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NAME

       esmtp - libESMTP to Sendmail compatibility interface

SYNOPSIS

       esmtp [flags] [address ...]
       sendmail [flags] [address ...]

       mailq
       sendmail -bp

       newaliases
       sendmail -bi

DESCRIPTION

       Esmtp is a send-only sendmail emulator for machines which normally retrieve their mail from a centralized
       mailhub using programs such as fetchmail.

       Esmtp does not attempt to provide all the functionality of sendmail: it is intended to be  used  by  mail
       user agents as mutt.

OPTIONS

       Most  sendmail  options are irrelevant to esmtp .  Those marked ``ignored'' or ``default'' have no effect
       on mail transfer.  Those marked ``unsupported'' are fatal errors.

       -Ac (ignored)
              Use submit.cf even if the operation mode does not indicate an initial mail submission.

       -Am (ignored)
              Use sendmail.cf even if the operation mode indicates an initial mail submission.

       -B type
              Set the body type to type.  Current legal values are 7BIT or 8BITMIME.

       -ba (unsupported)
              Go into ARPANET mode.

       -bd (unsupported)
              Run as a daemon.

       -bD (unsupported)
              Same as -bd except runs in foreground.

       -bh (unsupported)
              Print the persistent host status database.

       -bH (unsupported)
              Purge expired entries from the persistent host status database.

       -bi (ignored)
              Initialize the alias database.

       -bm (default)
              Deliver mail in the usual way.

       -bp    Print a listing of the queue(s).

       -bP (unsupported)
              Print number of entries in the queue(s); only available with shared memory support.

       -bs (unsupported)
              Use the SMTP protocol as described in RFC821 on standard input and output.

       -bt (unsupported)
              Run in address test mode.

       -bv (unsupported)
              Verify names only - do not try to collect or deliver a message.

       -C file
              Use alternate configuration file.

       -d X (ignored)
              Set debugging value to X.

       -F fullname
              Set the full name of the sender.

       -f name
              Sets the name of the ``from'' person (i.e., the envelope sender of the mail).   This  address  may
              also  be  used  in  the  From:  header  if  that header is missing during initial submission.  The
              envelope sender address is used as the recipient for delivery status notifications  and  may  also
              appear in a Return-Path: header.

              This address is also used to select from different identities in the configuration file.

              If  no  envelope  sender  is  specified in the command line then the default identity's address is
              used.

       -G (ignored)
              Relay (gateway) submission of a message.

       -h N (ignored)
              Set the hop count to N.

       -I (ignored)
              Same as -bi.

       -i (ignored)
              Ignore dots alone on lines by themselves in incoming messages.  This should  be  set  if  you  are
              reading data from a file.

       -L tag (ignored)
              Set the identifier used in syslog messages to the supplied tag.

       -N dsn Set delivery status notification conditions to dsn, which can be `never' for no notifications or a
              comma separated list of the values `failure' to be notified if  delivery  failed,  `delay'  to  be
              notified  if  delivery  is  delayed, and `success' to be notified when the message is successfully
              delivered.

       -n (default)
              Don't do aliasing.

       -O option=value (ignored)
              Set option option to the specified value.  This form uses long names.

       -o x value (ignored)
              Set option x to the specified value.  This form uses single character names only.

       -p protocol (ignored)
              Set the name of the protocol used to receive the message.

       -q[time] (ignored)
              Process saved messages in the queue at given intervals.

       -qp[time] (ignored)
              Similar to -qtime, except that instead of periodically forking a child to process the queue, forks
              a  single  persistent  child  for  each  queue  that  alternates  between processing the queue and
              sleeping.

       -qf (ignored)
              Process saved messages in the queue once and do not fork(), but run in the foreground.

       -qG name (ignored)
              Process jobs in queue group called name only.

       -q[!]I substr (ignored)
              Limit processed jobs to those containing substr as a substring of the queue id or not  when  !  is
              specified.

       -q[!]R substr (ignored)
              Limit  processed  jobs  to  those containing substr as a substring of one of the recipients or not
              when ! is specified.

       -q[!]S substr (ignored)
              Limit processed jobs to those containing substr as a substring of the sender  or  not  when  !  is
              specified.

       -R return
              Set  the amount of the message to be returned if the message bounces.  The return parameter can be
              `full' to return the entire message or `hdrs' to return only the headers.  In the latter case also
              local bounces return only the headers.

       -r name
              An alternate and obsolete form of the -f flag.

       -t     Read  message  for  recipients.  To:, Cc:, and Bcc: lines will be scanned for recipient addresses.
              The Bcc: line will be deleted before transmission.

       -V envid
              Set the original envelope id.

       -v     Go into verbose mode.

       -X logfile
              Log all traffic in and out of mailers in the indicated log file.

       --     Stop processing command flags and use the rest of the arguments as addresses.

FILES

        ~/.esmtprc
              User configuration file. Only read if no configuration file is specified on the command line.

       /etc/esmtprc
              System configuration file. Only read if no configuration file is specified on the command line and
              there is no user configuration file.

SEE ALSO

       esmtprc(5), fetchmail(1)

AUTHOR

       José Fonseca

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