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164562Sgshapiro#vers 2 264562Sgshapirocpyr 364562Sgshapirocpyr Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Sendmail, 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 1464562Sgshapirocpyr $$Id: helpfile,v 8.31.16.3 2000/07/19 18:54:55 gshapiro Exp $$ 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>". 2364562Sgshapirosmtp To report bugs in the implementation send email to 2464562Sgshapirosmtp sendmail-bugs@sendmail.org. 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 ONEX One message transaction only [Allman] 4364562Sgshapiroehlo CHUNKING Chunking [RFC1830] 4464562Sgshapiroehlo BINARYMIME Binary MIME [RFC1830] 4564562Sgshapiroehlo PIPELINING Command Pipelining [RFC1854] 4664562Sgshapiroehlo DSN Delivery Status Notification [RFC1891] 4764562Sgshapiroehlo ETRN Remote Message Queue Starting [RFC1985] 4864562Sgshapiroehlo STARTTLS Secure SMTP [RFC2487] 4964562Sgshapiroehlo AUTH Authentication [RFC2554] 5064562Sgshapiroehlo XUSR Initial (user) submission [Allman] 5164562Sgshapiroehlo ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES Enhanced status codes [RFC2034] 5264562Sgshapiromail MAIL FROM: <sender> [ <parameters> ] 5364562Sgshapiromail Specifies the sender. Parameters are ESMTP extensions. 5464562Sgshapiromail See "HELP DSN" for details. 5564562Sgshapirorcpt RCPT TO: <recipient> [ <parameters> ] 5664562Sgshapirorcpt Specifies the recipient. Can be used any number of times. 5764562Sgshapirorcpt Parameters are ESMTP extensions. See "HELP DSN" for details. 5864562Sgshapirodata DATA 5964562Sgshapirodata Following text is collected as the message. 6064562Sgshapirodata End with a single dot. 6164562Sgshapirorset RSET 6264562Sgshapirorset Resets the system. 6364562Sgshapiroquit QUIT 6464562Sgshapiroquit Exit sendmail (SMTP). 6564562Sgshapiroauth AUTH mechanism [initial-response] 6664562Sgshapiroauth Start authentication. 6764562Sgshapirostarttls STARTTLS 6864562Sgshapirostarttls Start TLS negotiation. 6964562Sgshapiroverb VERB 7064562Sgshapiroverb Go into verbose mode. This sends 0xy responses that are 7164562Sgshapiroverb not RFC821 standard (but should be) They are recognized 7264562Sgshapiroverb by humans and other sendmail implementations. 7364562Sgshapirovrfy VRFY <recipient> 7464562Sgshapirovrfy Verify an address. If you want to see what it aliases 7564562Sgshapirovrfy to, use EXPN instead. 7664562Sgshapiroexpn EXPN <recipient> 7764562Sgshapiroexpn Expand an address. If the address indicates a mailing 7864562Sgshapiroexpn list, return the contents of that list. 7964562Sgshapironoop NOOP 8064562Sgshapironoop Do nothing. 8164562Sgshapirosend SEND FROM: <sender> 8264562Sgshapirosend replaces the MAIL command, and can be used to send 8364562Sgshapirosend directly to a users terminal. Not supported in this 8464562Sgshapirosend implementation. 8564562Sgshapirosoml SOML FROM: <sender> 8664562Sgshapirosoml Send or mail. If the user is logged in, send directly, 8764562Sgshapirosoml otherwise mail. Not supported in this implementation. 8864562Sgshapirosaml SAML FROM: <sender> 8964562Sgshapirosaml Send and mail. Send directly to the user's terminal, 9064562Sgshapirosaml and also mail a letter. Not supported in this 9164562Sgshapirosaml implementation. 9264562Sgshapiroturn TURN 9364562Sgshapiroturn Reverses the direction of the connection. Not currently 9464562Sgshapiroturn implemented. 9564562Sgshapiroetrn ETRN [ <hostname> | @<domain> | #<queuename> ] 9664562Sgshapiroetrn Run the queue for the specified <hostname>, or 9764562Sgshapiroetrn all hosts within a given <domain>, or a specially-named 9864562Sgshapiroetrn <queuename> (implementation-specific). 9964562Sgshapirodsn MAIL FROM: <sender> [ RET={ FULL | HDRS} ] [ ENVID=<envid> ] 10064562Sgshapirodsn RCPT TO: <recipient> [ NOTIFY={NEVER,SUCCESS,FAILURE,DELAY} ] 10164562Sgshapirodsn [ ORCPT=<recipient> ] 10264562Sgshapirodsn SMTP Delivery Status Notifications. 10364562Sgshapirodsn Descriptions: 10464562Sgshapirodsn RET Return either the full message or only headers. 10564562Sgshapirodsn ENVID Sender's "envelope identifier" for tracking. 10664562Sgshapirodsn NOTIFY When to send a DSN. Multiple options are OK, comma- 10764562Sgshapirodsn delimited. NEVER must appear by itself. 10864562Sgshapirodsn ORCPT Original recipient. 10964562Sgshapiro-bt Help for test mode: 11064562Sgshapiro-bt ? :this help message. 11164562Sgshapiro-bt .Dmvalue :define macro `m' to `value'. 11264562Sgshapiro-bt .Ccvalue :add `value' to class `c'. 11364562Sgshapiro-bt =Sruleset :dump the contents of the indicated ruleset. 11464562Sgshapiro-bt =M :display the known mailers. 11564562Sgshapiro-bt -ddebug-spec :equivalent to the command-line -d debug flag. 11664562Sgshapiro-bt $$m :print the value of macro $$m. 11764562Sgshapiro-bt $$=c :print the contents of class $$=c. 11864562Sgshapiro-bt /mx host :returns the MX records for `host'. 11964562Sgshapiro-bt /parse address :parse address, returning the value of crackaddr, and 12064562Sgshapiro-bt the parsed address. 12164562Sgshapiro-bt /try mailer addr :rewrite address into the form it will have when 12264562Sgshapiro-bt presented to the indicated mailer. 12364562Sgshapiro-bt /tryflags flags :set flags used by parsing. The flags can be `H' for 12464562Sgshapiro-bt Header or `E' for Envelope, and `S' for Sender or `R' 12564562Sgshapiro-bt for Recipient. These can be combined, `HR' sets 12664562Sgshapiro-bt flags for header recipients. 12764562Sgshapiro-bt /canon hostname :try to canonify hostname. 12864562Sgshapiro-bt /map mapname key :look up `key' in the indicated `mapname'. 12964562Sgshapiro-bt /quit :quit address test mode. 13064562Sgshapiro-bt rules addr :run the indicated address through the named rules. 13164562Sgshapiro-bt Rules can be a comma separated list of rules. 13264562Sgshapirocontrol Help for smcontrol: 13364562Sgshapirocontrol help This message. 13464562Sgshapirocontrol restart Restart sendmail. 13564562Sgshapirocontrol shutdown Shutdown sendmail. 13664562Sgshapirocontrol status Show sendmail status. 137