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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/docs/old-manual/options.html Sat May 29 21:51:13 2010 +0200 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ 1.4 + 1.5 + 1.6 + 1.7 + 1.8 + 1.9 + 1.10 + 1.11 + 1.12 +<HTML> 1.13 +<HEAD> 1.14 +<TITLE>MasqMail - Manual 1.15 +</TITLE> 1.16 +</HEAD> 1.17 + <BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> 1.18 + 1.19 + <center> 1.20 + <table width="80%"> 1.21 + <tr><td> 1.22 + <table width="100%" bgcolor="#0000aa" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> 1.23 +<tr> 1.24 + <td> 1.25 + <a href="manual.html"> 1.26 + <img width="20" src = "../images/u_arrow.gif" alt = "manual"> 1.27 + </a> 1.28 + </td> 1.29 +<td align=center width="100%"><font size="6" color = "#ffffff">Options</font></td> 1.30 +<td> 1.31 + <a href="./install.html"> 1.32 + <img width="20" src = "../images/l_arrow.gif" alt = "Installation"> 1.33 + </a> 1.34 +</td> 1.35 +<td> 1.36 + <a href="./alias.html"> 1.37 + <img width="20" src = "../images/r_arrow.gif" alt = "Alias Format"> 1.38 + </a> 1.39 +</td> 1.40 +</tr> 1.41 +</table> 1.42 + 1.43 + 1.44 +<p>Since masqmail is intended to replace sendmail, it uses the same 1.45 +command line options, but not all are implemented. There are also two 1.46 +additional options, which are unique to masqmail (-qo 1.47 +<connection> and -g) </p> 1.48 + 1.49 +<b>-- </b>option:<br> 1.50 + 1.51 +<p>Not a 'real' option, it means that all following arguments are to 1.52 +be understood as arguments and not as options even if they begin with a 1.53 +leading dash '-'. Mutt is known to call sendmail with this option.</p> 1.54 + 1.55 +<b>-bd </b>option (daemon):<br> 1.56 + 1.57 +<p>Run as daemon, accepting connections, usually on port 25 if not 1.58 +configured differently. This is usually used in the startup script and 1.59 +together with the -q option (see below).</p> 1.60 + 1.61 +<b>-bi </b>option:<br> 1.62 + 1.63 +<p>Old sendmail rebuilds its alias database when invoked with this 1.64 +option. Masqmail ignores it. Masqmail reads directly from the file 1.65 +given with <b>alias_file</b> in the config file.</p> 1.66 + 1.67 +<b>-bp </b>option:<br> 1.68 + 1.69 +<p>Show the messages in the queue. Same as calling masqmail as 1.70 +'mailq'.</p> 1.71 + 1.72 +<b>-bs </b>option:<br> 1.73 + 1.74 +<p>Accept SMTP commands from stdin. Some mailers (eg pine) use this 1.75 +option as an interface. It can also be used to call masqmail from 1.76 +inetd, according to Tomislav Filipcic this works.</p> 1.77 + 1.78 +<b>-B<arg></b>option:<br> 1.79 + 1.80 +<p>arg is usually 8BITMIME. Some mailers use this to indicate that the 1.81 +message contains characters > 127. Masqmail is 8-bit clean and 1.82 +ignores this, so you do not have to recompile elm, which is very 1.83 +painful ;-). Note though that this violates some conventions: masqmail 1.84 +<em>does not</em> convert 8 bit messages to any MIME format if it 1.85 +encounters a mail server which does not advertise its 8BITMIME capability, 1.86 +masqmail does not advertise this itself. This is the same practice as 1.87 +that of exim (but different to sendmail).</p> 1.88 + 1.89 +<p>This <em>may</em> change in the future, but do not rely on it.</p> 1.90 + 1.91 +<b>-C<filename></b>option:<br> 1.92 + 1.93 +<p>Use another configuration than /etc/masqmail.conf. Useful for 1.94 +debugging purposes.