---
name: "send-mail"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "coldsync"
version: "3.0+pre3-1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/send-mail"
---

# send-mail(1)

ColdSync conduit to send Palm mail

## NAME

send-mail - ColdSync conduit to send Palm mail

## SYNOPSIS

```
    conduit dump {
        type: mail/DATA;
        path: "<...>/send-mail";
      arguments:
        Sendmail:       /path/to/sendmail;
        My-Address:     user@my.dom.ain;
        Outbox-name:    Outbox;
    }
```

## DESCRIPTION

The `"send-mail"` conduit reads the Palm Mail database, finds the outgoing messages, and passes them on to `"sendmail"` for further processing.

Once each message has been successfully passed along to `"sendmail"`, it is deleted.

## OPTIONS

- "Sendmail"

  Specifies the path to the `"sendmail"` executable. The default is */usr/sbin/sendmail*.

- "My-Address"

  Specifies the return address to put on outgoing messages. If omitted, defaults to your username (or, more precisely, the username of the first user with your uid).

- "Wrap"

  Specifies the column at which to wrap long lines. Defaults to 74. A value of 0 specifies that text should not be wrapped.

- "Outbox-name"

  Specifies the category where outgoing messages are stored. If omitted, the default *Outbox* is used. For German use *Ausgang*.

## BUGS

Messages that were successfully sent are not immediately deleted on the Palm, but remain until the next sync. This is a limitation of ColdSync's conduit model.

The \`\`Confirm Read'' flag, as well as the various conduit-related options on the Palm, are ignored.

The \`\`Signature'' option on the Palm is ignored; this will most likely not be fixed. Nor is there an option to include a *.signature* file on the desktop machine; this will most likely be fixed.

## AUTHOR

Andrew Arensburger \<arensb@ooblick.com\>

## SEE ALSO

[*coldsync*(8)](/coldsync/8.md)

*ColdSync Conduits*, in the ColdSync documentation.