NAME
bsmtp - append mail to bsmtp batch
SYNOPSIS
bsmtp -t host -f from [options] recipient(s)
DESCRIPTION
bsmtp is a program which is called by sendmail(8) to append the mail to the batch for host created by the sender from and addressed to recipient(s).
OPTIONS
- -t host
-
destination host
- -f from
-
sender address (FQDN)
- -s size
-
maximum message size (default: 0)
- -T seconds
-
timeout in seconds (default: 900)
- -U path
-
path to uux (default: /usr/bin/uux)
- -C path
-
path to compress (default: /usr/bin/compress)
- -F path
-
path to freeze (default: /usr/local/bin/freeze)
- -b path
-
path to bzip2 (default: /usr/bin/bzip2)
- -G path
-
path to gzip (default: /bin/gzip)
- -B path
-
path to batchparms (default: /etc/mail/batchparms)
- -d
-
duplicate all dots in the first column ("hiddendot"), because some mail programs otherwise see this dot as the end of the mail. You will need this option if your mail transport agent doesn't duplicate the dots itself. -k stop creating backup files of the outgoing batches.
FILES
/var/spool/bsmtp/out Directory for outgoing batches.
/etc/mail/batchparms batch parameters
/var/log/bsmtp/Log log file
/var/log/bsmtp/Debug debug output
SEE ALSO
sbsmtp(8), batchparms(5), sendmail(8), uux(1), gzip(1), compress(1), freeze(1), bzip2(1)
AUTHOR
The bsmtpd package was written by Axel Zinser <[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by Roland Rosenfeld <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).