SYNOPSIS

       qmail-badmimetype

DESCRIPTION

       qmail-badmimetypes  reads  the  instructions in /var/qmail/control/bad-
       mimetypes and writes them into /var/qmail/control/badmimetypes.cdb in a
       binary format suited for	quick access by	qmail-smtpd.

       If  there  is  a	 problem with control/badmimetypes, qmail-badmimetypes
       complains and leaves control/badmimetypes.cdb alone.

       qmail-badmimetypes ensures  that	 control/badmimetypes.cdb  is  updated
       atomically,  so qmail-smtpd never has to	wait for qmail-badmimetypes to
       finish.	 However,  qmail-badmimetypes  makes  no  attempt  to  protect
       against two simultaneous	updates	of control/badmimetypes.cdb.  For con-
       venience, qmail-badmimetypes allows comments (lines starting with  '#')
       and  copies only	the significant	leading	characters to control/badmime-
       types.cdb.

       The binary control/badmimetypes.cdb format is portable across machines.

SEE ALSO

       qmail-smtpd(8)



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