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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-12-13 20:19:46 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-12-13 20:19:46 +0000
commit8cb3b54606530bf8293ed6840c9c9324094be4dc (patch)
tree67105e38ef16f4e7e2ba673ea18eacb28f64be62 /libexec/smtpd/smtpfwdd/smtpfwdd.8
parentfca6528d115e02ac23ea1034158eef77cc8c7eb6 (diff)
further cleanup
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/smtpd/smtpfwdd/smtpfwdd.8')
-rw-r--r--libexec/smtpd/smtpfwdd/smtpfwdd.828
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/smtpd/smtpfwdd/smtpfwdd.8 b/libexec/smtpd/smtpfwdd/smtpfwdd.8
index bfe5bc80add..78b09f9ab34 100644
--- a/libexec/smtpd/smtpfwdd/smtpfwdd.8
+++ b/libexec/smtpd/smtpfwdd/smtpfwdd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: smtpfwdd.8,v 1.3 1997/12/12 21:50:11 beck Exp $
+.\" $Id: smtpfwdd.8,v 1.4 1997/12/13 20:19:45 deraadt Exp $
.Dd Dec 10, 1997
.Dt SMTPFWDD 8
.Os OpenBSD
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ is a standalone daemon, usually invoked at system startup.
.It Fl d
Specify a different spool
.Ar directory .
-This should be the same directory in which smtpd is spooling files.
-(usually
+This should be the same directory in which
+.Xr smtpd 8
+is spooling files (usually
.Pa /var/spool/smtpd )
.It Fl g
Specify a
@@ -44,13 +45,15 @@ to run as. Same as user above.
.It Fl M
Specifies
.Ar maxchildren
-as the maximum number of children smtpfwdd should be
-allowed to spawn at once when delivering mail. Default is 10
+as the maximum number of children
+.Nm smtpfwdd
+should be allowed to spawn at once when delivering mail. Default is 10
.It Fl P
specifies a polling interval of
.Ar polltime
-seconds indicating how often the master smtpfwdd process
-should wake up and check the spool directory for new mail
+seconds indicating how often the master
+.Nm smtpfwdd
+process should wake up and check the spool directory for new mail
to forward. Default is 10 seconds.
.It Fl s
Specify a different mail program to use to forward
@@ -73,8 +76,11 @@ and use the -f option to specify the sender of a mail message.
.Sh BUGS
Since
.Xr sendmail 8
-is not normally running as a daemon when using smtpd and
-smtpfwdd, one must use cron to periodically invoke sendmail -q so that
+is not normally running as a daemon when using
+.Xr smtpd 8
+and
+.Xr smtpfwdd 8 ,
+one must use cron to periodically invoke sendmail -q so that
queued messages are retried for eventual delivery, alternatively sendmail
may be run standalone, but not listening to the network if your version
of sendmail supports doing this correctly.
@@ -88,6 +94,8 @@ using real unadulterated Berkeley sendmail of a recent vintage, you may
need to disable the exit status checking at compile time.
.Pp
sendmail can't handle a . on one line in a message body. This problem
-is bypassed in smtpfwdd by giving sendmail the option -oitrue. Again,
+is bypassed in
+.Nm smtpfwdd
+by giving sendmail the option -oitrue. Again,
if you aren't using genuine sendmail, you may need to disable this at
compile time.