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34*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Dd October 8, 2010
35*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Dt MAILER.CONF 4
36*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Os
37*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Sh NAME
38*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Nm mailer.conf
39*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Nd configuration file for
40*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr mailwrapper 1M
41*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Sh DESCRIPTION
42*287247a8SAlexander PyhalovThe file
43*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Pa /etc/mailer.conf
44*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovcontains a series of lines of the form
45*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Pp
46*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Ar name
47*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Ar program
48*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Op Ar arguments ...
49*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Pp
50*287247a8SAlexander PyhalovThe first word of each line is the
51*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Ar name
52*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovof a program invoking
53*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr mailwrapper 1M .
54*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov(For example, on a typical system
55*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Pa /usr/lib/sendmail
56*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovwould be a symbolic link to
57*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr mailwrapper 1M ,
58*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovas would
59*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr newaliases 1M
60*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovand
61*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr mailq 1 .
62*287247a8SAlexander PyhalovThus,
63*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Ar name
64*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovmight be
65*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Dq Li sendmail
66*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovor
67*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Dq Li newaliases
68*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovetc.)
69*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Pp
70*287247a8SAlexander PyhalovThe second word of each line is the name of the
71*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Ar program
72*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovto actually execute when the first name is invoked.
73*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Pp
74*287247a8SAlexander PyhalovThe further
75*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Ar arguments ,
76*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovif any, are passed to the
77*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Ar program ,
78*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovfollowed by the arguments
79*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr mailwrapper 1M
80*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovwas called with.
81*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Pp
82*287247a8SAlexander PyhalovThe file may also contain comment lines, denoted by a
83*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Ql #
84*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovmark in the first column of any line.
85*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Sh FILES
86*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov/etc/mail/mailer.conf
87*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Sh EXAMPLES
88*287247a8SAlexander PyhalovThis example shows how to set up
89*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Nm
90*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovto invoke the traditional
91*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr sendmail 1M
92*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovprogram:
93*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Bd -literal -offset indent
94*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov# Execute the "real" sendmail program located in
95*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov# /usr/lib/smtp/sendmail/sendmail
96*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovsendmail	/usr/lib/smtp/sendmail/sendmail
97*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovmailq		/usr/lib/smtp/sendmail/sendmail
98*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalovnewaliases	/usr/lib/smtp/sendmail/sendmail
99*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Ed
100*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Sh SEE ALSO
101*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr mail 1 ,
102*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr mailq 1 ,
103*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr newaliases 1M ,
104*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr mailwrapper 1M ,
105*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Xr sendmail 1M
106*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.Sh AUTHORS
107*287247a8SAlexander Pyhalov.An Perry E. Metzger Aq perry@piermont.com
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