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    1.14 +<TITLE>MasqMail - Manual
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    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">
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    1.41 +</table>
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    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 +&lt;connection&gt; 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&lt;arg&gt;</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 &gt; 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&lt;filename&gt;</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 &lt;number&gt; </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.&lt;name&gt;</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 &lt;connection&gt; 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&lt;name&gt; </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.&lt;name&gt;</b>).</p>
   1.158 +
   1.159 +<p>If called without &lt;name&gt, 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>
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   1.171 +	    <p>
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   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
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