1ESMTP(1) General Commands Manual ESMTP(1)
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6 esmtp - libESMTP to Sendmail compatibility interface
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10 esmtp [flags] [address ...]
11 sendmail [flags] [address ...]
12 mailq
14 sendmail -bp
15 newaliases
17 sendmail -I
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21 Esmtp is a send-only sendmail emulator for machines which normally
22 retrieve their mail up from a centralized mailhub using programs such
23 as fetchmail.
24 Esmtp does not attempt to provide all the functionality of sendmail: it
26 is intended to be used by other mail user agents as mutt.
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30 Most sendmail options are irrelevant to esmtp . Those marked
31 ``ignored'' or ``default'' have no effect on mail transfer. Those
32 marked ``unsupported'' are fatal errors.
33 -Ac (ignored)
36 Use submit.cf even if the operation mode does not indicate an
37 initial mail submission.
38 -Am (ignored)
41 Use sendmail.cf even if the operation mode indicates an initial
42 mail submission.
43 -B type
46 Set the body type to type. Current legal values are 7BIT or
47 8BITMIME.
48 -ba (unsupported)
51 Go into ARPANET mode.
52 -bd (unsupported)
55 Run as a daemon.
56 -bD (unsupported)
59 Same as -bd except runs in foreground.
60 -bh (unsupported)
63 Print the persistent host status database.
64 -bH (unsupported)
67 Purge expired entries from the persistent host status database.
68 -bi (ignored)
71 Initialize the alias database.
72 -bm (default)
75 Deliver mail in the usual way.
76 -bp (ignored)
79 Print a listing of the queue(s).
80 -bP (unsupported)
83 Print number of entries in the queue(s); only available with
84 shared memory support.
85 -bs (unsupported)
88 Use the SMTP protocol as described in RFC821 on standard input
89 and output.
90 -bt (unsupported)
93 Run in address test mode.
94 -bv (unsupported)
97 Verify names only - do not try to collect or deliver a message.
98 -C file
101 Use alternate configuration file.
102 -d X (ignored)
105 Set debugging value to X.
106 -F fullname
109 Set the full name of the sender.
110 -f name
113 Sets the name of the ``from'' person (i.e., the envelope sender
114 of the mail). This address may also be used in the From: header
115 if that header is missing during initial submission. The enve‐
116 lope sender address is used as the recipient for delivery status
117 notifications and may also appear in a Return-Path: header.
118 This address is also used to select from different identities in
120 the configuration file.
121 If no envelope sender is specified in the command line then the
123 default identity's address is used.
124 -G (ignored)
127 Relay (gateway) submission of a message.
128 -h N (ignored)
131 Set the hop count to N.
132 -i (ignored)
135 Ignore dots alone on lines by themselves in incoming messages.
136 This should be set if you are reading data from a file.
137 -L tag (ignored)
140 Set the identifier used in syslog messages to the supplied tag.
141 -N dsn Set delivery status notification conditions to dsn, which can be
144 `never' for no notifications or a comma separated list of the
145 values `failure' to be notified if delivery failed, `delay' to
146 be notified if delivery is delayed, and `success' to be notified
147 when the message is successfully delivered.
148 -n (default)
151 Don't do aliasing.
152 -O option=value (ignored)
155 Set option option to the specified value. This form uses long
156 names.
157 -o x value (ignored)
160 Set option x to the specified value. This form uses single
161 character names only.
162 -p protocol (ignored)
165 Set the name of the protocol used to receive the message.
166 -q[time] (ignored)
169 Process saved messages in the queue at given intervals.
170 -qp[time] (ignored)
173 Similar to -qtime, except that instead of periodically forking a
174 child to process the queue, forks a single persistent child for
175 each queue that alternates between processing the queue and
176 sleeping.
177 -qf (ignored)
180 Process saved messages in the queue once and do not fork(), but
181 run in the foreground.
182 -qG name (ignored)
185 Process jobs in queue group called name only.
186 -q[!]I substr (ignored)
189 Limit processed jobs to those containing substr as a substring
190 of the queue id or not when ! is specified.
191 -q[!]R substr (ignored)
194 Limit processed jobs to those containing substr as a substring
195 of one of the recipients or not when ! is specified.
196 -q[!]S substr (ignored)
199 Limit processed jobs to those containing substr as a substring
200 of the sender or not when ! is specified.
201 -R return
204 Set the amount of the message to be returned if the message
205 bounces. The return parameter can be `full' to return the
206 entire message or `hdrs' to return only the headers. In the
207 latter case also local bounces return only the headers.
208 -r name
211 An alternate and obsolete form of the -f flag.
212 -t Read message for recipients. To:, Cc:, and Bcc: lines will be
215 scanned for recipient addresses. The Bcc: line will be deleted
216 before transmission.
217 -V envid
220 Set the original envelope id.
221 -v Go into verbose mode.
224 -X logfile
227 Log all traffic in and out of mailers in the indicated log file.
228 -- Stop processing command flags and use the rest of the arguments
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235 ~/.esmtprc
236 User configuration file. Only read if no configuration file is
237 specified on the command line.
238 /etc/esmtprc
241 System configuration file. Only read if no configuration file is
242 specified on the command line and there is no user configuration
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247 esmtprc(5), fetchmail(1)
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251 José Fonseca
252 ESMTP(1)