comsatd8

The comsat daemon

Usage

comsatd [OPTION ...]

Overview

GNU comsatd -- notify users about incoming mail

-d, --daemon[=NUMBER]: runs in daemon mode with a maximum of NUMBER children

--[no-]foreground: remain in foreground

-f, --file=FILE: read FILE instead of .biffrc

-i, --[no-]inetd: run in inetd mode

-t, --test[=FILE]: run in test mode; use FILE as tty (default: /dev/tty)

: Global debugging settings

--debug-level=LEVEL: set Mailutils debugging level

--[no-]debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages

--log-facility=FACILITY: output logs to syslog FACILITY

: Configuration handling

--config-file=FILE: load this configuration file; implies --no-config

--config-lint: check configuration file syntax and exit

--config-verbose: verbosely log parsing of the configuration files

--no-site-config, --no-config: do not load site-wide configuration file

--set=PARAM=VALUE: set configuration parameter

: Informational options

--config-help: show configuration file summary

--show-config-options: show compilation options

-?, --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.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

--config-file since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --config-help since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --config-lint since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --config-verbose since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --debug-level since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --file since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --no-config since Debian 9 (Stretch); --no-site-config since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --set since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --show-config-options since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --test since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -f since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -t since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

--config until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --convert-config until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --debug-line-info until Debian 9 (Stretch); --foreground until Debian 9 (Stretch); --inetd until Debian 9 (Stretch); --license until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --lock-expire-timeout until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --lock-flags until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --lock-retry-count until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --lock-retry-timeout until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --mail-spool until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --mailbox-type until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --no-site-rcfile until Debian 8 (Jessie); --no-user-config until Debian 8 (Jessie); --no-user-rcfile until Debian 8 (Jessie); --pidfile until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --port until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --rcfile until Debian 8 (Jessie); --rcfile-lint until Debian 8 (Jessie); --rcfile-verbose until Debian 8 (Jessie); --timeout until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --transcript until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -C until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -P until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -c until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -i until Debian 9 (Stretch); -m until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -p until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -x until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).