Annotation of researchv10no/lbin/mailx/man/smtpsched.1m, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: '\"macro stdmacro
                      2: .if n .pH g1a.smtpsched %W% of %G%
                      3: .nr X
                      4: .if \nX=0 .ds x} smtpsched 1M "" "\&"
                      5: .if \nX=1 .ds x} smtpsched 1M ""
                      6: .if \nX=2 .ds x} smtpsched 1M "" "\&"
                      7: .if \nX=3 .ds x} smtpsched "" "" "\&"
                      8: .TH \*(x}
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: \f4smtpsched\fP \- process messages queued in the \s-1SMTP\s+1 mail queue
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: \f4smtpsched\f1 [ \f4\-c\f1 ] [ \f4\-v\f1 ] [ \f4\-t\f1 ] [ \f4\-s\f2 scheds\f1 ]
                     13: [ \f4\-r\f2 days\f1 ] [ \f4\-w\f2 days\f1 ] [\f2 qnames\f1 ]
                     14: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     15: \f4smtpsched\fP is used to process the messages queued up in the
                     16: .SM SMTP
                     17: mail queue \f4/var/spool/smtpq\fP.
                     18: It is invoked automatically by the
                     19: .SM SMTP
                     20: mail surrogate \f4smtpqer\fP,
                     21: whenever mail is queued for
                     22: .SM SMTP
                     23: delivery to a remote host, and by
                     24: \f4smtpd\fP whenever incoming mail arrives.
                     25: It should also be run once per hour (from \f4cron\fP) to attempt
                     26: delivery of any mail that cannot be delivered immediately.
                     27: .P
                     28: \f4smtpsched\fP will normally attempt to send all messages queued under all
                     29: subdirectories of \f4/var/spool/smtpq\fP.
                     30: However, if \f2qnames\fP are specified, only those listed subdirectories
                     31: of \f4/var/spool/smtpq\fP will be searched for messages to deliver.
                     32: The subdirectories each refer to a different remote host.
                     33: .P
                     34: The options to \f4smtpsched\fP are as follows:
                     35: .TP 12
                     36: \f4\-c\fP
                     37: Causes empty queue directories to be removed.
                     38: .TP
                     39: \f4\-v\fP
                     40: Causes verbose logging to occur.
                     41: .TP
                     42: \f4\-t\fP
                     43: Test mode.
                     44: The actions \f4smtpsched\fP would take are logged but not performed.
                     45: .TP
                     46: \f4\-s\f2 scheds\f1
                     47: Specifies the maximum number of concurrent \f4smtpsched\fPs that may be
                     48: running at once.
                     49: If more than this number is running, \f4smtpsched\fP will exit.
                     50: .TP
                     51: \f4\-r\f2 days\f1
                     52: Causes mail older than \f2days\fP days to be returned.
                     53: .TP
                     54: \f4\-w\f2 days\f1
                     55: Any mail older than \f2days\fP days will trigger a warning message,
                     56: which is sent to the originator.
                     57: .SH FILES
                     58: .TP 35n
                     59: \f4/usr/lib/mail/surrcmd/smtp\fP
                     60: delivers the mail
                     61: .TP
                     62: \f4/usr/lib/mail/surrcmd/smtpqer\fP
                     63: queues the mail
                     64: .TP
                     65: \f4/var/spool/smtpq\fP
                     66: queued mail messages
                     67: .TP
                     68: \f4/var/spool/smtpq/LOG*\fP
                     69: log files
                     70: .TP
                     71: \f4/var/spool/smtpq/\f2host\fP\fP
                     72: mail messages queued for \f2host\fP
                     73: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     74: \f4cron\fP(1M), \f4smtp\fP(1M), \f4smtpqer\fP(1M)

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