---
name: "sbsmtp"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "bsmtpd"
version: "2.3pl8b-16"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sbsmtp"
---

# sbsmtp(8)

compress bsmtp batch and send it out via uux

## NAME

sbsmtp - compress bsmtp batch and send it out via uux

## SYNOPSIS

**sbsmtp** **\[***options***\]** *site(s)*

## DESCRIPTION

**sbsmtp** is the batcher of the bsmtpd package. It is run by hand or by [**uucico**(8)](/uucico/8.md) to compress a batch and send it out using **uux**(8). **sbsmtp** reads the [**batchparms**(5)](/batchparms/5.md) file to find out the selected compression method for the given *site(s)*.

## OPTIONS

-

  - **-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)

- **-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

[**bsmtp**(8)](/bsmtp/8.md), [**batchparms**(5)](/batchparms/5.md), [**uux**(1)](/uux/1.md), [**uucico**(8)](/uucico/8.md), [**gzip**(1)](/gzip/1.md), [**compress**(1)](/compress/1.md), **freeze**(1), [**bzip2**(1)](/bzip2/1.md)

## AUTHOR

The bsmtpd package was written by Axel Zinser \<fifi@hiss.org\>.

This manual page was written by Roland Rosenfeld \<roland@spinnaker.de\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).