MAILER.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual # MAILER.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # mailer.conf - configuration file for mailwrapper(8)
DESCRIPTION # The file /etc/mailer.conf contains a series of pairs. The first member of each pair is the name of a program invoking mailwrapper(8) which is typically a symbolic link to /usr/sbin/sendmail. (On a typical system, newaliases(8) and mailq(8) would be set up this way.) The second member of each pair is the name of the program to actually execute when the first name is invoked.
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MAILWRAPPER(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAILWRAPPER(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mailwrapper - invoke appropriate MTA software based on configuration file
SYNOPSIS # Special. See below.
DESCRIPTION # At one time, the only Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) software easily available was sendmail(8). As a result of this, most Mail User Agents (MUAs) such as mail(1) had the path and calling conventions expected by sendmail(8) compiled in.
Times have changed, however.
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SMTPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # SMTPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # smtpd - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) daemon
SYNOPSIS # smtpd [-dFhnv] [-D macro=value] [-f file] [-P system] [-T trace]
DESCRIPTION # smtpd is a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) daemon which can be used as a machine’s primary mail system. smtpd can listen on a network interface and handle SMTP transactions; it can also be fed messages through the standard sendmail(8) interface.
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