mailfromd(8)

a general-purpose mail filtering daemon

Section 8 mailfromd bookworm source

Description

MAILFROMD

NAME

mailfromd - a general-purpose mail filtering daemon

SYNOPSIS

mailfromd [OPTION...] [var=value...][SCRIPT]

DESCRIPTION

mailfromd -- a general purpose milter daemon

Operation modifiers

--daemon

run in daemon mode (default)

	-E	preprocess source files and exit
	--lint,

--syntax-check check syntax and exit

--run[=FUNC]

run script and execute function FUNC ("main" if not given)

--show-defaults

show compilation defaults

-t, --test[=HANDLER]

run in test mode

General options

--callout-socket=STRING

set callout socket

--echo[=FILE]

divert output of the "echo" instruction to FILE

-I, --include-path=DIR

add the directory DIR to the list of directories to be searched for header files

--mtasim

run in mtasim compatibility mode

-O, --optimize[=LEVEL]

set code optimization level

-P, --module-path=DIR

add the directory DIR to the list of directories to be searched for MFL module files

-p, --port, --milter-socket=STRING

set communication socket

--relayed-domain-file=FILE

read relayed domains from FILE

--resolv-conf-file=FILE

read resolver configuration from FILE

-v, --variable=VAR=VALUE

assign VALUE to VAR

Preprocessor options

-D, --define=NAME[=VALUE]

define a preprocessor symbol NAME as having VALUE, or empty

--no-preprocessor

disable the use of external preprocessor

--preprocessor[=COMMAND]

use command as external preprocessor

-U, --undefine=NAME

undefine a preprocessor symbol NAME

Timeout control

--milter-timeout=TIME

set MTA connection timeout

Informational and debugging options

--dump-code

dump disassembled code

--dump-grammar-trace

dump grammar traces

--dump-lex-trace

dump lexical analyzer traces

--dump-macros

show used Sendmail macros

--dump-tree

dump parser tree

--gacopyz-log=LEVEL

set Gacopyz log level

--[no-]location-column print location column numbers in compiler

diagnostics messages

--[no-]stack-trace

enable stack traces on runtime errors

--[no-]trace

trace executed actions

--trace-program[=MODULES]

enable filter program tracing

--xref, --dump-xref

produce a cross-reference listing

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

-M, --mailer=MAILER

use specified URL as the default mailer

Server configuration modifiers

--foreground

stay in foreground

-g, --group=NAME

retain the supplementary group NAME when switching to user privileges

--pidfile=FILE

set pidfile name

-S, --source-ip=ADDRESS

set source address for TCP connections

--single-process

run in single-process mode

--state-directory=DIR

set new program state directory

-u, --user=NAME

switch to this user privileges after startup

Logging and debugging options

-d, --debug=LEVEL

set debugging level

--log-tag=STRING

set the identifier used in syslog messages to STRING

--logger=STREAM

select logger stream

--[no-]source-info

debug messages include source information

--stderr

log to stderr

--syslog

log to syslog (default)

-X, --[no-]transcript

enable transcript of SMTP sessions

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.

AUTHOR

Written by Sergey Poznyakoff.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-mailfromd@gnu.org.ua>. mailfromd home page: <http://www.gnu.org.ua/software/mailfromd>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005-2022 Sergey Poznyakoff License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.