ALIASES(5) - File Formats Manual # ALIASES(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # aliases - aliases file for smtpd
DESCRIPTION # This manual page describes the format of the aliases file, as used by smtpd(8). An alias, in its simplest form, is used to assign an arbitrary name to an email address or a group of email addresses. This provides a convenient way to send mail. For example an alias could refer to all users of a group: email to that alias would be sent to all members of the group.
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FORWARD(5) - File Formats Manual # FORWARD(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # forward - email forwarding information file
DESCRIPTION # Users may put a .forward file in their home directory. If this file exists, smtpd(8) forwards email to the destinations specified therein.
A .forward file contains a list of expansion values, as described in aliases(5). Each expansion value should be on a line by itself. However, the .forward mechanism differs from the aliases mechanism in that it disallows file inclusion (:include:) and it performs expansion under the user ID of the .
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LOCKSPOOL(1) - General Commands Manual # LOCKSPOOL(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # lockspool - lock user’s system mailbox
SYNOPSIS # lockspool [username]
DESCRIPTION # lockspool is useful for a client mail program to attain proper locking. lockspool obtains a username.lock for the calling user and retains it until stdin is closed or a signal like SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP is received. Additionally, the superuser may specify the name of a user in order to lock a different mailbox.
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MAIL.LMTP(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAIL.LMTP(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mail.lmtp - deliver mail through LMTP
SYNOPSIS # mail.lmtp [-d destination] [-f from] [-l lhlo] user …
DESCRIPTION # mail.lmtp reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and delivers it to an LMTP server for each user’s address. The user must be a valid user name or email address.
The options are as follows:
-d destination
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MAIL.LOCAL(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAIL.LOCAL(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mail.local - store mail in a mailbox
SYNOPSIS # mail.local [-Ll] [-f from] user …
DESCRIPTION # mail.local reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it to each user’s mail file. The user must be a valid user name.
The options are as follows:
-f from
Specify the sender’s name.
-L
Don’t create a username.
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MAIL.MAILDIR(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAIL.MAILDIR(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mail.maildir - store mail in a maildir
SYNOPSIS # mail.maildir [-j] [pathname]
DESCRIPTION # mail.maildir reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and adds it to the mail directory located in pathname or to the mail directory Maildir located in the user’s home directory.
The options are as follows:
-j
Scan the message for an X-Spam header and move to the Junk folder if the result is positive.
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MAIL.MDA(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAIL.MDA(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mail.mboxfile - deliver mail to a file in mbox format
SYNOPSIS # mail.mboxfile file
DESCRIPTION # mail.mboxfile appends mail to a file in mbox format and acknowledges delivery success or failure with its exit status.
EXIT STATUS # The mail.mboxfile utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO # mail(1), smtpd(8)
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MAIL.MDA(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAIL.MDA(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mail.mda - deliver mail to a program
SYNOPSIS # mail.mda program
DESCRIPTION # mail.mda executes the program and its parameters. The program must read from the standard input up to an end-of-file and acknowledge delivery success or failure with its exit status.
EXIT STATUS # The mail.mda utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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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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