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Since masqmail is intended to replace sendmail, it uses the same meillo@1: command line options, but not all are implemented. There are also two meillo@1: additional options, which are unique to masqmail (-qo meillo@1: <connection> and -g)

meillo@1: meillo@1: -- option:
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Not a 'real' option, it means that all following arguments are to meillo@1: be understood as arguments and not as options even if they begin with a meillo@1: leading dash '-'. Mutt is known to call sendmail with this option.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -bd option (daemon):
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Run as daemon, accepting connections, usually on port 25 if not meillo@1: configured differently. This is usually used in the startup script and meillo@1: together with the -q option (see below).

meillo@1: meillo@1: -bi option:
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Old sendmail rebuilds its alias database when invoked with this meillo@1: option. Masqmail ignores it. Masqmail reads directly from the file meillo@1: given with alias_file in the config file.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -bp option:
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Show the messages in the queue. Same as calling masqmail as meillo@1: 'mailq'.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -bs option:
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Accept SMTP commands from stdin. Some mailers (eg pine) use this meillo@1: option as an interface. It can also be used to call masqmail from meillo@1: inetd, according to Tomislav Filipcic this works.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -B<arg>option:
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arg is usually 8BITMIME. Some mailers use this to indicate that the meillo@1: message contains characters > 127. Masqmail is 8-bit clean and meillo@1: ignores this, so you do not have to recompile elm, which is very meillo@1: painful ;-). Note though that this violates some conventions: masqmail meillo@1: does not convert 8 bit messages to any MIME format if it meillo@1: encounters a mail server which does not advertise its 8BITMIME capability, meillo@1: masqmail does not advertise this itself. This is the same practice as meillo@1: that of exim (but different to sendmail).

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This may change in the future, but do not rely on it.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -C<filename>option:
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Use another configuration than /etc/masqmail.conf. Useful for meillo@1: debugging purposes.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -d <number> option:
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Set the debug level. This takes precedence before the value of meillo@1: debug_level in the configuration file. Read the warning in the meillo@1: description of the latter.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -g option:
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Get mail, using the configurations given with meillo@1: get.<name> in the main configuration.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -i option:
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Same as -oi, see below.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -oem option:
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If the -oi ist not also given, always return with a non zero meillo@1: return code. Maybe someone tells me what this is good for...

meillo@1: meillo@1: -odb option:
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Deliver in background. Masqmail always does this.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -odq option:
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Do not attempt to deliver immediately. Any messages will be queued meillo@1: until the next queue running process picks them up and delivers meillo@1: them. You get the same effect by setting the do_queue option in meillo@1: /etc/masqmail.conf.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -oi option:
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A dot as a single character in a line does not terminate meillo@1: the message.

meillo@1: meillo@1: -q option:
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If not given with an argument, run a queue process, ie. try to meillo@1: deliver all messages in the queue. Masqmail sends only to those meillo@1: addresses that are on the local net, not to those that are meillo@1: outside. Use -qo <connection> for those.

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If you have configured inetd to start masqmail, you can use this meillo@1: option in a cron job which starts in regular time intervals, to mimic meillo@1: the same effect as starting masqmail with -bd -q30m.

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An argument may be a time interval ie. a numerical value followed meillo@1: by one of the letters. s,m,h,d,w which are interpreted as seconds, meillo@1: minutes, hours, days or weeks respectively. Example: -q30m. Masqmail meillo@1: starts as a daemon and a queue runner process will be started meillo@1: automatically once in this time interval. This is usually used meillo@1: together with -bd (see above).

meillo@1: meillo@1: -qo<name> option:
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Can be followed by a connection name. Use this option in your meillo@1: script which starts as soon as a link to the internet has been set up meillo@1: (usually ip-up). When masqmail is called with this option, the meillo@1: specified route configuration is read and the queued mail with meillo@1: destinations on the internet will be sent. The name is defined meillo@1: in the configuration (see connect_route.<name>).

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If called without <name>, the online status is determined with meillo@1: the configured method (see online_detect in config.html)

meillo@1: meillo@1: -t option:
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Read recipients from headers. Delete 'Bcc:' headers. If any meillo@1: arguments are given, these are interpreted as recipient addresses and meillo@1: the message will not be sent to these.

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