bsmtp(1)

1BSMTP(1)           Network backup, recovery and verification          BSMTP(1)
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NAME

6        bsmtp - Bacula's SMTP client (mail submission program)
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SYNOPSIS

10       bsmtp [options] <recipient> <...>
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DESCRIPTION

14       bsmtp  is  a simple mail user agent designed to permit more flexibility
15       than the standard mail programs typically found on Unix systems, and to
16       ease  portability.  It  can even run on Windows machines. It is used by
17       the Director daemon to send notifications and requests to the operator.
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OPTIONS

21       -8     Encode the mail in UTF-8.
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23       -c     Set the Cc: header.
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25       -d nn  Set debug level to nn.
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27       -dt    Print timestamp in debug output.
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29       -f     Set the From: header. If not specified, bsmtp will  try  to  use
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32       -h mailhost:port
33              Use mailhost:port as the SMTP server. (default port: 25)
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35       -s     Set the Subject: header.
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37       -r     Set the Reply-To:: header.
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39       -l     Set the maximum number of lines to be sent. (default: unlimited)
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USAGE

45       recipients is a space separated list of email addresses.
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47       The  body  of the email message is read from standard input. Message is
48       ended by sending the EOF character (Ctrl-D  on  many  systems)  on  the
49       start of a new line, much like many 'mail' commands.
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51       The actual, automated behavior of bsmtp will depend on the mail-related
52       configuration of the Director in  the  Messages  ressource  of  bacula-
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55       Interactive use of bsmtp is pertinent to manually test and ensure these
56       configuration bits are valid. This is highly recommended.
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CONFIGURATION

60       These commands should each appear on a single line in the configuration
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63       Messages {
64         Name = Standard
65         mailcommand = "/home/bacula/bin/bsmtp -h mail.domain.com -f
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67         operatorcommand = "/home/bacula/bin/bsmtp -h mail.domain.com -f
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69         mail = sysadmin@site.domain.com = all, !skipped
70         operator = sysop@site.domain.com = mount
71         console = all, !skipped, !saved
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74       home/bacula/bin  is  replaced with the path to the Bacula binary direc‐
75       tory, and mail.domain.com is replaced with the fully qualified name  of
76       an SMTP server, which usually listen on port 25.
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ENVIRONMENT

80       If  the -h option is not specified, bsmtp will use environment variable
81       SMTPSERVER, or 'localhost' if not set.
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NOTES

85       Since bsmtp always uses a TCP connection rather than writing to a spool
86       file, you may find that your From: address is being rejected because it
87       does not contain a valid domain, or because  your  message  has  gotten
88       caught  in  spam filtering rules. Generally, you should specify a fully
89       qualified domain name in the from field, and depending on whether  your
90       SMTP  gateway is Exim or Sendmail, you may need to modify the syntax of
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93       If bsmtp cannot connect to the specified mail host, it  will  retry  to
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BUGS

98       If you are getting incorrect dates (e.g. 1970) and you are running with
99       a non-English locale, you might try setting the  LANG="en_US"  environ‐
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AUTHOR

104       This    manual    page    was    written    by    Jose    Luis   Tallon
105       <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>, revised and  edited  by  Lucas  B.  Cohen
106       <lbc@members.fsf.org>.
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