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author | Erwin Hoffmann <feh@fehcom.de> | 2024-01-14 17:55:54 +0100 |
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committer | Erwin Hoffmann <feh@fehcom.de> | 2024-01-14 17:55:54 +0100 |
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diff --git a/sqmail-4.3.07/man/qmail-command.8 b/sqmail-4.3.07/man/qmail-command.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33f28d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/sqmail-4.3.07/man/qmail-command.8 @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +.TH s/qmail: qmail-command 8 +.SH NAME +qmail-command \- user-specified mail delivery program +.SH SYNOPSIS +in +.BR .qmail\fIext : +.B |\fIcommand +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B qmail-local +will, upon your request, +feed each incoming mail message through a program of your choice. + +When a mail message arrives, +.B qmail-local +runs +.B sh -c \fIcommand +in your home directory. +It makes the message available on +.IR command 's +standard input. + +.B WARNING: +The mail message does not begin with +.BR qmail-local 's +usual +.B Return-Path +and +.B Delivered-To +lines. + +Note that +.B qmail-local +uses the same file descriptor for every delivery +in your +.B .qmail +file, so it is not safe for +.I command +to fork a child that +reads the message in the background while the parent exits. +.SH "EXIT CODES" +.IR command 's +exit codes are interpreted as follows: +0 means that the delivery was successful; +99 means that the delivery was successful, +but that +.B qmail-local +should ignore all further delivery instructions; +100 means that the delivery failed permanently (hard error); +111 means that the delivery failed but should be tried again +in a little while (soft error). + +Currently 64, 65, 70, 76, 77, 78, and 112 are considered hard errors, +and all other codes are considered soft errors, +but +.I command +should avoid relying on this. +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +.B qmail-local +supplies several useful environment variables to +.IR command . +.B WARNING: +These environment variables are not quoted. +They may contain special characters. +They are under the control of a possibly malicious remote user. + +.B SENDER +is the envelope sender address. +.B NEWSENDER +is the forwarding envelope sender address, +as setup in +.BR dot-qmail(5) . +.B RECIPIENT +is the envelope recipient address, +.IR local@domain . +.B USER +is +.IR user . +.B HOME +is your home directory, +.IR homedir . +.B HOST +is the +.I domain +part of the recipient address. +.B LOCAL +is the +.I local +part. +.B EXT +is the +address extension, +.IR ext . + +.B HOST2 +is the portion of +.B HOST +preceding the last dot; +.B HOST3 +is the portion of +.B HOST +preceding the second-to-last dot; +.B HOST4 +is the portion of +.B HOST +preceding the third-to-last dot. + +.B EXT2 +is the portion of +.B EXT +following the first dash; +.B EXT3 +is the portion +following the second dash; +.B EXT4 +is the portion +following the third dash. +.B DEFAULT +is the portion +corresponding to the +.B default +part of the +.BR .qmail\- ... +file name; +.B DEFAULT +is not set if +the file name does not end with +.BR default . + +.B DTLINE +and +.B RPLINE +are the usual +.B Delivered-To +and +.B Return-Path +lines, +including newlines. +.B UFLINE +is the UUCP-style +.B From_ +line that +.B qmail-local +adds to +.IR mbox -format +files. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +dot-qmail(5), +envelopes(5), +qmail-local(8) |