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41 Since masqmail is intended to replace sendmail, it uses the same

42 command line options, but not all are implemented. There are also two

43 additional options, which are unique to masqmail (-qo

44 <connection> and -g)

46 -- option:

48 Not a 'real' option, it means that all following arguments are to

49 be understood as arguments and not as options even if they begin with a

50 leading dash '-'. Mutt is known to call sendmail with this option.

52 -bd option (daemon):

54 Run as daemon, accepting connections, usually on port 25 if not

55 configured differently. This is usually used in the startup script and

56 together with the -q option (see below).

58 -bi option:

60 Old sendmail rebuilds its alias database when invoked with this

61 option. Masqmail ignores it. Masqmail reads directly from the file

62 given with alias_file in the config file.

64 -bp option:

66 Show the messages in the queue. Same as calling masqmail as

67 'mailq'.

69 -bs option:

71 Accept SMTP commands from stdin. Some mailers (eg pine) use this

72 option as an interface. It can also be used to call masqmail from

73 inetd, according to Tomislav Filipcic this works.

75 -B<arg>option:

77 arg is usually 8BITMIME. Some mailers use this to indicate that the

78 message contains characters > 127. Masqmail is 8-bit clean and

79 ignores this, so you do not have to recompile elm, which is very

80 painful ;-). Note though that this violates some conventions: masqmail

81 does not convert 8 bit messages to any MIME format if it

82 encounters a mail server which does not advertise its 8BITMIME capability,

83 masqmail does not advertise this itself. This is the same practice as

84 that of exim (but different to sendmail).

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

88 -C<filename>option:

90 Use another configuration than /etc/masqmail.conf. Useful for

91 debugging purposes.

93 -d <number> option:

95 Set the debug level. This takes precedence before the value of

96 debug_level in the configuration file. Read the warning in the

97 description of the latter.

99 -g option:

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101 Get mail, using the configurations given with

102 get.<name> in the main configuration.

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104 -i option:

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106 Same as -oi, see below.

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108 -oem option:

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110 If the -oi ist not also given, always return with a non zero

111 return code. Maybe someone tells me what this is good for...

112

113 -odb option:

114

115 Deliver in background. Masqmail always does this.

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117 -odq option:

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119 Do not attempt to deliver immediately. Any messages will be queued

120 until the next queue running process picks them up and delivers

121 them. You get the same effect by setting the do_queue option in

122 /etc/masqmail.conf.

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124 -oi option:

125

126 A dot as a single character in a line does not terminate

127 the message.

128

129 -q option:

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131 If not given with an argument, run a queue process, ie. try to

132 deliver all messages in the queue. Masqmail sends only to those

133 addresses that are on the local net, not to those that are

134 outside. Use -qo <connection> for those.

135

136 If you have configured inetd to start masqmail, you can use this

137 option in a cron job which starts in regular time intervals, to mimic

138 the same effect as starting masqmail with -bd -q30m.

139

140 An argument may be a time interval ie. a numerical value followed

141 by one of the letters. s,m,h,d,w which are interpreted as seconds,

142 minutes, hours, days or weeks respectively. Example: -q30m. Masqmail

143 starts as a daemon and a queue runner process will be started

144 automatically once in this time interval. This is usually used

145 together with -bd (see above).

146

147 -qo<name> option:

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149 Can be followed by a connection name. Use this option in your

150 script which starts as soon as a link to the internet has been set up

151 (usually ip-up). When masqmail is called with this option, the

152 specified route configuration is read and the queued mail with

153 destinations on the internet will be sent. The name is defined

154 in the configuration (see connect_route.<name>).

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156 If called without <name&gt, the online status is determined with

157 the configured method (see online_detect in <a

158 href="config.html">config.html</a>)

159

160 -t option:

161

162 Read recipients from headers. Delete 'Bcc:' headers. If any

163 arguments are given, these are interpreted as recipient addresses and

164 the message will not be sent to these.

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170 <address><a href = "mailto:kurth@innominate.de">Oliver Kurth</a></address>

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