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it is dated May/July 2000
| author | meillo@marmaro.de |
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| date | Sat, 29 May 2010 21:51:13 +0200 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/docs/old-manual/options.html Sat May 29 21:51:13 2010 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ + + + + + + + + +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>MasqMail - Manual +</TITLE> +</HEAD> + <BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000ff" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + + <center> + <table width="80%"> + <tr><td> + <table width="100%" bgcolor="#0000aa" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0> +<tr> + <td> + <a href="manual.html"> + <img width="20" src = "../images/u_arrow.gif" alt = "manual"> + </a> + </td> +<td align=center width="100%"><font size="6" color = "#ffffff">Options</font></td> +<td> + <a href="./install.html"> + <img width="20" src = "../images/l_arrow.gif" alt = "Installation"> + </a> +</td> +<td> + <a href="./alias.html"> + <img width="20" src = "../images/r_arrow.gif" alt = "Alias Format"> + </a> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + + +<p>Since masqmail is intended to replace sendmail, it uses the same +command line options, but not all are implemented. There are also two +additional options, which are unique to masqmail (-qo +<connection> and -g) </p> + +<b>-- </b>option:<br> + +<p>Not a 'real' option, it means that all following arguments are to +be understood as arguments and not as options even if they begin with a +leading dash '-'. Mutt is known to call sendmail with this option.</p> + +<b>-bd </b>option (daemon):<br> + +<p>Run as daemon, accepting connections, usually on port 25 if not +configured differently. This is usually used in the startup script and +together with the -q option (see below).</p> + +<b>-bi </b>option:<br> + +<p>Old sendmail rebuilds its alias database when invoked with this +option. Masqmail ignores it. Masqmail reads directly from the file +given with <b>alias_file</b> in the config file.</p> + +<b>-bp </b>option:<br> + +<p>Show the messages in the queue. Same as calling masqmail as +'mailq'.</p> + +<b>-bs </b>option:<br> + +<p>Accept SMTP commands from stdin. Some mailers (eg pine) use this +option as an interface. It can also be used to call masqmail from +inetd, according to Tomislav Filipcic this works.</p> + +<b>-B<arg></b>option:<br> + +<p>arg is usually 8BITMIME. Some mailers use this to indicate that the +message contains characters > 127. Masqmail is 8-bit clean and +ignores this, so you do not have to recompile elm, which is very +painful ;-). Note though that this violates some conventions: masqmail +<em>does not</em> convert 8 bit messages to any MIME format if it +encounters a mail server which does not advertise its 8BITMIME capability, +masqmail does not advertise this itself. This is the same practice as +that of exim (but different to sendmail).</p> + +<p>This <em>may</em> change in the future, but do not rely on it.</p> + +<b>-C<filename></b>option:<br> + +<p>Use another configuration than /etc/masqmail.conf. Useful for +debugging purposes.</p> + +<b>-d <number> </b>option:<br> + +<p>Set the debug level. This takes precedence before the value of +<b>debug_level</b> in the configuration file. Read the warning in the +description of the latter.</p> + +<b>-g </b>option:<br> + +<p>Get mail, using the configurations given with +<b>get.<name></b> in the main configuration.</p> + +<b>-i </b>option:<br> + +<p>Same as <b>-oi</b>, see below.</p> + +<b>-oem </b>option:<br> + +<p>If the <b>-oi</b> ist not also given, always return with a non zero +return code. Maybe someone tells me what this is good for... </p> + +<b>-odb </b>option:<br> + +<p>Deliver in background. Masqmail always does this.</p> + +<b>-odq </b>option:<br> + +<p>Do not attempt to deliver immediately. Any messages will be queued +until the next queue running process picks them up and delivers +them. You get the same effect by setting the <i>do_queue</i> option in +/etc/masqmail.conf.</p> + +<b>-oi </b>option:<br> + +<p>A dot as a single character in a line does <em>not</em> terminate +the message.</p> + +<b>-q </b>option:<br> + +<p>If not given with an argument, run a queue process, ie. try to +deliver all messages in the queue. Masqmail sends only to those +addresses that are on the <em>local</em> net, not to those that are +outside. Use -qo <connection> for those.</p> + +<p>If you have configured inetd to start masqmail, you can use this +option in a cron job which starts in regular time intervals, to mimic +the same effect as starting masqmail with -bd -q30m.</p> + +<p>An argument may be a time interval ie. a numerical value followed +by one of the letters. s,m,h,d,w which are interpreted as seconds, +minutes, hours, days or weeks respectively. Example: -q30m. Masqmail +starts as a daemon and a queue runner process will be started +automatically once in this time interval. This is usually used +together with -bd (see above).</p> + +<b>-qo<name> </b>option:<br> + +<p>Can be followed by a connection name. Use this option in your +script which starts as soon as a link to the internet has been set up +(usually ip-up). When masqmail is called with this option, the +specified route configuration is read and the queued mail with +destinations on the internet will be sent. The <b>name</b> is defined +in the configuration (see <b>connect_route.<name></b>).</p> + +<p>If called without <name>, the online status is determined with +the configured method (see <b>online_detect</b> in <a +href="config.html">config.html</a>)</p> + +<b>-t </b>option:<br> + +<p>Read recipients from headers. Delete 'Bcc:' headers. If any +arguments are given, these are interpreted as recipient addresses and +the message will <em>not</em> be sent to these.</p> + </td></tr> + + <tr><td> + <p> + <hr> + <address><a href = "mailto:kurth@innominate.de">Oliver Kurth</a></address> + Last modified: Tue May 30 15:19:56 CEST 2000 + <br> + This page was created using <a href="http://www.freddyfrog.com/hacks/genpage/">Genpage</a> - Version: 1.0.6 + </p> + + </table> + </center> + + </BODY> +</HEAD> +