---
name: "mail.remote"
section: "8mailutils"
platform: "linux"
package: "mailutils"
version: "1:1.2+dfsg1-4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mail.remote"
---

# mail.remote(8mailutils)

pseudo-sendmail interface for mail delivery

## NAME

mail.remote - pseudo-sendmail interface for mail delivery

## SYNOPSIS

**mail.remote** \[*OPTION*...\] \[*TO-ADDR*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

GNU mail.remote **--** pseudo-sendmail interface for mail delivery

- **-b** OPT

  Ignored for sendmail compatibility

- **-d**, **--debug**

  Print envelope commands in the SMTP protocol transaction. If specified more than once, the data part of the protocol transaction will also be printed.

- **-f**, **--from**=*ADDR*

  Override the default from address

- **-i**

  Ignored for sendmail compatibility

- **-o** OPT

  Ignored for sendmail compatibility

- **-t**, **--read-recipients**

  Read message for recipients.

-

  Authentication options

- **--authentication**=*MODLIST*

  Set the list of modules to be used for authentication

- **--authorization**=*MODLIST*

  Set list of modules to be used for authorization

- **--pam-service**=*STRING*

  Use STRING as PAM service name

- **--sql-db**=*STRING*

  Name of the database to connect to

- **--sql-field-map**=*MAP*

  Declare a name translation map for SQL fields in results of sql-getpwnam and sql-getpwuid queries

- **--sql-getpass**=*QUERY*

  SQL query to retrieve a password from the database

- **--sql-getpwnam**=*QUERY*

  SQL query to retrieve a passwd entry based on username

- **--sql-getpwuid**=*QUERY*

  SQL query to retrieve a passwd entry based on UID

- **--sql-host**=*HOSTNAME*

  Name or IP of MySQL server to connect to

- **--sql-interface**=*NAME*

  Type of SQL interface to use

- **--sql-passwd**=*STRING*

  SQL connection password

- **--sql-password-type**=*STRING*

  Type of password returned by **--sql-getpass** query. STRING is one of: plain, hash, scrambled

- **--sql-port**=*NUMBER*

  Port to use

- **--sql-user**=*NAME*

  SQL user name

- **--virtual-passwd-dir**=*DIR*

  Search for virtual passwd file in DIR

-

  Common options

- **-M**, **--mailer**=*MAILER*

  Use specified URL as the default mailer

- **-D**, **--email-domain**=*DOMAIN*

  Set domain for unqualified user names (default is this host)

- **-E**, **--email-addr**=*EMAIL*

  Set current user's email address (default is loginname@defaultdomain)

- **--license**

  Print license and exit

- \-?, **--help**

  give this help list

- **--usage**

  give a short usage message

- **-V**, **--version**

  print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

This is a simple drop-in replacement for sendmail to forward mail directly to an SMTP gateway. You should always specify your SMTP gateway using **--mailer** option (the best place to do so is in your configuration file).

## EXAMPLES

Deliver mail via SMTP gateway at "mail.example.com", reading its contents for recipients of the message.

-

  mail.remote **--mailer** smtp://mail.example.com **-t**

Deliver mail only to "devnull@foo.bar"

-

  mail.remote **--mailer** smtp://mail.example.com devnull@foo.bar

Deliver mail to "devnull@foo.bar" as well as to the recipients specified in the message itself:

-

  mail.remote **--mailer** smtp://mail.example.com **-t** devnull@foo.bar

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to \<bug-mailutils@gnu.org\>.

## SEE ALSO

The complete GNU mailutils manual is not available in Debian systems due to licensing reasons. You can find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:\
 http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.