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@@ -0,0 +1,418 @@ +.\" Based on ssmtp.1 and sendmail.8 man pages of the sSMTP and +.\" sendmail distributions respectively. +.\" +.\" Portions are +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers. +.\" 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. +.TH ESMTP 1 +.SH NAME +esmtp +.SH SUMMARY +libESMTP to Sendmail compatibility interface +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B esmtp +.RI "[ " flags " ] [ " address " " ... " ]" +.br +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B Esmtp +is a send-only +.B sendmail +emulator for machines which normally retrieve their mail +up from a centralized mailhub +using programs such as +.B fetchmail +. +.PP +.B Esmtp +does not attempt to provide all the functionality of +.B sendmail +: it is intended to be used by other +mail user agents as +.B mutt +. + +.SH OPTIONS +Most +.B sendmail +options are irrelevent to +.B esmtp +. Those marked ``ignored'' or +``default'' have no effect on mail transfer. Those marked ``unsupported'' +are fatal errors. Those marked ``simulated'' are not errors, but the result +is for the program to exit with an informative message. A sort of fatal +non-error. + +.TP +.B \-Ac +(ignored) +Use submit.cf even if the operation mode does not indicate +an initial mail submission. + +.TP +.B \-Am +(ignored) +Use sendmail.cf even if the operation mode indicates +an initial mail submission. + +.TP +.BI \-B type +(ignored) +Set the body type to +.IR type . +Current legal values are +7BIT +or +8BITMIME. + +.TP +.B \-ba +(ignored) +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. + +.TP +.B \-bd +(ignored) +Run as a daemon. + +.TP +.B \-bD +(ignored) +Same as +.B \-bd +except runs in foreground. + +.TP +.B \-bh +(ignored) +Print the persistent host status database. + +.TP +.B \-bH +(ignored) +Purge expired entries from the persistent host status database. + +.TP +.B \-bi +(ignored) +Initialize the alias database. + +.TP +.B \-bm +(ignored) +Deliver mail in the usual way (default). + +.TP +.B \-bp +(ignored) +Print a listing of the queue(s). + +.TP +.B \-bP +(ignored) +Print number of entries in the queue(s); +only available with shared memory support. + +.TP +.B \-bs +(ignored) +Use the +SMTP +protocol as described in +RFC821 +on standard input and output. +This flag implies all the operations of the +.B \-ba +flag that are compatible with +SMTP. + +.TP +.B \-bt +(ignored) +Run in address test mode. + +.TP +.B \-bv +(ignored) +Verify names only \- do not try to collect or deliver a message. + +.TP +.BI \-C file +(ignored) +Use alternate configuration file. + +.TP +.BI \-d X +(ignored) +Set debugging value to +.IR X . +.ne 1i + +.TP +.BI \-F fullname +Set the full name of the sender. + +.TP +.BI \-f name +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 envelope sender address is used as the recipient +for delivery status notifications +and may also appear in a Return-Path: header. +.B \-f +should only be used +by ``trusted'' users +(normally +.IR root ", " daemon , +and +.IR network ) +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. + +.TP +.BI \-G +(ignored) +Relay (gateway) submission of a message, +e.g., when +.BR rmail +calls +.B sendmail . + +.TP +.BI \-h N +(ignored) +Set the hop count to +.IR 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. + +.TP +.B \-i +(ignored) +Ignore dots alone on lines by themselves in incoming messages. +This should be set if you are reading data from a file. + +.TP +.BI "\-L " tag +(ignored) +Set the identifier used in syslog messages to the supplied +.IR tag . + +.TP +.BI "\-N " dsn +Set delivery status notification conditions to +.IR dsn , +which can be +`never' +for no notifications +or a comma separated list of the values +`failure' +to be notified if delivery failed, +`delay' +to be notified if delivery is delayed, and +`success' +to be notified when the message is successfully delivered. + +.TP +.B \-n +(ignored) +Don't do aliasing. + +.TP +\fB\-O\fP \fIoption\fR=\fIvalue\fR +(ignored) +Set option +.I option +to the specified +.IR value . +This form uses long names. See below for more details. + +.TP +.BI \-o "x value" +(ignored) +Set option +.I x +to the specified +.IR value . +This form uses single character names only. +The short names are not described in this manual page; +see the +.I "Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide" +for details. + +.TP +.BI \-p protocol +(ignored) +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''. + +.TP +\fB\-q\fR[\fItime\fR] +(ignored) +Process saved messages in the queue at given intervals. +If +.I time +is omitted, process the queue once. +.I Time +is given as a tagged number, +with +`s' +being seconds, +`m' +being minutes (default), +`h' +being hours, +`d' +being days, +and +`w' +being weeks. +For example, +`\-q1h30m' +or +`\-q90m' +would both set the timeout to one hour thirty minutes. +By default, +.B sendmail +will run in the background. +This option can be used safely with +.BR \-bd . + +.TP +\fB\-qp\fR[\fItime\fR] +(ignored) +Similar to \fB\-q\fItime\fR, +except that instead of periodically forking a child to process the queue, +sendmail forks a single persistent child for each queue +that alternates between processing the queue and sleeping. +The sleep time is given as the argument; it defaults to 1 second. +The process will always sleep at least 5 seconds if the queue was +empty in the previous queue run. + +.TP +\fB\-q\fRf +(ignored) +Process saved messages in the queue once and do not fork(), +but run in the foreground. + +.TP +\fB\-q\fRG name +(ignored) +Process jobs in queue group called +.I name +only. + +.TP +\fB\-q\fR[\fI!\fR]I substr +(ignored) +Limit processed jobs to those containing +.I substr +as a substring of the queue id or not when +.I ! +is specified. + +.TP +\fB\-q\fR[\fI!\fR]R substr +(ignored) +Limit processed jobs to those containing +.I substr +as a substring of one of the recipients or not when +.I ! +is specified. + +.TP +\fB\-q\fR[\fI!\fR]S substr +(ignored) +Limit processed jobs to those containing +.I substr +as a substring of the sender or not when +.I ! +is specified. + +.TP +.BI "\-R " return +(ignored) +Set the amount of the message to be returned +if the message bounces. +The +.I return +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. + +.TP +.BI \-r name +An alternate and obsolete form of the +.B \-f +flag. + +.TP +.B \-t +(unsupported) +Read message for recipients. +To:, Cc:, and Bcc: lines will be scanned for recipient addresses. +The Bcc: line will be deleted before transmission. + +.TP +.BI "\-V " envid +(ignored) +Set the original envelope id. +This is propagated across SMTP to servers that support DSNs +and is returned in DSN-compliant error messages. + +.TP +.B \-v +Go into verbose mode. +Alias expansions will be announced, etc. + +.TP +.BI "\-X " logfile +(ignored) +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. + +.TP +.B \-\- +Stop processing command flags and use the rest of the arguments as +addresses. +.SH FILES +.TP + ~/.esmtp +configuration file + +.SH SEE ALSO +fetchmail(1) + +.SH DIAGNOSTICS + +.SH AUTHORS +José Fonseca (j_r_fonseca@yahoo.co.uk) +Brian Stafford (brian@stafford.uklinux.net) + +.SH BUGS +.B esmtp +ignores most of sendmail options. |