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--- a/contrib/sendmail/src/sendmail.8
+++ b/contrib/sendmail/src/sendmail.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1997 Eric P. Allman. All rights reserved.
.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
.\" the sendmail distribution.
.\"
.\"
-.\" $Id: sendmail.8,v 8.36.8.3 2000/12/14 23:08:15 gshapiro Exp $
+.\" $Id: sendmail.8,v 8.49 2001/03/23 22:10:00 ca Exp $
.\"
-.TH SENDMAIL 8 "$Date: 2000/12/14 23:08:15 $"
+.TH SENDMAIL 8 "$Date: 2001/03/23 22:10:00 $"
.SH NAME
sendmail
\- an electronic mail transport agent
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ and `group' includes `john' in the expansion,
then the letter will also be delivered to `john'.
.SS Parameters
.TP
+.B \-Ac
+Use submit.cf even if the operation mode does not indicate
+an initial mail submission.
+.TP
+.B \-Am
+Use sendmail.cf even if the operation mode indicates
+an initial mail submission.
+.TP
.BI \-B type
Set the body type to
.IR type .
@@ -113,7 +121,11 @@ Initialize the alias database.
Deliver mail in the usual way (default).
.TP
.B \-bp
-Print a listing of the queue.
+Print a listing of the queue(s).
+.TP
+.B \-bP
+Print number of entries in the queue(s);
+only available with shared memory support.
.TP
.B \-bs
Use the
@@ -237,7 +249,7 @@ This can be a simple protocol name such as ``UUCP''
or a protocol and hostname, such as ``UUCP:ucbvax''.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR[\fItime\fR]
-Processed saved messages in the queue at given intervals.
+Process saved messages in the queue at given intervals.
If
.I time
is omitted, process the queue once.
@@ -247,7 +259,7 @@ with
`s'
being seconds,
`m'
-being minutes,
+being minutes (default),
`h'
being hours,
`d'
@@ -260,28 +272,50 @@ For example,
or
`\-q90m'
would both set the timeout to one hour thirty minutes.
-If
-.I time
-is specified,
+By default,
.B sendmail
-will run in the background.
+will run in the background.
This option can be used safely with
.BR \-bd .
.TP
-.BI \-qI substr
+\fB\-qp\fR[\fItime\fR]
+Similar to \fB\-q\fItime\fR,
+except that instead of periodically forking a child to process the queue,
+sendmail forks a single persistent child for each queue
+that alternates between processing the queue and sleeping.
+The sleep time is given as the argument; it defaults to 1 second.
+The process will always sleep at least 5 seconds if the queue was
+empty in the previous queue run.
+.TP
+\fB\-q\fRf
+Process saved messages in the queue once and do not fork(),
+but run in the foreground.
+.TP
+\fB\-q\fRG name
+Process jobs in queue group called
+.I name
+only.
+.TP
+\fB\-q\fR[\fI!\fR]I substr
Limit processed jobs to those containing
.I substr
-as a substring of the queue id.
+as a substring of the queue id or not when
+.I !
+is specified.
.TP
-.BI \-qR substr
+\fB\-q\fR[\fI!\fR]R substr
Limit processed jobs to those containing
.I substr
-as a substring of one of the recipients.
+as a substring of one of the recipients or not when
+.I !
+is specified.
.TP
-.BI \-qS substr
+\fB\-q\fR[\fI!\fR]S substr
Limit processed jobs to those containing
.I substr
-as a substring of the sender.
+as a substring of the sender or not when
+.I !
+is specified.
.TP
.BI "\-R " return
Set the amount of the message to be returned
@@ -305,18 +339,6 @@ Read message for recipients.
To:, Cc:, and Bcc: lines will be scanned for recipient addresses.
The Bcc: line will be deleted before transmission.
.TP
-.B \-U
-Initial (user) submission. This should
-.I always
-be set when called from a user agent such as
-.B Mail
-or
-.B exmh
-and
-.I never
-be set when called by a network delivery agent such as
-.BR rmail .
-.TP
.BI "\-V " envid
Set the original envelope id.
This is propagated across SMTP to servers that support DSNs
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