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NAME
       sendmail - Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface

SYNOPSIS
       sendmail [option ...] [recipient ...]

       mailq
       sendmail -bp

       newaliases
       sendmail -I

DESCRIPTION
       The  sendmail  program  implements the Postfix to Sendmail
       compatibility interface.  For the  sake  of  compatibility
       with  existing  applications,  some  Sendmail command-line
       options are recognized but silently ignored.

       By default, sendmail reads a message from  standard  input
       and  arranges for delivery.  sendmail attempts to create a
       queue file in the maildrop directory. If the  process  has
       no  write  permission,  the  message  is piped through the
       postdrop(1) command, which is  expected  to  execute  with
       suitable privileges.

       Specific  command  aliases  are  provided for other common
       modes of operation:

       mailq  List the mail queue. Each  entry  shows  the  queue
              file  ID,  message  size, arrival time, sender, and
              the recipients that still need to be delivered.  If
              mail  could not be delivered upon the last attempt,
              the reason for failure is shown. This mode of oper-
              ation  is implemented by connecting to the showq(8)
              daemon.

       newaliases
              Initialize the alias database. If no alias database
              type is specified, the program uses the type speci-
              fied in the database_type configuration  parameter;
              if  no  input  file  is specified, the program pro-
              cesses   the    file(s)    specified    with    the
              alias_database  configuration  parameter. This mode
              of operation is implemented by running the  postal-
              ias(1) command.

              Note:  it  may  take a minute or so before an alias
              database update becomes visible.  Use  the  postfix
              reload command to eliminate this delay.

       These and other features can be selected by specifying the
       appropriate combination of command-line options. Some fea-
       tures are controlled by parameters in the main.cf configu-
       ration file.



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       The following options are recognized:

       -B body_type (ignored)
              The message  body  MIME  type.  Currently,  Postfix
              implements just-send-eight.

       -C config_file (ignored :-)
              The path name of the sendmail.cf file. Postfix con-
              figuration files are kept in /etc/postfix.

       -F full_name
              Set the sender full name. This is  used  only  with
              messages that have no From: message header.

       -I     Initialize  alias database. See the newaliases com-
              mand above.

       -N dsn (ignored)
              Delivery status  notification  control.  Currently,
              Postfix does not implement DSN.

       -R return_limit (ignored)
              Limit   the   size   of   bounced   mail.  Use  the
              bounce_size_limit configuration parameter  instead.

       -X log_file (ignored)
              Log  mailer  traffic.  Use  the debug_peer_list and
              debug_peer_level configuration parameters  instead.

       -bd    Go  into  daemon  mode.  This  mode of operation is
              implemented by executing the postfix start command.

       -bi    Initialize  alias database. See the newaliases com-
              mand above.

       -bm    Read mail  from  standard  input  and  arrange  for
              delivery.  This is the default mode of operation.

       -bp    List the mail queue. See the mailq command above.

       -bs    Stand-alone  SMTP  server  mode. Read SMTP commands
              from standard input, and write responses  to  stan-
              dard output.  This mode of operation is implemented
              by running the smtpd(8) daemon.

       -f sender
              Set  the  envelope  sender  address.  This  is  the
              address where delivery problems are sent to, unless
              the message contains an Errors-To: message  header.

       -h hop_count (ignored)
              Hop  count limit. Use the hopcount_limit configura-
              tion parameter instead.




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       -i (ignored)
              Lines beginning with "." get special treatment only
              with -bs.

       -m (ignored)
              Backwards compatibility.

       -n (ignored)
              Backwards compatibility.

       -oAalias_database
              Non-default  alias  database.  Specify  pathname or
              type:pathname. See postalias(1) for details.

       -o7 (ignored)

       -o8 (ignored)
              The message body type.  Currently,  Postfix  imple-
              ments just-send-eight.

       -om (ignored)
              The  sender  is  never  eliminated  from alias etc.
              expansions.

       -o x value (ignored)
              Set option x to value. Use the equivalent  configu-
              ration parameter in main.cf instead.

       -q     Flush  the mail queue. This is implemented by kick-
              ing the qmgr(8) daemon.

       -qinterval (ignored)
              The  interval   between   queue   runs.   Use   the
              queue_run_delay configuration parameter instead.

       -t     Extract   recipients  from  message  headers.  This
              requires that no recipients  be  specified  on  the
              command line.

       -v     Enable verbose logging for debugging purposes. Mul-
              tiple -v options  make  the  software  increasingly
              verbose.

SECURITY
       By  design,  this  program  is not set-user (or group) id.
       However, it must  handle  data  from  untrusted  users  or
       untrusted  machines.   Thus, the usual precautions need to
       be taken against malicious inputs.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Problems are logged to  syslogd(8)  and  to  the  standard
       error stream.





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ENVIRONMENT
       MAIL_CONFIG
              Directory with Postfix configuration files.

       MAIL_VERBOSE
              Enable verbose logging

       MAIL_DEBUG
              Enable debugging with an external command, as spec-
              ified  with  the   debugger_command   configuration
              parameter.

FILES
       /var/spool/postfix, mail queue
       /etc/postfix, configuration files

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
       See  the  Postfix  main.cf file for syntax details and for
       default values. Use the postfix  reload  command  after  a
       configuration change.

       alias_database
              Default   alias  database(s)  for  newaliases.  The
              default value for  this  parameter  is  system-spe-
              cific.

       bounce_size_limit
              The amount of original message context that is sent
              along with a non-delivery notification.

       database_type
              Default alias etc. database type. On many UNIX sys-
              tems the default type is either dbm or hash.

       debugger_command
              Command that is executed after a Postfix daemon has
              initialized.

       debug_peer_level
              Increment in verbose logging level  when  a  remote
              host  matches  a  pattern  in  the  debug_peer_list
              parameter.

       debug_peer_list
              List of domain or network patterns. When  a  remote
              host  matches  a pattern, increase the verbose log-
              ging  level  by  the  amount   specified   in   the
              debug_peer_level parameter.

       fork_attempts
              Number  of attempts to fork() a process before giv-
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       fork_delay
              Delay  in   seconds   between   successive   fork()
              attempts.

       hopcount_limit
              Limit the number of Received: message headers.

       mail_owner
              The  owner  of  the  mail queue and of most Postfix
              processes.

       command_directory
              Directory with Postfix support  commands  (default:
              $program_directory).

       daemon_directory
              Directory  with  Postfix  daemon programs (default:
              $program_directory).

       queue_directory
              Top-level directory of the Postfix queue.  This  is
              also the root directory of Postfix daemons that run
              chrooted.

       queue_run_delay
              The time between successive scans of  the  deferred
              queue.

SEE ALSO
       pickup(8) mail pickup daemon
       postalias(1) maintain alias database
       postdrop(1) privileged posting agent
       postfix(1) mail system control
       postkick(1) kick a Postfix daemon
       qmgr(8) queue manager
       showq(8) list mail queue
       smtpd(8) SMTP server
       syslogd(8) system logging

LICENSE
       The  Secure  Mailer  license must be distributed with this
       software.

AUTHOR(S)
       Wietse Venema
       IBM T.J. Watson Research
       P.O. Box 704
       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA









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