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diff --git a/contrib/sendmail/src/sendmail.8 b/contrib/sendmail/src/sendmail.8 index bbcd55d..dcad542 100644 --- 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 |