mimedefang.pl(8)

1MIMEDEFANG.PL(8)            System Manager's Manual           MIMEDEFANG.PL(8)
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NAME

6       mimedefang.pl - Perl script to scan MIME messages.
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SYNOPSIS

10       mimedefang.pl [-f filter] dir
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DESCRIPTION

14       mimedefang.pl is a Perl script designed to work with mimedefang(8).  It
15       takes a single argument which is a directory which should contain files
16       laid out as described in mimedefang(8).
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OPTIONS

20       -f filter
21              Specifies  the  name of the file containing the filter.  If this
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OPERATION

27       mimedefang.pl  evaluates the file /etc/mail/mimedefang-filter as a Perl
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29       of  a MIME message, mimedefang.pl calls filter and disposes of the part
30       as instructed by the filter.  The  various  modes  of  disposition  are
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TESTING FILTERS

35       You  are  strongly recommended to test your filter before installing it
36       in /etc/mail/mimedefang-filter.  To test the filter, save it in a  file
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41       This tests the filter for syntactic correctness.  If it passes, you can
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43       correct  Perl  syntax;  it doesn't make sure your filter does something
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MISCELLANEOUS OPTIONS

48       There are a few other ways to invoke mimedefang.pl:
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52       prints a list of detected optional  Perl  modules.   The  output  looks
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60       calls  the  function  filter_validate, if it is defined in your filter.
61       filter_validate should return an integer; this becomes the  exit  code.
62       If  filter_validate  does  not  exist,  an error message is printed and
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AUTHOR

67       mimedefang.pl was written  by  Dianne  Skoll  <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>.
68       The mimedefang home page is http://www.mimedefang.org/.
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