NAME

       XMail - Internet Mail Server

SYNOPSIS

       XMail [options]

DESCRIPTION

       XMail  is  an  Internet  and  intranet  mail server featuring an SMTP server, POP3 server,
       finger server, multiple domains, no need for users to have a  real  system  account,  SMTP
       relay  checking,  RBL/RSS/ORBS/DUL  and  custom  (  IP  based  and  address  based  ) spam
       protection, SMTP authentication ( PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 POP3-before-SMTP and  custom  ),  a
       POP3  account  syncronizer  with  external POP3 accounts, account aliases, domain aliases,
       custom mail processing, direct mail files delivery, custom mail  filters,  mailing  lists,
       remote  administration,  custom  mail  exchangers, logging, and multi-platform code. XMail
       sources compile under GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and NT/2K.

OPTIONS

       Most of XMail configuration settings are command line tunables.   Switches  recognized  by
       server:

   XMail core
       -Ms pathname
              Mail root path.

       -Md    Activate debug (verbose) mode.

       -Mr hours
              Activate log rotation.

       -Mx split-level
              Set  the  queue  split  level. The value You set here is rounded to the lower prime
              number higher or equal than the value You've set.

       -MR bytes
              Set socket receive buffer size.

       -MS bytes
              Set socket send buffer size.

   POP3 Server
       -Pp port
              Set POP3 server port.

       -Pt timeout
              Set POP3 session timeout (seconds) after which the server will close the connection
              if not receive any commands.

       -Pl    Enable POP3 logging.

       -Pw timeout
              Set the delay timeout in response to a bad POP3 login. Such time will be doubled at
              the next bad login.

       -Ph    Hang the connection in bad login response.

       -PI ip[:port]
              Bind server to the specified ip address and optional port ( can be multiple ).

       -PX nthreads
              Set the maximum number of threads for POP3 server.

   SMTP Server
       -Sp port
              Set SMTP server port.

       -St timeout
              Set SMTP session  timeout  in  seconds  after  which  the  server  will  close  the
              connection if not receive any commands.

       -Sl timeout
              Enable SMTP logging.

       -SI ip[:port]
              Bind server to the specified ip address and optional port ( can be multiple ).

       -SX nthreads
              Set the maximum number of threads for SMTP server.

       -Sr maxrcpts
              Set the maximu number of recipients for a single SMTP message ( default 100 ).

       -Se nsecs
              Set the expire timeout for a POP3 authentication IP ( default 900 ).

   SMTP Queue Processing
       -Qn nthreads
              Set the number of mailer threads.

       -Qt timeout
              Set the timeout to be waited for a next try after send failure. Default 480.

       -Qi ratio
              Set  the  increment  ratio  of the reschedule time in sending a messages.  At every
              failure in delivery a message, reschedule time T is incremented by ( T /  ratio  ),
              therefore   T(i)  = T(i-1) + T(i-1)/ratio.  If You set this ratio to zero, T remain
              unchanged over delivery tentatives.  Default 16.

       -Qr nretries
              Set the maximum number of times to try to send the message. Default 32.

       -Ql    Enable SMAIL logging.

   POP3 Account synchronization
       -Yi interval
              Set external POP3 accounts sync interval. Default 120.

       -Yt nthreads
              Set the number of POP3 sync threads.

   Finger server
       -Fp port
              Set FINGER server port.

       -Fl    Enable FINGER logging.

       -FI ip[:port]
              Bind server to the specified ip address and optional port ( can be multiple ).

   Remote administration server
       -Cp port
              Set CTRL server port.

       -Ct timeout
              Set CTRL session timeout after which the server will close the  connection  if  not
              receive any commands.

       -Cl    Enable CTRL logging.

       -CI ip[:port]
              Bind server to the specified ip address and optional port ( can be multiple ).

       -CX nthreads
              Set the maximum number of threads for CTRL server.

   Local mail processing
       -Ln nthreads
              Set the number of local mailer threads.

       -Lt timeout
              Set the sleep timeout for LMAIL threads. Default 2 sec.

       -Ll    Enable local mail logging.

ENVIRONMENT

       MAIL_ROOT
              XMail root directory.

       MAIL_CMD_LINE
              Command line arguments.

NOTES

       If  XMail catches signal SIGINT, it performs a clean shutdown. Shutdown operation may take
       some time.

SEE ALSO

       sendmail(1).

AUTHOR

       XMail program was written by Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>.  This  manual  page
       was  written  by Radim Kolar <hsn@cybermail.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may
       be used by others).

                                         March  12, 2002                                 XMAIL(8)