</p> 1.95 + 1.96 +<b>-d <number> </b>option:<br> 1.97 + 1.98 +<p>Set the debug level. This takes precedence before the value of 1.99 +<b>debug_level</b> in the configuration file. Read the warning in the 1.100 +description of the latter.</p> 1.101 + 1.102 +<b>-g </b>option:<br> 1.103 + 1.104 +<p>Get mail, using the configurations given with 1.105 +<b>get.<name></b> in the main configuration.</p> 1.106 + 1.107 +<b>-i </b>option:<br> 1.108 + 1.109 +<p>Same as <b>-oi</b>, see below.</p> 1.110 + 1.111 +<b>-oem </b>option:<br> 1.112 + 1.113 +<p>If the <b>-oi</b> ist not also given, always return with a non zero 1.114 +return code. Maybe someone tells me what this is good for... </p> 1.115 + 1.116 +<b>-odb </b>option:<br> 1.117 + 1.118 +<p>Deliver in background. Masqmail always does this.</p> 1.119 + 1.120 +<b>-odq </b>option:<br> 1.121 + 1.122 +<p>Do not attempt to deliver immediately. Any messages will be queued 1.123 +until the next queue running process picks them up and delivers 1.124 +them. You get the same effect by setting the <i>do_queue</i> option in 1.125 +/etc/masqmail.conf.</p> 1.126 + 1.127 +<b>-oi </b>option:<br> 1.128 + 1.129 +<p>A dot as a single character in a line does <em>not</em> terminate 1.130 +the message.</p> 1.131 + 1.132 +<b>-q </b>option:<br> 1.133 + 1.134 +<p>If not given with an argument, run a queue process, ie. try to 1.135 +deliver all messages in the queue. Masqmail sends only to those 1.136 +addresses that are on the <em>local</em> net, not to those that are 1.137 +outside. Use -qo <connection> for those.</p> 1.138 + 1.139 +<p>If you have configured inetd to start masqmail, you can use this 1.140 +option in a cron job which starts in regular time intervals, to mimic 1.141 +the same effect as starting masqmail with -bd -q30m.</p> 1.142 + 1.143 +<p>An argument may be a time interval ie. a numerical value followed 1.144 +by one of the letters. s,m,h,d,w which are interpreted as seconds, 1.145 +minutes, hours, days or weeks respectively. Example: -q30m. Masqmail 1.146 +starts as a daemon and a queue runner process will be started 1.147 +automatically once in this time interval. This is usually used 1.148 +together with -bd (see above).</p> 1.149 + 1.150 +<b>-qo<name> </b>option:<br> 1.151 + 1.152 +<p>Can be followed by a connection name. Use this option in your 1.153 +script which starts as soon as a link to the internet has been set up 1.154 +(usually ip-up). When masqmail is called with this option, the 1.155 +specified route configuration is read and the queued mail with 1.156 +destinations on the internet will be sent. The <b>name</b> is defined 1.157 +in the configuration (see <b>connect_route.<name></b>).</p> 1.158 + 1.159 +<p>If called without <name>, the online status is determined with 1.160 +the configured method (see <b>online_detect</b> in <a 1.161 +href="config.html">config.html</a>)</p> 1.162 + 1.163 +<b>-t </b>option:<br> 1.164 + 1.165 +<p>Read recipients from headers. Delete 'Bcc:' headers. If any 1.166 +arguments are given, these are interpreted as recipient addresses and 1.167 +the message will <em>not</em> be sent to these.</p> 1.168 + </td></tr> 1.169 + 1.170 + <tr><td> 1.171 + <p> 1.172 + <hr> 1.173 + <address><a href = "mailto:kurth@innominate.de">Oliver Kurth</a></address> 1.174 + Last modified: Tue May 30 15:19:56 CEST 2000 1.175 + <br> 1.176 + This page was created using <a href="http://www.freddyfrog.com/hacks/genpage/">Genpage</a> - Version: 1.0.6 1.177 + </p> 1.178 + 1.179 + </table> 1.180 + </center> 1.181 + 1.182 + </BODY> 1.183 +</HEAD> 1.184 +