1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY sendmail-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.&sendmail-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY sendmail-download-http "http://www.sendmail.org/ftp/sendmail.&sendmail-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY sendmail-size "2.0 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY sendmail-buildsize "18 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY sendmail-time "0.43 SBU">
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12 |
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="sendmail" xreflabel="Sendmail-&sendmail-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="sendmail.html"?>
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17 | <title>Sendmail-&sendmail-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <sect2>
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20 | <title>Introduction to <application>Sendmail</application></title>
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21 |
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22 | <para>The <application>Sendmail</application> package contains a Mail
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23 | Transport Agent (<acronym>MTA</acronym>).</para>
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24 |
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25 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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26 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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27 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&sendmail-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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28 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&sendmail-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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29 | <listitem><para>Download size: &sendmail-size;</para></listitem>
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30 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &sendmail-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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31 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &sendmail-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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32 | </sect3>
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33 |
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34 | <sect3><title><application>Sendmail</application> dependencies</title>
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35 |
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36 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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37 | <para><xref linkend="db"/> and <xref linkend="procmail"/>
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38 | </para></sect4>
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39 |
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40 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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41 | <para><xref linkend="openssl"/>, <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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42 | <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>, <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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43 | <ulink url="http://www-dev.cites.uiuc.edu/ph/nph/">nph</ulink> and
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44 | <ulink url="http://asg.web.cmu.edu/sasl/">Cyrus SASL</ulink>
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45 | </para></sect4>
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46 | </sect3>
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47 |
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48 | </sect2>
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49 |
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50 | <sect2>
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51 | <title>Installation of <application>Sendmail</application></title>
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52 |
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53 | <para>Before building <application>Sendmail</application>, create the users,
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54 | groups and directories that <application>Sendmail</application> requires
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55 | with the following commands:</para>
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56 |
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57 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd smmsp &&
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58 | groupadd mail &&
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59 | useradd -g smmsp -G mail smmsp &&
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60 | chmod 1777 /tmp &&
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61 | chmod 1777 /var/mail &&
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62 | mkdir /var/spool/mqueue</command></userinput></screen>
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63 |
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64 | <para>Install <application>Sendmail</application> with the following
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65 | commands:</para>
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66 |
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67 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > devtools/Site/site.config.m4 << "EOF"
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68 | define(`confMANGRP',`root')
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69 | define(`confMANOWN',`root')
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70 | define(`confSBINGRP',`root')
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71 | define(`confUBINGRP',`root')
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72 | define(`confUBINOWN',`root')
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73 | EOF
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74 | cd sendmail &&
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75 | sh Build &&
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76 | cd ../cf/cf &&
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77 | cp generic-linux.mc sendmail.mc &&
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78 | mkdir /etc/mail &&
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79 | sh Build sendmail.cf &&
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80 | sh Build install-cf &&
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81 | cd ../../ &&
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82 | sh Build install</command></userinput></screen>
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83 |
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84 | <para>Install the <application>Sendmail</application> Installation and
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85 | Operations Guide with the following commands:</para>
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86 |
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87 | <screen><userinput><command>cd doc/op &&
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88 | sed -i -e 's/groff/GROFF_NO_SGR=1 groff/' Makefile &&
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89 | make op.txt op.pdf &&
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90 | install -d -m 755 /usr/share/doc/sendmail/&sendmail-version; &&
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91 | install -m 644 op.ps op.txt op.pdf /usr/share/doc/sendmail/&sendmail-version; &&
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92 | cd ../../</command></userinput></screen>
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93 |
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94 | </sect2>
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95 |
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96 | <sect2>
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97 | <title>Configuring <application>Sendmail</application></title>
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98 |
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99 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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100 | <para><filename>/etc/mail/*</filename></para>
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101 | </sect3>
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102 |
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103 | <sect3><title>Configuration Commands</title>
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104 |
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105 | <screen><userinput><command>echo `hostname` > /etc/mail/local-host-names
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106 | cat > /etc/mail/aliases << "EOF"
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107 | postmaster: root
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108 | MAILER-DAEMON: root
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109 | EOF
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110 | cp -R cf/* /etc/mail &&
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111 | cp cf/cf/{submit,sendmail}.mc /etc/mail &&
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112 | newaliases -v</command></userinput></screen>
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113 |
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114 | <para>To automate the running of <application>Sendmail</application> at
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115 | startup, install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail</filename>
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116 | init script included in the
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117 | <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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118 |
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119 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-sendmail</command></userinput></screen>
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120 |
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121 | <note><para>The -qNm option to <command>sendmail</command>, where N is number
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122 | of minutes, controls how often Sendmail will process the mail queue. A default
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123 | of 5 minutes is used in the init script. Individual workstation users may want
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124 | to set this as low as 1 minute, large installations handling more mail may
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125 | want to set it higher.</para></note>
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126 |
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127 | </sect3>
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128 | </sect2>
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129 |
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130 | <sect2>
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131 | <title>Contents</title>
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132 |
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133 | <para>The <application>Sendmail</application> package contains
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134 | <command>hoststat</command>,
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135 | <command>purgestat</command>,
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136 | <command>smrsh</command>,
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137 | <command>editmap</command>,
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138 | <command>makemap</command>,
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139 | <command>mailq</command>,
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140 | <command>newaliases</command>,
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141 | <command>sendmail</command>,
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142 | <command>vacation</command>,
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143 | <command>praliases</command> and
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144 | <command>mailstats</command>.
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145 | </para>
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146 | </sect2>
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147 |
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148 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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149 |
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150 | <sect3><title>hoststat</title>
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151 | <para><command>hoststat</command> prints <application>Sendmail</application>'s
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152 | persistent host status.</para></sect3>
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153 |
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154 | <sect3><title>purgestat</title>
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155 | <para><command>purgestat</command> causes <application>Sendmail</application>
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156 | to clear (purge) all its host-status information.</para></sect3>
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157 |
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158 | <sect3><title>smrsh</title>
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159 | <para><command>smrsh</command> is a restricted shell for
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160 | <application>Sendmail</application>.</para></sect3>
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161 |
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162 | <sect3><title>editmap</title>
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163 | <para><command>editmap</command> queries and edits
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164 | <application>Sendmail</application> map files.</para></sect3>
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165 |
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166 | <sect3><title>makemap</title>
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167 | <para><command>makemap</command> creates
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168 | <application>Sendmail</application> map files.</para></sect3>
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169 |
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170 | <sect3><title>mailq</title>
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171 | <para><command>mailq</command> prints a summary of outbound mail messages
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172 | waiting for delivery.</para></sect3>
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173 |
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174 | <sect3><title>newaliases</title>
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175 | <para><command>newaliases</command> rebuilds
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176 | <filename>/etc/mail/aliases.db</filename>.</para></sect3>
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177 |
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178 | <sect3><title>sendmail</title>
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179 | <para><command>sendmail</command> is the <application>Sendmail</application>
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180 | mail transport agent.</para></sect3>
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181 |
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182 | <sect3><title>vacation</title>
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183 | <para><command>vacation</command> is an email auto responder.</para></sect3>
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184 |
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185 | <sect3><title>praliases</title>
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186 | <para><command>praliases</command> displays current
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187 | <application>Sendmail</application> aliases.</para></sect3>
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188 |
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189 | <sect3><title>mailstats</title>
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190 | <para><command>mailstats</command> displays
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191 | <application>Sendmail</application> statistics.</para></sect3>
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192 |
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193 | </sect2>
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194 |
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195 | </sect1>
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196 |
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