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1.\" $NetBSD: mailer.conf.5,v 1.2 1999/05/29 18:18:30 christos Exp $
2.\"
3.\" Copyright (c) 1998
4.\" Perry E. Metzger. All rights reserved.
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6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
8.\" are met:

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24.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
25.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
26.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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1.\" $NetBSD: mailer.conf.5,v 1.2 1999/05/29 18:18:30 christos Exp $
2.\"
3.\" Copyright (c) 1998
4.\" Perry E. Metzger. All rights reserved.
5.\"
6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
8.\" are met:

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24.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
25.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
26.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
27.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
28.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
29.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
30.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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32.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5 159326 2006-06-06 05:01:12Z delphij $
32.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5 162404 2006-09-18 15:24:20Z ru $
33.\"
34.Dd May 31, 2006
35.Dt MAILER.CONF 5
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm mailer.conf
39.Nd configuration file for
40.Xr mailwrapper 8
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The file
43.Pa /etc/mail/mailer.conf
44contains a series of lines of the form
45.Pp
33.\"
34.Dd May 31, 2006
35.Dt MAILER.CONF 5
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm mailer.conf
39.Nd configuration file for
40.Xr mailwrapper 8
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The file
43.Pa /etc/mail/mailer.conf
44contains a series of lines of the form
45.Pp
46.Pa name
47.Pa program
46.Ar name
47.Ar program
48.Op Ar arguments ...
49.Pp
50The first word of each line is the
48.Op Ar arguments ...
49.Pp
50The first word of each line is the
51.Pa name
51.Ar name
52of a program invoking
53.Xr mailwrapper 8 .
54(For example, on a typical system
55.Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail
56would be a symbolic link to
57.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
58as would
59.Xr newaliases 1
60and
61.Xr mailq 1 .
62Thus,
52of a program invoking
53.Xr mailwrapper 8 .
54(For example, on a typical system
55.Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail
56would be a symbolic link to
57.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
58as would
59.Xr newaliases 1
60and
61.Xr mailq 1 .
62Thus,
63.Pa name
63.Ar name
64might be
64might be
65.Dq sendmail
65.Dq Li sendmail
66or
66or
67.Dq newaliases
67.Dq Li newaliases
68etc.)
69.Pp
70The second word of each line is the name of the
68etc.)
69.Pp
70The second word of each line is the name of the
71.Pa program
71.Ar program
72to actually execute when the first name is invoked.
73.Pp
74The further
75.Ar arguments ,
76if any, are passed to the
72to actually execute when the first name is invoked.
73.Pp
74The further
75.Ar arguments ,
76if any, are passed to the
77.Pa program ,
77.Ar program ,
78followed by the arguments
79.Xr mailwrapper 8
80was called with.
81.Pp
82The file may also contain comment lines, denoted by a
78followed by the arguments
79.Xr mailwrapper 8
80was called with.
81.Pp
82The file may also contain comment lines, denoted by a
83.Sq #
83.Ql #
84mark in the first column of any line.
84mark in the first column of any line.
85first column of any line.
86.Sh FILES
87/etc/mail/mailer.conf
88.Sh EXAMPLES
89This example shows how to set up
90.Nm
91to invoke the traditional
92.Xr sendmail 8
93program:

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106.Bd -literal -offset indent
107# Emulate sendmail using postfix
108sendmail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
109send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
110mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
111newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
112.Ed
113.Pp
85.Sh FILES
86/etc/mail/mailer.conf
87.Sh EXAMPLES
88This example shows how to set up
89.Nm
90to invoke the traditional
91.Xr sendmail 8
92program:

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105.Bd -literal -offset indent
106# Emulate sendmail using postfix
107sendmail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
108send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
109mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
110newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
111.Ed
112.Pp
114This example shows the use of the mini_sendmail package from ports
115in place of
116.Xr sendmail 8 :
113This example shows the use of the
114.Nm mini_sendmail
115package from ports in place of
116.Xr sendmail 8 .
117Note the use of additional arguments.
118.Bd -literal -offset indent
119# Send outgoing mail to a smart relay using mini_sendmail
120sendmail /usr/local/bin/mini_sendmail -srelayhost
121send-mail /usr/local/bin/mini_sendmail -srelayhost
122.Ed
123.Sh SEE ALSO
124.Xr mail 1 ,
125.Xr mailq 1 ,
126.Xr newaliases 1 ,
127.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
128.Xr sendmail 8
129.Pp
117Note the use of additional arguments.
118.Bd -literal -offset indent
119# Send outgoing mail to a smart relay using mini_sendmail
120sendmail /usr/local/bin/mini_sendmail -srelayhost
121send-mail /usr/local/bin/mini_sendmail -srelayhost
122.Ed
123.Sh SEE ALSO
124.Xr mail 1 ,
125.Xr mailq 1 ,
126.Xr newaliases 1 ,
127.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
128.Xr sendmail 8
129.Pp
130.Xr postfix 1
131.Pq Pa ports/mail/postfix ,
130.Xr postfix 1 Pq Pa ports/mail/postfix ,
132.Xr mini_sendmail 8 Pq Pa ports/mail/mini_sendmail
133.Sh HISTORY
134.Nm
135appeared in
136.Nx 1.4 .
137.Sh AUTHORS
138.An Perry E. Metzger Aq perry@piermont.com
139.Sh BUGS
140The entire reason this program exists is a crock.
141Instead, a command
142for how to submit mail should be standardized, and all the "behave
143differently if invoked with a different name" behavior of things like
144.Xr mailq 1
145should go away.
131.Xr mini_sendmail 8 Pq Pa ports/mail/mini_sendmail
132.Sh HISTORY
133.Nm
134appeared in
135.Nx 1.4 .
136.Sh AUTHORS
137.An Perry E. Metzger Aq perry@piermont.com
138.Sh BUGS
139The entire reason this program exists is a crock.
140Instead, a command
141for how to submit mail should be standardized, and all the "behave
142differently if invoked with a different name" behavior of things like
143.Xr mailq 1
144should go away.