sensible-mda man page on Ubuntu

Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   6591 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
Ubuntu logo
[printable version]

SENSIBLE-MDA(8)						       SENSIBLE-MDA(8)

NAME
       sensible-mda - a generic local MDA router for Debian systems

SYNOPSIS
       sensible-mda from to detail client-addr

DESCRIPTION
       sensible-mda  is used to simplify the installation and configuration of
       sendmail(8) , or other MTAs for use on  Debian  systems.	  With	sensi‐
       ble-mda,	 sendmail  can support a plethora of MDAs (procmail, maildrop,
       deliver, etc.) without having  pick any one of them as required.

FUNCTION
       sensible-mda is called by sendmail as a local mailer when the following
       exists in sendmail.mc:
       define(`LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS', `sensible-mda $g $u $h ${client_addr}')dnl

       sensible-mda will look for the following MDAs (in this order), and pass
       the mail on to the first SUID MDA found (Or first  found	 MDA,  if  run
       w/euid=root): procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)

OPTIONS
       Available command line options are the following:

       from   The sender of this email (sendmail $g variable)

       to     The recipient of this email (sendmail $u variable)

       detail The  detail  portion  of the recipient userid (sendmail $h vari‐
	      able) - ie:
	      cowboy+sendmail@debian.org

       client-addr
	      TCP/IP address of the sender (sendmail ${client_addr}  variable)
	      Not used (for the nonce)

FILES
       /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
	      sendmail m4 input to generate sendmail.cf

       /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
	      actual sendmail configuration file (treated as a binary file)

SEE ALSO
       sendmail(8), procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)

BUGS
       None known so far.

AUTHOR
       Richard Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>

HISTORY
4th Berkeley Distribution	October 21 1999		       SENSIBLE-MDA(8)
[top]

List of man pages available for Ubuntu

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net