mail.local - manual page for mail.local (GNU Mailutils 0.6.93)

mail.local [OPTION...] recipient [recipient ...]

GNU mail.local -- the local MDA

--ex-multiple-delivery-success

Do not return errors when delivering to multiple recipients

--ex-quota-tempfail

Return temporary failure if disk or mailbox quota is exceeded

-f, -r, --from=EMAIL

Specify the sender's name

--message-id-header=STRING

Identify messages by the value of this header when logging Sieve actions

-q, --quota-db=FILE

Specify path to quota DBM database

--quota-query=STRING

SQL query to retrieve mailbox quota

-s, --source=PATTERN

Set name pattern for user-defined Scheme mail filters

-S, --sieve=PATTERN

Set name pattern for user-defined Sieve mail filters

-x, --debug=FLAGS

Enable debugging

Authentication options

--authentication=MODLIST

Set the list of modules to be used for authentication

--authorization=MODLIST

Set list of modules to be used for authorization

--pam-service=STRING

Use STRING as PAM service name

--sql-db=STRING

Name of the database to connect to

--sql-getpass=QUERY

SQL query to retrieve a password from the database

--sql-getpwnam=QUERY

SQL query to retrieve a passwd entry based on username

--sql-getpwuid=QUERY

SQL query to retrieve a passwd entry based on UID

--sql-host=HOSTNAME

Name or IP of MySQL server to connect to

--sql-interface=NAME

Type of SQL interface to use

--sql-passwd=STRING

SQL connection password

--sql-password-type=STRING

Type of password returned by --sql-getpass query. STRING is one of: plain, hash, scrambled

--sql-port=NUMBER

Port to use

--sql-user=NAME

SQL user name

--virtual-passwd-dir=DIR

Search for virtual passwd file in DIR

Common options

--license

Print license and exit

--log-facility=FACILITY

Output logs to syslog FACILITY --external-locker=PATH Set full path to the external locker program

--lock-expire-timeout=SECONDS

Number of seconds after which the lock expires

--lock-flags=FLAGS

Default locker flags (E=external, R=retry, T=time, P=pid)

--lock-retry-count=NUMBER

Set the maximum number of times to retry acquiring the lockfile

--lock-retry-timeout=SECONDS

Set timeout for acquiring the lockfile

-m, --mail-spool=URL

Use specified URL as a mailspool directory

--mailbox-type=PROTO

Default mailbox type to use

-M, --mailer=MAILER

Use specified URL as the default mailer

Sieve options

-I, --includedir=DIR

Append directory DIR to the list of directories searched for include files

-L, --libdir=DIR

Append directory DIR to the list of directories searched for library files

-?, --help

Give this help list

--usage

Give a short usage message

-V, --version

Print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

Debug flags are:

Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>.

The full documentation for mail.local is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mail.local programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info mail.local

should give you access to the complete manual.