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164562Sgshapiro#vers 2 264562Sgshapirocpyr 3261194Sgshapirocpyr Copyright (c) 1998-2000, 2002, 2004-2007 Proofpoint, Inc. and its suppliers. 464562Sgshapirocpyr All rights reserved. 564562Sgshapirocpyr Copyright (c) 1983, 1995-1997 Eric P. Allman. All rights reserved. 664562Sgshapirocpyr Copyright (c) 1988, 1993 764562Sgshapirocpyr The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 864562Sgshapirocpyr 964562Sgshapirocpyr 1064562Sgshapirocpyr By using this file, you agree to the terms and conditions set 1164562Sgshapirocpyr forth in the LICENSE file which can be found at the top level of 1264562Sgshapirocpyr the sendmail distribution. 1364562Sgshapirocpyr 14261194Sgshapirocpyr $$Id: helpfile,v 8.49 2013/11/22 20:51:55 ca Exp $$ 1564562Sgshapirocpyr 1664562Sgshapirosmtp This is sendmail version $v 1764562Sgshapirosmtp Topics: 1864562Sgshapirosmtp HELO EHLO MAIL RCPT DATA 1964562Sgshapirosmtp RSET NOOP QUIT HELP VRFY 2064562Sgshapirosmtp EXPN VERB ETRN DSN AUTH 2164562Sgshapirosmtp STARTTLS 2264562Sgshapirosmtp For more info use "HELP <topic>". 23159609Sgshapirosmtp To report bugs in the implementation see 24159609Sgshapirosmtp http://www.sendmail.org/email-addresses.html 2564562Sgshapirosmtp For local information send email to Postmaster at your site. 2664562Sgshapirohelp HELP [ <topic> ] 2764562Sgshapirohelp The HELP command gives help info. 2864562Sgshapirohelo HELO <hostname> 2964562Sgshapirohelo Introduce yourself. 3064562Sgshapiroehlo EHLO <hostname> 3164562Sgshapiroehlo Introduce yourself, and request extended SMTP mode. 3264562Sgshapiroehlo Possible replies include: 3364562Sgshapiroehlo SEND Send as mail [RFC821] 3464562Sgshapiroehlo SOML Send as mail or terminal [RFC821] 3564562Sgshapiroehlo SAML Send as mail and terminal [RFC821] 3664562Sgshapiroehlo EXPN Expand the mailing list [RFC821] 3764562Sgshapiroehlo HELP Supply helpful information [RFC821] 3864562Sgshapiroehlo TURN Turn the operation around [RFC821] 3964562Sgshapiroehlo 8BITMIME Use 8-bit data [RFC1652] 4064562Sgshapiroehlo SIZE Message size declaration [RFC1870] 4164562Sgshapiroehlo VERB Verbose [Allman] 4264562Sgshapiroehlo CHUNKING Chunking [RFC1830] 4364562Sgshapiroehlo BINARYMIME Binary MIME [RFC1830] 4464562Sgshapiroehlo PIPELINING Command Pipelining [RFC1854] 4564562Sgshapiroehlo DSN Delivery Status Notification [RFC1891] 4664562Sgshapiroehlo ETRN Remote Message Queue Starting [RFC1985] 4764562Sgshapiroehlo STARTTLS Secure SMTP [RFC2487] 4864562Sgshapiroehlo AUTH Authentication [RFC2554] 4964562Sgshapiroehlo ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES Enhanced status codes [RFC2034] 5090792Sgshapiroehlo DELIVERBY Deliver By [RFC2852] 51157001Sgshapiromail MAIL From:<sender> [ <parameters> ] 5264562Sgshapiromail Specifies the sender. Parameters are ESMTP extensions. 5364562Sgshapiromail See "HELP DSN" for details. 54157001Sgshapirorcpt RCPT To:<recipient> [ <parameters> ] 5564562Sgshapirorcpt Specifies the recipient. Can be used any number of times. 5664562Sgshapirorcpt Parameters are ESMTP extensions. See "HELP DSN" for details. 5764562Sgshapirodata DATA 5864562Sgshapirodata Following text is collected as the message. 5964562Sgshapirodata End with a single dot. 6064562Sgshapirorset RSET 6164562Sgshapirorset Resets the system. 6264562Sgshapiroquit QUIT 6364562Sgshapiroquit Exit sendmail (SMTP). 6464562Sgshapiroauth AUTH mechanism [initial-response] 6564562Sgshapiroauth Start authentication. 6664562Sgshapirostarttls STARTTLS 6764562Sgshapirostarttls Start TLS negotiation. 6864562Sgshapiroverb VERB 6964562Sgshapiroverb Go into verbose mode. This sends 0xy responses that are 7064562Sgshapiroverb not RFC821 standard (but should be) They are recognized 7164562Sgshapiroverb by humans and other sendmail implementations. 