.\" $OpenBSD: smtpd.8,v 1.31 2016/10/19 10:06:30 gilles Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2012, Eric Faurot .\" Copyright (c) 2008, Gilles Chehade .\" Copyright (c) 2008, Pierre-Yves Ritschard .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: October 19 2016 $ .Dt SMTPD 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm smtpd .Nd Simple Mail Transfer Protocol daemon .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl dFhnv .Op Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value .Op Fl f Ar file .Op Fl P Ar system .Op Fl T Ar trace .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol .Pq SMTP daemon which can be used as a machine's primary mail system. .Nm can listen on a network interface and handle SMTP transactions; it can also be fed messages through the standard .Xr sendmail 8 interface. It can relay messages through remote mail transfer agents or store them locally using either the mbox or maildir format. This implementation supports SMTP as defined by RFC 5321 as well as several extensions. A running .Nm can be controlled through .Xr smtpctl 8 . .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value Define .Ar macro to be set to .Ar value on the command line. Overrides the definition of .Ar macro in the configuration file. .It Fl d Do not daemonize. If this option is specified, .Nm will run in the foreground and log to .Em stderr . .It Fl F Do not daemonize. If this option is specified, .Nm will run in the foreground and log to .Xr syslogd 8 . .It Fl f Ar file Specify an alternative configuration file. .It Fl h Display version and usage. .It Fl n Configtest mode. Only check the configuration file for validity. .It Fl P Ar system Pause a specific subsystem at startup. Normal operation can be resumed using .Xr smtpctl 8 . This option can be used multiple times. The accepted values are: .Pp .Bl -tag -width "smtpXXX" -compact .It mda Do not schedule local deliveries. .It mta Do not schedule remote transfers. .It smtp Do not listen on SMTP sockets. .El .It Fl T Ar trace Enables real-time tracing at startup. Normal operation can be resumed using .Xr smtpctl 8 . This option can be used multiple times. The accepted values are: .Pp .Bl -bullet -compact .It imsg .It io .It smtp (incoming sessions) .It filters .It transfer (outgoing sessions) .It bounce .It scheduler .It expand (aliases/virtual/forward expansion) .It lookup (user/credentials lookups) .It stat .It rules (matched by incoming sessions) .It mproc .It all .El .It Fl v Produce more verbose output. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/etc/mail/smtpd.confXXX" -compact .It Pa /etc/mail/mailname Alternate server name to use. .It Pa /etc/mail/smtpd.conf Default .Nm configuration file. .It Pa /var/run/smtpd.sock .Ux Ns -domain socket used for communication with .Xr smtpctl 8 . .It Pa /var/spool/smtpd/ Spool directories for mail during processing. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr smtpd.conf 5 , .Xr mailwrapper 8 , .Xr smtpctl 8 .Sh STANDARDS .Rs .%A J. Klensin .%D October 2008 .%R RFC 5321 .%T Simple Mail Transfer Protocol .Re .Sh HISTORY The .Nm program first appeared in .Ox 4.6 .