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author | Jannis Hoffmann <jannis@fehcom.de> | 2024-07-03 15:48:04 +0200 |
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committer | Jannis Hoffmann <jannis@fehcom.de> | 2024-07-03 15:48:04 +0200 |
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diff --git a/man/qmail-queue.8 b/man/qmail-queue.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b025c95 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/qmail-queue.8 @@ -0,0 +1,199 @@ +.TH s/qmail: qmail-queue 8 +.SH NAME +qmail-queue \- queue a mail message for delivery +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B qmail-queue +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B qmail-queue +reads a mail message from descriptor 0. +It then reads envelope information from descriptor 1. +It places the message into the outgoing queue +for future delivery by +.BR qmail-send . + +The envelope information is +an envelope sender address +followed by a list of envelope recipient addresses. +The sender address is preceded by the letter F +and terminated by a 0 byte. +Each recipient address is preceded by the letter T +and terminated by a 0 byte. +The list of recipient addresses is terminated by an extra 0 byte. +If +.B qmail-queue +sees end-of-file before the extra 0 byte, +it aborts without placing the message into the queue. + +Every envelope recipient address +should contain a username, +an @ sign, +and a fully qualified domain name. + +.B qmail-queue +always adds a +.B Received +line to the top of the message. +Other than this, +.B qmail-queue +does not inspect the message +and does not enforce any restrictions on its contents. +However, the recipients probably expect to see a proper header, +as described in +.BR qmail-header(5) . + +Programs included with qmail which invoke +.B qmail-queue +will invoke the contents of +.B QMAILQUEUE +instead, if that environment variable is set. +.SH "FILESYSTEM RESTRICTIONS" +.B qmail-queue +imposes two constraints on the queue structure: +each +.B mess +subdirectory must be in the same filesystem as the +.B pid +directory; and each +.B todo +subdirectory must be in the same filesystem as the +.B intd +directory. +.SH "EXIT CODES" +.B qmail-queue +does not print diagnostics. +It exits +0 if +it has successfully queued the message. +It exits between 1 and 99 if +it has failed to queue the message. + +All +.B qmail-queue +error codes between 11 and 40 +indicate permanent errors: +.TP 5 +.B 11 +Address too long. +.TP +.B 31 +Mail server permanently refuses to send the message to any recipients. +(Not used by +.BR qmail-queue), +.TP +.B 32 +Mail server does not accept the message. +(The message includes an identified virus.) +.TP +.B 33 +Mail server does not accept the message. +(The message is identified as spam.) +.TP +.B 34 +Mail server does not accept the message. +(The message carries an invalid MIME attachment.) +.PP +All other +.B qmail-queue +error codes indicate temporary errors: +.TP 5 +.B 51 +Out of memory. +.TP +.B 52 +Timeout. +.TP +.B 53 +Write error; e.g., disk full. +.TP +.B 54 +Unable to read the message or envelope. +.TP +.B 55 +Unable to read a configuration file. +The virus scanner called via the +.BR QHPSI +returned with return code other then +0 or QHPSIRC. +.TP +.B 56 +Problem making a network connection from this host. +(Not used by +.BR qmail-queue .) +.TP +.B 61 +Problem with the qmail home directory. +.TP +.B 62 +Problem with the queue directory. +.TP +.B 63 +Problem with queue/pid. +.TP +.B 64 +Problem with queue/mess. +.TP +.B 65 +Problem with queue/intd. +.TP +.B 66 +Problem with queue/todo. +.TP +.B 71 +Mail server temporarily refuses to send the message to any recipients. +(Not used by +.BR qmail-queue .) +.TP +.B 72 +Connection to mail server timed out. +(Not used by +.BR qmail-queue .) +.TP +.B 73 +Connection to mail server rejected. +(Not used by +.BR qmail-queue .) +.TP +.B 74 +Connection to mail server succeeded, +but communication failed. +(Not used by +.BR qmail-queue .) +.TP +.B 81 +Internal bug; e.g., segmentation fault. +.TP +.B 91 +Envelope format error. +.SH "QHPSI ARGUMENTS" +The Qmail High Performance Scanner interface QHPSI allows +.B qmail-queue +to read up to seven arguments taken from the environment to be used +as a call-interface for an external virus scanner: +.TP 5 +.B QHPSI +is set to the file name of the virus scanner, ie. QHPSI='/usr/local/bin/clamscan'. +The path can be omitted, if the virus scanner is in the default path. +.TP +.B QHPSIARG1...3 +Optional additional arguments can be included here, ie. QHPSIARG1="--verbose". +Useful to suppress output in case an email is +clean and to enable mailbox support for the virus scanner. +.TP +.B QHPSIRC +To specify the return code of the virus scanner in case of an infection; default is 1. +.TP +.B QHPSIMINSIZE +The minimal size of the message to invoke the virus scanner; default is 0. +A typical choice would be QHPSIMINSIZE=10000 (~10k). +.TP +.B QHPSIMAXSIZE +The maximal size of the message to invoke the virus scanner; default is unrestricted. +A typical choice would be QHPSIMAXSIZE=1000000 (~1M). +.SH "SEE ALSO" +addresses(5), +envelopes(5), +qmail-header(5), +qmail-inject(8), +qmail-qmqpc(8), +qmail-send(8), +qmail-smtpd(8) |