lmtpd(8)

lmtpd8

Local mail transfer protocol daemon.

Usage

lmtpd [OPTION ...]

Overview

GNU lmtpd -- local mail transfer protocol daemon.

General options

-d, --daemon[=NUMBER]

runs in daemon mode with a maximum of NUMBER children

--[no-]foreground

remain in foreground

-i, --[no-]inetd

run in inetd mode

--stderr

log to standard error

--[no-]transcript

enable session transcript

Global debugging settings

--debug-level=LEVEL

set Mailutils debugging level

--[no-]debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages

--log-facility=FACILITY

output logs to syslog FACILITY

-M, --mailer=MAILER

use specified URL as the default mailer

Sieve options

--clear-include-path

clear Sieve include path

--clear-library-path, --clearpath

clear Sieve library path

-I, --includedir=DIR

append DIR to the list of directories searched for include files

-L, --libdir=DIR

append DIR to the list of directories searched for library files

--libdir-prefix=DIR

add DIR to the beginning of the list of directories searched for library files

Delivery options

-f, -r, --from=EMAIL

specify the sender's name

Scripting options

-l, --language=STRING

define scripting language for the next --script option

--message-id-header=STRING

use this header to identify messages when logging Sieve actions

-s, --script=PATTERN

set name pattern for user-defined mail filter

-x, --script-debug=FLAGS

enable script debugging; FLAGS are: g - guile stack traces t - sieve trace (MU_SIEVE_DEBUG_TRACE) i - sieve instructions trace (MU_SIEVE_DEBUG_INSTR) l - sieve action logs

Configuration handling

--config-file=FILE

load this configuration file; implies --no-config

--config-lint

check configuration file syntax and exit

--config-verbose

verbosely log parsing of the configuration files

--no-config

do not load site and user configuration files

--no-site-config

do not load site-wide configuration file

--no-user-config

do not load user configuration file

--set=PARAM=VALUE

set configuration parameter

Informational options

--config-help

show configuration file summary

--show-config-options

show compilation options

-?, --help

give this help list

--usage

give a short usage message

-V, --version

print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 3.1–6.0
  2. 7–8
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13

--clear-include-path since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --clear-library-path since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --clearpath since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --config-file since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --config-help since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --config-lint since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --config-verbose since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --daemon since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --debug-level since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --from since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --help since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --includedir since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --language since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --libdir since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --libdir-prefix since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --log-facility since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --mailer since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --message-id-header since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --no-config since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --no-site-config since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --no-user-config since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --script since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --script-debug since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --set since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --show-config-options since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --stderr since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --usage since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --version since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -? since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -I since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -L since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -M since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -V since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -d since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -f since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -l since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -r since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -s since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -x since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

-D until Debian 8 (Jessie); -a until Debian 8 (Jessie).

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
GNU Mailutils home page: <http://mailutils.org>
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From mailutils-mda 1:3.19-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.