1.\" $OpenBSD: mailer.conf.5,v 1.17 2015/12/08 09:06:32 sunil Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: mailer.conf.5,v 1.1 1999/03/25 16:40:17 is Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1998 5.\" Perry E. Metzger. All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 16.\" must display the following acknowledgment: 17.\" This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project 18.\" by Perry E. Metzger. 19.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 20.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 23.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 24.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 25.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 26.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 27.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 28.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 29.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 30.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 31.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 32.\" 33.Dd $Mdocdate: December 8 2015 $ 34.Dt MAILER.CONF 5 35.Os 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm mailer.conf 38.Nd configuration file for mailwrapper(8) 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The file 41.Pa /etc/mailer.conf 42contains a series of pairs. 43The first member of each pair is the name of a program invoking 44.Xr mailwrapper 8 45which is typically a symbolic link to 46.Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail . 47(On a typical system, 48.Xr newaliases 8 49and 50.Xr mailq 8 51would be set up this way.) 52The second member of each pair is the name of the program to 53actually execute when the first name is invoked. 54The file may also contain comments, denoted by a 55.Ql # 56character in the first column of any line. 57.Sh FILES 58.Bl -tag -width /etc/mailer.conf -compact 59.It Pa /etc/mailer.conf 60.El 61.Sh EXAMPLES 62The following is an example of how to set up 63.Nm 64for the default 65.Xr smtpd 8 66MTA suite . 67.Bd -literal 68# Emulate sendmail using smtpd 69sendmail /usr/sbin/smtpctl 70send-mail /usr/sbin/smtpctl 71mailq /usr/sbin/smtpctl 72makemap /usr/sbin/smtpctl 73newaliases /usr/sbin/smtpctl 74.Ed 75.Pp 76This example shows how to invoke the traditional 77.Xr sendmail 8 78MTA suite in place of 79.Xr smtpd 8 . 80.Bd -literal 81# Execute the "real" sendmail program, named /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail 82sendmail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail 83send-mail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail 84mailq /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail 85makemap /usr/libexec/sendmail/makemap 86newaliases /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail 87hoststat /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail 88purgestat /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail 89.Ed 90.Sh SEE ALSO 91.Xr mail 1 , 92.Xr mailq 8 , 93.Xr mailwrapper 8 , 94.Xr newaliases 8 , 95.Xr smtpd 8 96.Sh AUTHORS 97.An Perry E. Metzger Aq Mt perry@piermont.com 98.Sh BUGS 99The entire reason this program exists is a crock. 100Instead, a command for how to submit mail should be standardized, 101and all the "behave differently if invoked with a different name" 102behavior of things like 103.Xr mailq 8 104should go away. 105