mail.local8mailutils
The local mda
Usage
mail.local [OPTION ...]
recipient
[recipient ...]
Overview
GNU mail.local -- the local MDA
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--ex-multiple-delivery-success -
Do not return errors when delivering to multiple recipients
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--ex-quota-tempfail -
Return temporary failure if disk or mailbox quota is exceeded
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-f, -r, --from=EMAIL -
Specify the sender's name
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--message-id-header=STRING -
Identify messages by the value of this header when logging Sieve actions
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-q, --quota-db=FILE -
Specify path to quota DBM database
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--quota-query=STRING -
SQL query to retrieve mailbox quota
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-s, --source=PATTERN -
Set name pattern for user-defined Scheme mail filters
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-S, --sieve=PATTERN -
Set name pattern for user-defined Sieve mail filters
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-x, --debug=FLAGS -
Enable debugging
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Authentication options
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--authentication=MODLIST -
Set the list of modules to be used for authentication
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--authorization=MODLIST -
Set list of modules to be used for authorization
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--pam-service=STRING -
Use STRING as PAM service name
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--sql-db=STRING -
Name of the database to connect to
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--sql-field-map=MAP -
Declare a name translation map for SQL fields in results of sql-getpwnam and sql-getpwuid queries
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--sql-getpass=QUERY -
SQL query to retrieve a password from the database
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--sql-getpwnam=QUERY -
SQL query to retrieve a passwd entry based on username
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--sql-getpwuid=QUERY -
SQL query to retrieve a passwd entry based on UID
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--sql-host=HOSTNAME -
Name or IP of MySQL server to connect to
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--sql-interface=NAME -
Type of SQL interface to use
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--sql-passwd=STRING -
SQL connection password
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--sql-password-type=STRING -
Type of password returned by
--sql-getpassquery. STRING is one of: plain, hash, scrambled
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--sql-port=NUMBER -
Port to use
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--sql-user=NAME -
SQL user name
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--virtual-passwd-dir=DIR -
Search for virtual passwd file in DIR
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Common options
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--license -
Print license and exit
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--log-facility=FACILITY -
Output logs to syslog FACILITY
--external-locker=PATH Set full path to the external locker program
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--lock-expire-timeout=SECONDS -
Number of seconds after which the lock expires
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--lock-flags=FLAGS -
Default locker flags (E=external, R=retry, T=time, P=pid)
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--lock-retry-count=NUMBER -
Set the maximum number of times to retry acquiring the lockfile
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--lock-retry-timeout=SECONDS -
Set timeout for acquiring the lockfile
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-m, --mail-spool=URL -
Use specified URL as a mailspool directory
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--mailbox-type=PROTO -
Default mailbox type to use
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-M, --mailer=MAILER -
Use specified URL as the default mailer
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Sieve options
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--clearpath -
Clear Sieve load path
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-I, --includedir=DIR -
Append directory DIR to the list of directories searched for include files
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-L, --libdir=DIR -
Append directory DIR to the list of directories searched for library files
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-?, --help -
give this help list
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--usage -
give a short usage message
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-V, --version -
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
Debug flags are:
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g - guimb stack traces T - mailutils traces (MU_DEBUG_TRACE) P - network protocols (MU_DEBUG_PROT) t - sieve trace (MU_SIEVE_DEBUG_TRACE) i - sieve instructions trace (MU_SIEVE_DEBUG_INSTR) l - sieve action logs 0-9 - Set mail.local debugging level
Releases
3 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.
--clearpath since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--mailbox-type since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--sql-field-map since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).