _d_a_e_m_o_n, - and _n_e_t_w_o_r_k) or if the person you are trying to become is the - same as the person you are. Otherwise, an X-Authentication- + and _n_e_t_w_o_r_k) or if the person you are trying to become is the + same as the person you are. Otherwise, an X-Authentication- Warning header will be added to the message. - --GG Relay (gateway) submission of a message, e.g., when rrmmaaiill calls + --GG Relay (gateway) submission of a message, e.g., when rrmmaaiill calls sseennddmmaaiill .. --hh_N Set the hop count to _N. The hop count is incremented every time - the mail is processed. When it reaches a limit, the mail is re- - turned with an error message, the victim of an aliasing loop. + 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. - --ii Do not strip a leading dot from lines in incoming messages, and + --ii Do not strip a leading dot from lines in incoming messages, and do not treat a dot on a line by itself as the end of an incoming - message. This should be set if you are reading data from a + message. This should be set if you are reading data from a file. - --LL _t_a_g Set the identifier used in syslog messages to the supplied _t_a_g. + --LL _t_a_g Set the identifier used in syslog messages to the supplied _t_a_g. --NN _d_s_n Set delivery status notification conditions to _d_s_n, which can be `never' for no notifications or a comma separated list of the @@ -183,105 +183,105 @@ DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN --qq[_!]Q_s_u_b_s_t_r Limit processed jobs to quarantined jobs containing _s_u_b_s_t_r as a - substring of the quarantine reason or not when _! is specified. + substring of the quarantine reason or not when _! is specified. --qq[_!]R_s_u_b_s_t_r - Limit processed jobs to those containing _s_u_b_s_t_r as a substring + Limit processed jobs to those containing _s_u_b_s_t_r as a substring of one of the recipients or not when _! is specified. --qq[_!]S_s_u_b_s_t_r - Limit processed jobs to those containing _s_u_b_s_t_r as a substring + Limit processed jobs to those containing _s_u_b_s_t_r as a substring of the sender or not when _! is specified. --QQ[reason] Quarantine a normal queue items with the given reason or unquar- - antine quarantined queue items if no reason is given. This - should only be used with some sort of item matching using as de- - scribed above. + antine quarantined queue items if no reason is given. This + should only be used with some sort of item matching using as + described above. --RR _r_e_t_u_r_n - Set the amount of the message to be returned if the message - bounces. The _r_e_t_u_r_n parameter can be `full' to return the en- - tire message or `hdrs' to return only the headers. In the lat- - ter case also local bounces return only the headers. + Set the amount of the message to be returned if the message + bounces. The _r_e_t_u_r_n parameter can be `full' to return the + entire message or `hdrs' to return only the headers. In the + latter case also local bounces return only the headers. --rr_n_a_m_e An alternate and obsolete form of the --ff flag. - --tt Read message for recipients. To:, Cc:, and Bcc: lines will be - scanned for recipient addresses. The Bcc: line will be deleted + --tt Read message for recipients. To:, Cc:, and Bcc: lines will be + scanned for recipient addresses. The Bcc: line will be deleted before transmission. - --UU If a mail submission via the command line requires the use of - the SSMMTTPPUUTTFF88 argument for the MMAAIILL command, e.g., because a - header uses UTF-8 encoding, but the addresses on the command - line are all ASCII, then this option must be used. Only avail- - able if EEAAII support is enabled, and the SSMMTTPPUUTTFF88 option is set. + --UU If a mail submission via the command line requires the use of + the SSMMTTPPUUTTFF88 argument for the MMAAIILL command, e.g., because a + header uses UTF-8 encoding, but the addresses on the command + line are all ASCII, then this option must be used. Only avail- + able if EEAAII support is enabled, and the SSMMTTPPUUTTFF88 option is set. --VV _e_n_v_i_d Set the original envelope id. This is propagated across SMTP to servers that support DSNs and is returned in DSN-compliant error messages. - --vv Go into verbose mode. Alias expansions will be announced, etc. + --vv Go into verbose mode. Alias expansions will be announced, etc. --XX _l_o_g_f_i_l_e 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 + This should only be used as a last resort for debugging mailer bugs. It will log a lot of data very quickly. - ---- Stop processing command flags and use the rest of the arguments + ---- Stop processing command flags and use the rest of the arguments as addresses. OOppttiioonnss - There are also a number of processing options that may be set. Nor- - mally these will only be used by a system administrator. Options may - be set either on the command line using the --oo flag (for short names), - the --OO 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 _S_e_n_d_m_a_i_l _I_n_s_t_a_l_l_a_t_i_o_n _a_n_d _O_p_e_r_a_t_i_o_n _G_u_i_d_e. + There are also a number of processing options that may be set. Nor- + mally these will only be used