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diff --git a/static/v10/man8/smtp.8 b/static/v10/man8/smtp.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b6c6315d --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man8/smtp.8 @@ -0,0 +1,200 @@ +.TH SMTP 8 +.CT 1 sa_auto +.SH NAME +smtp, smtpqer, smtpd, smtpsched \- handle simple mail transfer protocol +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B /usr/lib/upas/smtp +[ +.I option ... +] +.I replyaddr +.I dest +.I recipient ... +.PP +.B /usr/lib/upas/smtpqer +[ +.I option ... +] +.I replyaddr +.I dest +.I recipient ... +.PP +.B /usr/lib/upas/smtpd +[ +.B -n +] [ +.B -H +.I host +] +.PP +.B /usr/lib/upas/smtpsched +[ +option ... +] [ +.I queue ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Smtp +reads a mail message from the standard input, +and sends it with the Internet SMTP protocol +to the named +.I recipients +at +network address +.IR dest . +.I Dest +has default network +.B tcp +and default +service +.B tcp.25 +(the conventional Internet SMTP port). +Error reports are mailed to local address +.IR replyaddr . +.PP +.I Smtp +operates in two modes, `Internet' (default) and `Unix'. +In Internet mode +.I recipient +addresses should be in full domain form. +.L From: +and +.L Date: +headers will be inserted as necessary +to conform to Internet standards. +In Unix mode +addresses and message contents +are not touched. +The options are +.TP +.B -u +Run in Unix mode. +.TP +.BI -H " host" +Use +.I host +as the name of the sending system (taken from +.IR whoami (5) +by default). +.TP +.BI -d " domain +Append the specified domain suffix to +incomplete addresses. +.PP +.I Smtpqer +reads a mail message from the standard input +and stashes it away +to be sent later +by +.IR smtpsched . +By default, +.I smtpsched +is started immediately; +option +.B -n +prevents this. +Other options and arguments are the same as for +.IR smtp . +.PP +.I Smtpd +receives a message by +speaking the server part of SMTP +on the standard input and output. +The message is stashed in a queue for later delivery +as by +.IR smtpqer . +Option +.B -n +prevents +.I smtpsched +from running immediately; +option +.B -H +is as for +.I smtp. +.PP +.I Smtpsched +processes the queues assembled by +.I smtpqer +and +.IR smtpd , +calling +.IR mail (1) +for local messages and +.I smtp +for others. +It should be run occasionally from +.IR cron (8). +.PP +The +.I queue +arguments name particular queue directories to be processed; +if no queue is named, +all queues are processed. +The options are +.TF "-s\0nproc" +.TP +.BI -w " days" +Send a warning about each message more than +.I days +old to the reply address. +.TP +.BI -r " days" +Mail an error reply about each message more than +.I days +old, +and discard the message. +.TP +.BI -s " nproc" +Do not run more than +.I nproc +simultaneous copies of +.I smtpsched +started with this option. +.TP +.B -c +Remove empty directories and inconsistent files. +.TP +.B -t +Log actions without performing them. +.TP +.B -C +Process `C' command files +.RI ( smtp +calls) only. +.TP +.B -X +Process `X' command files +.RI ( rmail +calls) only. +.TP +.B -v +Enable verbose logging. +.PD +.PP +The queues are kept in subdirectories of +.FR /usr/spool/smtpq , +named by splitting the lower case remote system name +into components separated by +periods, +concatenating the last two or fewer components, +taking the last 14 characters, +and stripping leading periods. +.SH FILES +.TF /usr/spool/smtpq/smtpqsched.log +.TP +.B /usr/spool/smtpq +spooling directory +.TP +.B /usr/spool/smtpq/smtpqsched.log +logging +.TP +.B /usr/spool/smtpq/.consumers +list of process IDs running +.I smptqsched -s +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR mail (1), +.IR upas (8), +.IR smstat (8) +.br +DARPA standards RFC 822, RFC 976 |