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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-08-06 08:19:47 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-08-06 08:19:47 +0000
commitd636e3b2b034a3bd2c3a1a1492a7b72d4d180436 (patch)
tree6e8b92a3b7264430bf3db9bd5eabefab0d7e24ca /gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail
parentd3efe11d3ef1cbe41cd5de3827e4ad248eb0a5d6 (diff)
small cleanup;
ok millert@
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail')
-rw-r--r--gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/makemap/makemap.82
-rw-r--r--gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/aliases.524
-rw-r--r--gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/mailq.82
-rw-r--r--gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/sendmail.844
4 files changed, 34 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/makemap/makemap.8 b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/makemap/makemap.8
index 88f4f84e826..2c658b87df9 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/makemap/makemap.8
+++ b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/makemap/makemap.8
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ If the
.Li TrustedUser
option is set in the sendmail configuration file and
.Nm
-is invoked as root, the generated files will be owned by
+is invoked as root, the generated files will be owned by
the specified
.Li TrustedUser .
.Ss Flags
diff --git a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/aliases.5 b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/aliases.5
index 90637c6a1db..67177602dbc 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/aliases.5
+++ b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/aliases.5
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ or an external address.
.Bl -tag
.It Em Local Username
username
-
+.Pp
The username must be available via
.Xr getpwnam 3 .
.El
@@ -54,34 +54,34 @@ The username must be available via
.It Em Local Filename
username
/path/name
-
+.Pp
Messages are appended to the file specified by the full pathname
(starting with a slash (/))
.El
.Bl -tag
.It Em Command
|command
-
+.Pp
A command starts with a pipe symbol (|),
it receives messages via standard input.
.El
.Bl -tag
.It Em Include File
:include: /path/name
-
+.Pp
The aliases in pathname are added to the aliases for
.Em name .
.El
.Bl -tag
.It Em E-Mail Address
user@domain
-
+.Pp
An e-mail address in RFC 822 format.
.El
.Pp
Lines beginning with whitespace are continuation lines.
-Another way to continue lines is by placing a backslash
-directly before a newline.
+Another way to continue lines is by placing a backslash
+directly before a newline.
Lines beginning with
.Ql #
are comments.
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ change to take effect.
.%V SMM
.%N \&No. 9
.Re
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+file format appeared in
+.Bx 4.0 .
.Sh BUGS
If you have compiled
.Xr sendmail
@@ -127,8 +132,3 @@ you may have encountered problems in
restricting a single alias to about 1000 bytes of information.
You can get longer aliases by ``chaining''; that is, make the last name in
the alias be a dummy name which is a continuation alias.
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Nm
-file format appeared in
-.Bx 4.0 .
diff --git a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/mailq.8 b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/mailq.8
index ae581414d9c..6d6c19643c4 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/mailq.8
+++ b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/mailq.8
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ instead of the MTA queue specified in
.It Fl q\fR[\fI!\fR] Ns Cm I Ar substr
Limit processed jobs to those containing
.Ar substr
-as a substring of the queue id or not when
+as a substring of the queue ID or not when
.Sq !
is specified.
.It Fl q\fR[\fI!\fR] Ns Cm R Ar substr
diff --git a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/sendmail.8 b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/sendmail.8
index 33c1de4a775..a501cc862a9 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/sendmail.8
+++ b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail/sendmail.8
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ Local addresses are looked up in a file
and aliased appropriately.
Aliasing can be prevented by preceding the address
with a backslash.
-Beginning with 8.10, the sender is included in any alias
-expansions, e.g.,
-if `john' sends to `group',
-and `group' includes `john' in the expansion,
+Beginning with 8.10, the sender is included in any alias
+expansions, e.g.,
+if `john' sends to `group',
+and `group' includes `john' in the expansion,
then the letter will also be delivered to `john'.
.Ss Parameters
.Bl -tag -width Fl
@@ -94,9 +94,7 @@ listening on socket 25 for incoming
connections.
By default,
.Nm Sendmail
-will also listen on socket 587 for
-.Tn RFC2476
-message submission.
+will also listen on socket 587 for RFC 2476 message submission.
This is normally run from
.Pa /etc/rc .
.It Fl bD
@@ -119,8 +117,7 @@ only available with shared memory support.
.It Fl bs
Use the
.Tn SMTP
-protocol as described in
-.Tn RFC821
+protocol as described in RFC 821
on standard input and output.
This flag implies all the operations of the
.Fl ba
@@ -153,7 +150,7 @@ The envelope sender address is used as the recipient
for delivery status notifications
and may also appear in a Return-Path: header.
.Fl f
-should only be used
+should only be used
by ``trusted'' users
(normally
.Em root ,
@@ -188,7 +185,7 @@ Set the identifier used in syslog messages to the supplied
.Ar tag .
.It Fl N Ar dsn
Set delivery status notification conditions to
-.Ar dsn,
+.Ar dsn ,
which can be
.Ql never
for no notifications
@@ -206,7 +203,8 @@ Set option
.Ar option
to the specified
.Em value .
-This form uses long names. See below for more details.
+This form uses long names.
+See below for more details.
.It Fl o Ns Ar x Em value
Set option
.Ar x
@@ -226,7 +224,7 @@ Process saved messages in the queue at given intervals.
If
.Ar time
is omitted, process the queue once.
-.Xr Time
+.Ar time
is given as a tagged number,
with
.Ql s
@@ -271,7 +269,7 @@ only.
.Xc
Limit processed jobs to those containing
.Ar substr
-as a substring of the queue id or not when
+as a substring of the queue ID or not when
.Em !
is specified.
.It Xo Fl q Ns Op Ar ! Ns
@@ -523,7 +521,7 @@ msgs: "|/usr/bin/msgs -s"
Aliases may also have the syntax
.Dq :include: Ns Ar filename
to ask
-.Xr sendmail
+.Nm sendmail
to read the named file for a list of recipients.
For example, an alias such as:
.Pp
@@ -567,7 +565,8 @@ but was queued.
If invoked as
.Nm newaliases ,
.Nm sendmail
-will rebuild the alias database. If invoked as
+will rebuild the alias database.
+If invoked as
.Nm mailq ,
.Nm sendmail
will print the contents of the mail queue.
@@ -594,13 +593,13 @@ and your system security reduced by setting the
option,
the permission problems should be fixed.
For more information, see:
-
-.%T http://www.sendmail.org/tips/DontBlameSendmail.html
+.Pp
+.Pa http://www.sendmail.org/tips/DontBlameSendmail.html
.Sh FILES
Except for the file
.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
itself the following pathnames are all specified in
-.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.
+.Pa /etc/mail/sendmail.cf .
Thus,
these values are only approximations.
.Pp
@@ -630,11 +629,8 @@ temp files
.Xr rc 8 ,
.Xr rmail 8
.Pp
-DARPA
-Internet Request For Comments
-.%T RFC819 ,
-.%T RFC821 ,
-.%T RFC822 .
+DARPA Internet Request For Comments
+RFC 819, RFC 821, RFC 822.
.Rs
.%T "Sendmail \- An Internetwork Mail Router"
.%V SMM