From 89b7b67a13ebb7965cc7f13ad0595e2194a2d34c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jannis Hoffmann Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 15:48:04 +0200 Subject: add sqmail-4.2.29a --- man/newinclude.1 | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/newinclude.1 (limited to 'man/newinclude.1') diff --git a/man/newinclude.1 b/man/newinclude.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..44edb9d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/newinclude.1 @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +.TH s/qmail: newinclude 1 +.SH NAME +newinclude \- create a binary mailing list from an :include: file +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B newinclude +.I list +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B newinclude +reads a +sendmail-style +.B :include: +file, +.IR list , +and converts it into a binary format in +.I list\fB.bin +for use by +.BR fastforward . + +.B newinclude +first writes the mailing list to +.IR list\fB.tmp , +and then moves it to +.IR list\fB.bin . +If there is any problem creating +.IR list\fB.tmp , +.B newinclude +leaves +.I list\fB.bin +alone. + +.B newinclude +always creates +.I list\fB.bin +world-readable. + +.B COMPATIBILITY WARNING: +sendmail +reads +.I list +directly; +.B fastforward +needs +.IR list\fB.bin . +sendmail's strategy is a disaster if you save +.I list +to disk at the same moment that +sendmail +reads it; +the list will be truncated at a random spot, +perhaps in the middle of an address. +Furthermore, if the system crashes while you are writing +.IR list , +.I list +could be filled with all sorts of garbage. +.SH "LIST FORMAT" +.I list +may contain any number of lines; +each line may contain any number of addresses +or further +.B :include: +files. +See +.BR newaliases (1) +for details on the address format. +Any line in +.I file +beginning with # is ignored. + +.B COMPATIBILITY WARNING: +.B newinclude +does not support file or program deliveries in +.B :include: +files. +You can use the secure delivery mechanisms described in +.B dot-qmail(5) +instead. + +.B COMPATIBILITY WARNING: +Versions of +sendmail +before V8 did not allow comments in +.B :include: +files. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +fastforward(1), +newaliases(1), +setmaillist(1), +dot-qmail(5) -- cgit v1.2.3