SSMTP(8) SSMTP(8)
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NAME
ssmtp, sendmail - send a message using smtp
SYNOPSIS
ssmtp [ flags ] [ address ...
/usr/lib/sendmail [ flags ] [ address ...
DESCRIPTION
ssmtp is a send-only sendmail emulator for machines which normally
pick their mail up from a centralized mailhub (via pop, imap, nfs
mounts or other means). It provides the functionality required for
humans and programs to send mail via the standard or /usr/bin/mail
user agents.
It accepts a mail stream on standard input with recipients specified
on the command line and synchronously forwards the message to the mail
transfer agent of a mailhub for the mailhub MTA to process. Failed
messages are placed in dead.letter in the sender's home directory.
Config files allow one to specify the address to receive mail from
root, daemon, etc.; a default mailhub; a default domain to be used in
From: lines; and per-user From: addresses and mailhub names.
It does not attempt to provide all the functionality of sendmail: it
is intended for use where other programs are the primary means of at
last mail delivery. It is usefull with pop/imap, or to simulate the
Sun shared mail spool option for non-Sun machines, for machines whose
sendmails are too difficult (or various) to configure, for machines
with known disfeatures in their sendmails or for ones where there are
``mysterious problems''.
It does not do aliasing, which must be done either in the user agent
or on the mailhub. Nor does it honor .forwards, which have to be done
on the recieving host. It especially does not deliver to pipelines.
OPTIONS
Most sendmail options are irrelevent to sSMTP. Those marked
``ignored'' or ``default'' have no effect on mail transfer. Those
marked ``unsupported'' are fatal errors. Those marked ``simulated''
are not errors, but the result is for the program to exit with an
informative message. A sort of fatal non-error.
-auusername
Specifies username for login authorization. (only tested with MS
Exchange)
-appassword Specifies password for login authorization. (only
tested with MS Exchange)
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-ba (unsupported) ARPANET mode. All input lines must end with a
LINEFEED, and all messages will be generated with a CR-LF at the
end. Also, the ``From:'' and ``Sender:'' fields are examined for
the name of the sender.
-bd (unsupported) Run as a daemon.
-bi (ignored) Initialize the alias database.
-bm (default) Deliver mail in the usual way.
-bp (simulated) Print a summary of the mail queue.
-bs (unsupported) Read SMTP commands from stdin.
-bt (unsupported) Run in address test mode.
-bv (unsupported) Verify names only.
-bz (unsupported) Create the configuration freeze file.
-Cfile
(ignored) Use alternate configuration file.
-dX Set debugging value to X.
-E (ignored) Don't trust userid of sender.
-Ffullname
Set the full name of the sender.
-fname
Sets the name of the ``from'' person. This option is valid only
if no From: line is specified within the header of the email.
-h (ignored) Set the hop count to N.
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-m (ignored) Ignore originator in alias.
-Mid (ignored) Attempt to deliver the queued message with message-id
id.
-N dsn
(ignored) Set delivery status notification conditions to dsn.
-n (default) Do not do aliasing.
-oAfile
(ignored) Use alternate alias file.
-oc (ignored) Delay ``expensive'' connections.
-od (ignored) Set the delivery mode to interactive/synchronous,
background or queue (Always interactive).
-oD (ignored) Run newaliases if required.
-oe (ignored) Set error processing to mail, write, print or quit.
(Always print).
-oFmode
(ignored) The mode to use when creating temporary files.
-of (ignored) Save UNIX-system-style ``From'' lines at the front of
messages.
-ogN (ignored) Set group ID to use when calling mailers.
-oHfile
(ignored) Set SMTP help file.
-oi (default) Do not take dots on a line by themselves as a message
terminator.
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-oLn (ignored) The log level.
-om (default) Send to ``me'' (the sender) also if in an alias.
-oo (unsupported) If set, this message may have old style headers.
-oQqueuedir
(ignored) Select the directory in which to queue messages.
-ortimeout
(ignored) The timeout on reads.
-oSfile
(ignored) Save statistics in the named file.
-os (ignored) Always instantiate the queue.
-oTtime
(ignored) Set timeout on messages.
-otstz,dtz
(ignored) Set the name of the time zone.
-ouN (ignored) Set the default user id for mailers.
-q[time]
(simulated) Process the queue.
-rname
Same as -f.
-Rstring
(ignored) Process queue for recipient.
-R return
(ignored) Set the amount of the message to be returned if the
message bounces.
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-t Read message, searching for recipients. ``To:'', `Cc:'', and
``Bcc:'' lines will be scanned for people to send to. Any
addresses in the argument list will be suppressed (not
supported).
-v Go into verbose mode.
-V Say version and quit.
REVERSE ALIASES
A reverse alias gives the From: address placed on a user's outgoing
messages and (optionally) the mailhub these messages will be sent
through. Example:
root:jdoe@isp.com:mail.isp.com
Messages root sends will be identified as from jdoe@isp.com and sent
through mail.isp.com.
FILES
/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf - configuration file
/etc/ssmtp/revaliases - reverse aliases file
SEE ALSO
RFC 821, RFC 822.
DIAGNOSTICS
AUTHORS
Hugo Haas (hugo@debian.org) Christoph Lameter (clameter@debian.org)
Dave Collier-Brown (davecb@hobbes.ss.org)
BUGS
sSMTP does not support exception lists to the -t option (never seen it
used). Header size is limited to 4K and a max of 100 addresses.
sSMTP will fail if the mailhub is unreachable.
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