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156 lines
4.5 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: mailer.conf.5,v 1.13 2004/07/22 03:44:12 atatat Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1998
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.\" Perry E. Metzger. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgment:
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.\" This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project
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.\" by Perry E. Metzger.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd July 17, 2004
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.Dt MAILER.CONF 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mailer.conf
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.Nd configuration file for
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.Xr mailwrapper 8
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The file
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.Pa /etc/mailer.conf
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contains a series of lines of the form
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.Pp
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.Pa name
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.Pa program
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.Op Ar arguments ...
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.Pp
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The first word of each line is the
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.Pa name
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of a program invoking
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.Xr mailwrapper 8 .
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(For example, on a typical system
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.Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail
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would be a symbolic link to
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.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
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as would
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.Xr newaliases 1
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and
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.Xr mailq 1 .
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Thus,
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.Pa name
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might be
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.Dq sendmail
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or
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.Dq newaliases
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etc.)
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.Pp
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The second word of each line is the name of the
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.Pa program
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to actually execute when the first name is invoked.
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.Pp
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The further
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.Ar arguments ,
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if any, are passed to the
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.Pa program ,
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followed by the arguments
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.Xr mailwrapper 8
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was called with.
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.Pp
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The file may also contain comment lines, denoted by a
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.Sq #
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mark in the first column of any line.
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.Pp
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The default mailer is
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.Xr sendmail 8 ,
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which will also start by default (unless specifically disabled via an
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.Xr rc.conf 5
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setting) so that locally generated mail can be delivered, if the
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.Dq sendmail
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setting in
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.Pa /etc/mailer.conf
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is set to
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.Dq /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail .
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.Sh FILES
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/etc/mailer.conf
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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This example shows how to set up
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.Nm
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to invoke the traditional
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.Xr sendmail 8
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program:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# Execute the "real" sendmail program located in
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# /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
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sendmail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
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send-mail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
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mailq /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
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newaliases /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
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hoststat /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
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purgestat /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
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.Ed
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.Pp
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This example shows how to invoke the
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.Xr postfix 1
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MTA suite in place of
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.Xr sendmail 8 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# Emulate sendmail using postfix
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sendmail /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
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send-mail /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
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mailq /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
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newaliases /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
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.Ed
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.Pp
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This example shows the use of the mini-sendmail package from pkgsrc
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in place of
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.Xr sendmail 8 :
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Note the use of additional arguments.
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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# Send outgoing mail to a smart relay using mini-sendmail
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sendmail /usr/pkg/sbin/mini-sendmail -srelayhost
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send-mail /usr/pkg/sbin/mini-sendmail -srelayhost
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mail 1 ,
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.Xr mailq 1 ,
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.Xr newaliases 1 ,
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.Xr postfix 1 ,
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.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
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.Xr sendmail 8
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.Pp
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.Pa pkgsrc/mail/mini_sendmail
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.Sh HISTORY
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.Nm
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appeared in
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.Nx 1.4 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Perry E. Metzger Aq perry@piermont.com
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.Sh BUGS
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The entire reason this program exists is a crock.
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Instead, a command
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for how to submit mail should be standardized, and all the "behave
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differently if invoked with a different name" behavior of things like
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.Xr mailq 1
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should go away.
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