7264562Sgshapirovrfy VRFY <recipient> 7364562Sgshapirovrfy Verify an address. If you want to see what it aliases 7464562Sgshapirovrfy to, use EXPN instead. 7564562Sgshapiroexpn EXPN <recipient> 7664562Sgshapiroexpn Expand an address. If the address indicates a mailing 7764562Sgshapiroexpn list, return the contents of that list. 7864562Sgshapironoop NOOP 7964562Sgshapironoop Do nothing. 80159609Sgshapirosend SEND FROM:<sender> 8164562Sgshapirosend replaces the MAIL command, and can be used to send 8264562Sgshapirosend directly to a users terminal. Not supported in this 8364562Sgshapirosend implementation. 84159609Sgshapirosoml SOML FROM:<sender> 8564562Sgshapirosoml Send or mail. If the user is logged in, send directly, 8664562Sgshapirosoml otherwise mail. Not supported in this implementation. 87159609Sgshapirosaml SAML FROM:<sender> 8864562Sgshapirosaml Send and mail. Send directly to the user's terminal, 8964562Sgshapirosaml and also mail a letter. Not supported in this 9064562Sgshapirosaml implementation. 9164562Sgshapiroturn TURN 9264562Sgshapiroturn Reverses the direction of the connection. Not currently 9364562Sgshapiroturn implemented. 94157001Sgshapiroetrn ETRN [ <hostname> | @<domain> | \#<queuename> ] 9564562Sgshapiroetrn Run the queue for the specified <hostname>, or 9664562Sgshapiroetrn all hosts within a given <domain>, or a specially-named 9764562Sgshapiroetrn <queuename> (implementation-specific). 98159609Sgshapirodsn MAIL From:<sender> [ RET={ FULL | HDRS} ] [ ENVID=<envid> ] 99159609Sgshapirodsn RCPT To:<recipient> [ NOTIFY={NEVER,SUCCESS,FAILURE,DELAY} ] 10064562Sgshapirodsn [ ORCPT=<recipient> ] 10164562Sgshapirodsn SMTP Delivery Status Notifications. 10264562Sgshapirodsn Descriptions: 10364562Sgshapirodsn RET Return either the full message or only headers. 10464562Sgshapirodsn ENVID Sender's "envelope identifier" for tracking. 10564562Sgshapirodsn NOTIFY When to send a DSN. Multiple options are OK, comma- 10664562Sgshapirodsn delimited. NEVER must appear by itself. 10764562Sgshapirodsn ORCPT Original recipient. 10864562Sgshapiro-bt Help for test mode: 10964562Sgshapiro-bt ? :this help message. 11064562Sgshapiro-bt .Dmvalue :define macro `m' to `value'. 11164562Sgshapiro-bt .Ccvalue :add `value' to class `c'. 11264562Sgshapiro-bt =Sruleset :dump the contents of the indicated ruleset. 11364562Sgshapiro-bt =M :display the known mailers. 11464562Sgshapiro-bt -ddebug-spec :equivalent to the command-line -d debug flag. 11564562Sgshapiro-bt $$m :print the value of macro $$m. 11664562Sgshapiro-bt $$=c :print the contents of class $$=c. 11764562Sgshapiro-bt /mx host :returns the MX records for `host'. 11864562Sgshapiro-bt /parse address :parse address, returning the value of crackaddr, and 11964562Sgshapiro-bt the parsed address. 12064562Sgshapiro-bt /try mailer addr :rewrite address into the form it will have when 12164562Sgshapiro-bt presented to the indicated mailer. 12264562Sgshapiro-bt /tryflags flags :set flags used by parsing. The flags can be `H' for 12364562Sgshapiro-bt Header or `E' for Envelope, and `S' for Sender or `R' 12464562Sgshapiro-bt for Recipient. These can be combined, `HR' sets 12564562Sgshapiro-bt flags for header recipients. 12664562Sgshapiro-bt /canon hostname :try to canonify hostname. 12764562Sgshapiro-bt /map mapname key :look up `key' in the indicated `mapname'. 12864562Sgshapiro-bt /quit :quit address test mode. 12964562Sgshapiro-bt rules addr :run the indicated address through the named rules. 13064562Sgshapiro-bt Rules can be a comma separated list of rules. 13164562Sgshapirocontrol Help for smcontrol: 13264562Sgshapirocontrol help This message. 13364562Sgshapirocontrol restart Restart sendmail. 13464562Sgshapirocontrol shutdown Shutdown sendmail. 13564562Sgshapirocontrol status Show sendmail status. 136168515Sgshapirocontrol mstat Show sendmail status (machine readable format). 13794334Sgshapirocontrol memdump Dump allocated memory list (for debugging only). 138