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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SMTP 8
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_auto
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: smtp, smtpqer, smtpd, smtpsched \- handle simple mail transfer protocol 
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /usr/lib/upas/smtp
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I option ...
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .I replyaddr
        !            11: .I dest
        !            12: .I recipient ...
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .B /usr/lib/upas/smtpqer
        !            15: [
        !            16: .I option ...
        !            17: ]
        !            18: .I replyaddr
        !            19: .I dest
        !            20: .I recipient ...
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: .B /usr/lib/upas/smtpd
        !            23: [
        !            24: .B -n
        !            25: ] [
        !            26: .B -H
        !            27: .I host
        !            28: ]
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: .B /usr/lib/upas/smtpsched
        !            31: [
        !            32: option ...
        !            33: ] [
        !            34: .I queue ...
        !            35: ]
        !            36: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            37: .I Smtp
        !            38: reads a mail message from the standard input,
        !            39: and sends it with the Internet SMTP protocol
        !            40: to the named
        !            41: .I recipients
        !            42: at
        !            43: network address
        !            44: .IR dest .
        !            45: .I Dest
        !            46: has default network
        !            47: .B tcp
        !            48: and default
        !            49: service
        !            50: .B tcp.25
        !            51: (the conventional Internet SMTP port).
        !            52: Error reports are mailed to local address
        !            53: .IR replyaddr .
        !            54: .PP
        !            55: .I Smtp
        !            56: operates in two modes, `Internet' (default) and `Unix'.
        !            57: In Internet mode
        !            58: .I recipient
        !            59: addresses should be in full domain form.
        !            60: .L From:
        !            61: and
        !            62: .L Date:
        !            63: headers will be inserted as necessary
        !            64: to conform to Internet standards.
        !            65: In Unix mode
        !            66: addresses and message contents
        !            67: are not touched.
        !            68: The options are
        !            69: .TP
        !            70: .B -u
        !            71: Run in Unix mode.
        !            72: .TP
        !            73: .BI -H " host"
        !            74: Use
        !            75: .I host
        !            76: as the name of the sending system (taken from
        !            77: .IR whoami (5)
        !            78: by default).
        !            79: .TP
        !            80: .BI -d " domain
        !            81: Append the specified domain suffix to
        !            82: incomplete addresses.
        !            83: .PP
        !            84: .I Smtpqer
        !            85: reads a mail message from the standard input
        !            86: and stashes it away
        !            87: to be sent later
        !            88: by
        !            89: .IR smtpsched .
        !            90: By default,
        !            91: .I smtpsched
        !            92: is started immediately;
        !            93: option
        !            94: .B -n
        !            95: prevents this.
        !            96: Other options and arguments are the same as for
        !            97: .IR smtp .
        !            98: .PP
        !            99: .I Smtpd
        !           100: receives a message by
        !           101: speaking the server part of SMTP
        !           102: on the standard input and output.
        !           103: The message is stashed in a queue for later delivery
        !           104: as by
        !           105: .IR smtpqer .
        !           106: Option
        !           107: .B -n
        !           108: prevents
        !           109: .I smtpsched
        !           110: from running immediately;
        !           111: option
        !           112: .B -H
        !           113: is as for
        !           114: .I smtp.
        !           115: .PP
        !           116: .I Smtpsched
        !           117: processes the queues assembled by
        !           118: .I smtpqer
        !           119: and
        !           120: .IR smtpd ,
        !           121: calling
        !           122: .IR mail (1)
        !           123: for local messages and
        !           124: .I smtp
        !           125: for others.
        !           126: It should be run occasionally from
        !           127: .IR cron (8).
        !           128: .PP
        !           129: The
        !           130: .I queue
        !           131: arguments name particular queue directories to be processed;
        !           132: if no queue is named,
        !           133: all queues are processed.
        !           134: The options are
        !           135: .TF "-s\0nproc"
        !           136: .TP
        !           137: .BI -w " days"
        !           138: Send a warning about each message more than
        !           139: .I days
        !           140: old to the reply address.
        !           141: .TP
        !           142: .BI -r " days"
        !           143: Mail an error reply about each message more than
        !           144: .I days
        !           145: old,
        !           146: and discard the message.
        !           147: .TP
        !           148: .BI -s " nproc"
        !           149: Do not run more than
        !           150: .I nproc
        !           151: simultaneous copies of
        !           152: .I smtpsched
        !           153: started with this option.
        !           154: .TP
        !           155: .B -c
        !           156: Remove empty directories and inconsistent files.
        !           157: .TP
        !           158: .B -t
        !           159: Log actions without performing them. 
        !           160: .TP
        !           161: .B -C
        !           162: Process `C' command files
        !           163: .RI ( smtp
        !           164: calls) only.
        !           165: .TP
        !           166: .B -X
        !           167: Process `X' command files
        !           168: .RI ( rmail
        !           169: calls) only.
        !           170: .TP
        !           171: .B -v
        !           172: Enable verbose logging.
        !           173: .PD
        !           174: .PP
        !           175: The queues are kept in subdirectories of
        !           176: .FR /usr/spool/smtpq ,
        !           177: named by splitting the lower case remote system name
        !           178: into components separated by
        !           179: periods,
        !           180: concatenating the last two or fewer components,
        !           181: taking the last 14 characters,
        !           182: and stripping leading periods.
        !           183: .SH FILES
        !           184: .TF /usr/spool/smtpq/smtpqsched.log
        !           185: .TP
        !           186: .B /usr/spool/smtpq
        !           187: spooling directory
        !           188: .TP
        !           189: .B /usr/spool/smtpq/smtpqsched.log
        !           190: logging
        !           191: .TP
        !           192: .B /usr/spool/smtpq/.consumers
        !           193: list of process IDs running
        !           194: .I smptqsched -s
        !           195: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           196: .IR mail (1),
        !           197: .IR upas (8),
        !           198: .IR smstat (8)
        !           199: .br
        !           200: DARPA standards RFC 822, RFC 976

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