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diff --git a/sqmail-4.3.07/man/envelopes.5 b/sqmail-4.3.07/man/envelopes.5 deleted file mode 100644 index 9f06ed7..0000000 --- a/sqmail-4.3.07/man/envelopes.5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,231 +0,0 @@ -.TH s/qmail: envelopes 5 -.SH "NAME" -envelopes \- sender/recipient lists attached to messages -.SH "INTRODUCTION" -Electronic mail messages are delivered in -.IR envelopes . - -An envelope lists a -.I sender -and one or more -.IR recipients . -Usually these -envelope addresses are the same -as the addresses listed in the message header: - -.EX - (envelope) from djb to root -.br - From: djb -.br - To: root -.EE - -In more complicated situations, though, -the envelope addresses may differ from the header addresses. -.SH "ENVELOPE EXAMPLES" -When a message is delivered to -several people at different locations, -it is first photocopied -and placed into several envelopes: - -.EX - (envelope) from djb to root -.br - From: djb Copy #1 of message -.br - To: root, god@brl.mil -.EE - -.EX - (envelope) from djb to god@brl.mil -.br - From: djb Copy #2 of message -.br - To: root, god@brl.mil -.EE - -When a message is delivered -to several people at the same location, -the sender doesn't have to photocopy it. -He can instead stuff it into -one envelope with several addresses; -the recipients will make the photocopy: - -.EX - (envelope) from djb to god@brl.mil, angel@brl.mil -.br - From: djb -.br - To: god@brl.mil, angel@brl.mil, joe, frde -.EE - -Bounced mail is sent back to the envelope sender address. -The bounced mail doesn't list an envelope sender, -so bounce loops are impossible: - -.EX - (envelope) from <> to djb -.br - From: MAILER-DAEMON -.br - To: djb -.br - Subject: unknown user frde -.EE - -The recipient of a message may make another copy -and forward it in a new envelope: - -.EX - (envelope) from djb to joe -.br - From: djb Original message -.br - To: joe -.EE - -.EX - (envelope) from joe to fred -.br - From: djb Forwarded message -.br - To: joe -.EE - -A mailing list works almost the same way: - -.EX - (envelope) from djb to sos-list -.br - From: djb Original message -.br - To: sos-list -.EE - -.EX - (envelope) from sos-owner to god@brl.mil -.br - From: djb Forwarded message -.br - To: sos-list to recipient #1 -.EE - -.EX - (envelope) from sos-owner to frde -.br - From: djb Forwarded message -.br - To: sos-list to recipient #2 -.EE - -Notice that the mailing list is set up -to replace the envelope sender with something new, -.BR sos-owner . -So bounces will come back to -.BR sos-owner : - -.EX - (envelope) from <> to sos-owner -.br - From: MAILER-DAEMON -.br - To: sos-owner -.br - Subject: unknown user frde -.EE - -It's a good idea to set up an extra address, -.BR sos-owner , -like this: -the original envelope sender (\fBdjb\fP) -has no way to fix bad -.B sos-list -addresses, -and of course bounces must not be sent to -.B sos-list -itself. -.SH "HOW ENVELOPE ADDRESSES ARE STORED" -Envelope sender and envelope recipient addresses -are transmitted and recorded in several ways. - -When a user injects mail through -.BR qmail-inject , -he can supply a -.B Return-Path -line or a -.B \-f -option for the envelope sender; -by default the envelope sender is his login name. -The envelope recipient addresses can be taken -from the command line or from various header fields, -depending on the options to -.BR qmail-inject . -Similar comments apply to -.BR sendmail . - -When a message is transferred from one machine to another through SMTP, -the envelope sender is given in a -.B MAIL FROM -command, -the envelope recipients are given in -.B RCPT TO -commands, -and the message is supplied separately by a -.B DATA -command. - -When a message is delivered by -.B qmail -to a single local recipient, -.B qmail-local -records the recipient in -.B Delivered-To -and the envelope sender in -.BR Return-Path . -It uses -.B Delivered-To -to detect mail forwarding loops. - -.B sendmail -normally records the envelope sender in -.BR Return-Path . -It does not record envelope recipient addresses, -on the theory that they are redundant: -you received the mail, -so you must have been one of the envelope recipients. - -Note that, -if the header doesn't have any recipient addresses, -.B sendmail -will move envelope recipient addresses back into the header. -This situation occurs if all addresses were originally listed as -.BR Bcc , -since -.B Bcc -is automatically removed. -When -.B sendmail -sees this, it creates a new -.B Apparently-To -header field with the envelope recipient addresses. -This has the strange effect that each blind-carbon-copy recipient will see -a list of all recipients on the same machine. - -When a message is stored in -.B mbox -format, -the envelope sender is recorded at the top of the message -as a UUCP-style -.B From -(no colon) line. -Note that this line is less reliable than the -.B Return-Path -line added by -.B qmail-local -or -.B sendmail\fP. -.SH "SEE ALSO" -qmail-header(5), -qmail-local(8), -qmail-inject(8) |