by a system administrator. Options may + be set either on the command line using the --oo flag (for short names), + the --OO 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 _S_e_n_d_m_a_i_l _I_n_s_t_a_l_l_a_t_i_o_n _a_n_d _O_p_e_r_a_t_i_o_n _G_u_i_d_e. The options are: AliasFile=_f_i_l_e Use alternate alias file. HoldExpensive - On mailers that are considered ``expensive'' to connect to, + On mailers that are considered ``expensive'' to connect to, don't initiate immediate connection. This requires queueing. CheckpointInterval=_N - Checkpoint the queue file after every _N successful deliveries - (default 10). This avoids excessive duplicate deliveries when + Checkpoint the queue file after every _N successful deliveries + (default 10). This avoids excessive duplicate deliveries when sending to long mailing lists interrupted by system crashes. DeliveryMode=_x Set the delivery mode to _x. Delivery modes are `i' for interac- - tive (synchronous) delivery, `b' for background (asynchronous) + tive (synchronous) delivery, `b' for background (asynchronous) delivery, `q' for queue only - i.e., actual delivery is done the - next time the queue is run, and `d' for deferred - the same as - `q' except that database lookups for maps which have set the -D + next time the queue is run, and `d' for deferred - the same as + `q' except that database lookups for maps which have set the -D option (default for the host map) are avoided. ErrorMode=_x - Set error processing to mode _x. Valid modes are `m' to mail - back the error message, `w' to ``write'' back the error message - (or mail it back if the sender is not logged in), `p' to print - the errors on the terminal (default), `q' to throw away error - messages (only exit status is returned), and `e' to do special - processing for the BerkNet. If the text of the message is not - mailed back by modes `m' or `w' and if the sender is local to - this machine, a copy of the message is appended to the file + Set error processing to mode _x. Valid modes are `m' to mail + back the error message, `w' to ``write'' back the error message + (or mail it back if the sender is not logged in), `p' to print + the errors on the terminal (default), `q' to throw away error + messages (only exit status is returned), and `e' to do special + processing for the BerkNet. If the text of the message is not + mailed back by modes `m' or `w' and if the sender is local to + this machine, a copy of the message is appended to the file _d_e_a_d_._l_e_t_t_e_r in the sender's home directory. SaveFromLine Save UNIX-style From lines at the front of messages. MaxHopCount=_N - The maximum number of times a message is allowed to ``hop'' be- - fore we decide it is in a loop. + The maximum number of times a message is allowed to ``hop'' + before we decide it is in a loop. IgnoreDots - Do not take dots on a line by themselves as a message termina- + Do not take dots on a line by themselves as a message termina- tor. SendMimeErrors @@ -354,11 +354,11 @@ DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN NoRecipientAction=_a_c_t_i_o_n Set the behaviour when there are no recipient headers (To:, Cc: - or Bcc:) in the message to _a_c_t_i_o_n: none leaves the message un- - changed, add-to adds a To: header with the envelope recipients, - add-apparently-to adds an Apparently-To: header with the enve- - lope recipients, add-bcc adds an empty Bcc: header, and add-to- - undisclosed adds a header reading `To: undisclosed-recipi- + or Bcc:) in the message to _a_c_t_i_o_n: none leaves the message + unchanged, add-to adds a To: header with the envelope recipi- + ents, add-apparently-to adds an Apparently-To: header with the + envelope recipients, add-bcc adds an empty Bcc: header, and add- + to-undisclosed adds a header reading `To: undisclosed-recipi- ents:;'. MaxDaemonChildren=_N @@ -420,11 +420,11 @@ DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN mmaaiill will act as a daemon, as if the --bbdd option were specified. NNOOTTEESS - sseennddmmaaiill often gets blamed for many problems that are actually the re- - sult of other problems, such as overly permissive modes on directories. - For this reason, sseennddmmaaiill checks the modes on system directories and - files to determine if they can be trusted. Although these checks can - be turned off and your system security reduced by setting the DDoonntt-- + sseennddmmaaiill often gets blamed for many problems that are actually the + result of other problems, such as overly permissive modes on directo- + ries. For this reason, sseennddmmaaiill checks the modes on system directories + and files to determine if they can be trusted. Although these checks + can be turned off and your system security reduced by setting the DDoonntt-- BBllaammeeSSeennddmmaaiill option, the permission problems should be fixed. For more information, see the _S_e_n_d_m_a_i_l _I_n_s_t_a_l_l_a_t_i_o_n _a_n_d _O_p_e_r_a_t_i_o_n _G_u_i_d_e @@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ FFIILLEESS names are all specified in _/_e_t_c_/_m_a_i_l_/_s_e_n_d_m_a_i_l_._c_f. Thus, these values are only approximations. + /etc/mail/aliases raw data for alias names |