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4.\" Perry E. Metzger. All rights reserved.
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17.\" by Perry E. Metzger.
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34.Dd December 16, 1998
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 pairs.
45The first member of each pair is the name
46of a program invoking
47.Xr mailwrapper 8
48which is typically a symbolic link to
49.Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail .
50(On a typical system,
51.Xr newaliases 1
52and
53.Xr mailq 1
54would be set up this way.)
55The second member of each pair is the name of the program to
56actually execute when the first name is invoked.
57The file may also
58contain comments, denoted by a # mark in the first column of any line.
59.Sh FILES
60/etc/mail/mailer.conf
61.Sh EXAMPLES
62The following is an example of how to set up an
63.Nm
64for traditional sendmail invocation behavior.
65.Bd -literal
66# Execute the "real" sendmail program, named /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
67sendmail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
68send-mail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
69mailq /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
70newaliases /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
71.Ed
72.Pp
73This example shows how to invoke a sendmail-workalike like Postfix in
74place of sendmail.
75.Bd -literal
76# Emulate sendmail using postfix
77sendmail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
78send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
79mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
80newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
81.Ed
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr mail 1 ,
84.Xr mailq 1 ,
85.Xr newaliases 1 ,
86.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
87.Xr sendmail 8
88.Sh HISTORY
89.Nm
90appeared in
91.Nx 1.4 .
92.Sh AUTHORS
93.An Perry E. Metzger Aq perry@piermont.com
94.Sh BUGS
95The entire reason this program exists is a crock.
96Instead, a command
97for how to submit mail should be standardized, and all the "behave
98differently if invoked with a different name" behavior of things like
99.Xr mailq 1
100should go away.
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:
9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
15.\" must display the following acknowledgment:
16.\" This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project
17.\" by Perry E. Metzger.
18.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
19.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
20.\"
21.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
23.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.
31.\"
32.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5 141580 2005-02-09 18:07:17Z ru $
33.\"
34.Dd December 16, 1998
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 pairs.
45The first member of each pair is the name
46of a program invoking
47.Xr mailwrapper 8
48which is typically a symbolic link to
49.Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail .
50(On a typical system,
51.Xr newaliases 1
52and
53.Xr mailq 1
54would be set up this way.)
55The second member of each pair is the name of the program to
56actually execute when the first name is invoked.
57The file may also
58contain comments, denoted by a # mark in the first column of any line.
59.Sh FILES
60/etc/mail/mailer.conf
61.Sh EXAMPLES
62The following is an example of how to set up an
63.Nm
64for traditional sendmail invocation behavior.
65.Bd -literal
66# Execute the "real" sendmail program, named /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
67sendmail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
68send-mail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
69mailq /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
70newaliases /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
71.Ed
72.Pp
73This example shows how to invoke a sendmail-workalike like Postfix in
74place of sendmail.
75.Bd -literal
76# Emulate sendmail using postfix
77sendmail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
78send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
79mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
80newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
81.Ed
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr mail 1 ,
84.Xr mailq 1 ,
85.Xr newaliases 1 ,
86.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
87.Xr sendmail 8
88.Sh HISTORY
89.Nm
90appeared in
91.Nx 1.4 .
92.Sh AUTHORS
93.An Perry E. Metzger Aq perry@piermont.com
94.Sh BUGS
95The entire reason this program exists is a crock.
96Instead, a command
97for how to submit mail should be standardized, and all the "behave
98differently if invoked with a different name" behavior of things like
99.Xr mailq 1
100should go away.