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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1997-12-13 20:19:46 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1997-12-13 20:19:46 +0000 |
commit | 8cb3b54606530bf8293ed6840c9c9324094be4dc (patch) | |
tree | 67105e38ef16f4e7e2ba673ea18eacb28f64be62 /libexec/smtpd/smtpfwdd/smtpfwdd.8 | |
parent | fca6528d115e02ac23ea1034158eef77cc8c7eb6 (diff) |
further cleanup
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/smtpd/smtpfwdd/smtpfwdd.8')
-rw-r--r-- | libexec/smtpd/smtpfwdd/smtpfwdd.8 | 28 |
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. |