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NAME
     smtpqer - queue mail for delivery by SMTP

SYNOPSIS
     smtpqer [ -nu ] [ -a toaddr ] [ -d domain ] [ -H helohost  ]
     sender host recip ...

DESCRIPTION
     smtpqer queues the mail message it reads from standard input
     for  eventual  delivery  by smtp.  The message is queued for
     delivery to the host specified in the to  address.   smtpqer
     should  normally  be  invoked by the mail command by placing
     the following line in /etc/mail/mailsurr:
      '.+' '([^!@]+)!(.+)' '< /usr/lib/mail/surrcmd/smtpqer %R \\1 \\2'
     smtpqer will check the host name in the to address.   If  it
     is one that can be reached (i.e., if netdirgetbyname(3) can
     find it on at least one TLI network), the  message  will  be
     queued, and smtpqer will exit with a return code of 0 (which
     means the mail was successfully queued).  Otherwise, it will
     return  with  an exit code of 1, and the message will not be
     queued.  Messages that are queued are stored in a file under
     the  SMTP  queue  directory  (/var/spool/smtpq).   If the -u
     option is not used, they are first converted to RFC822  for-
     mat, by filtering them through the program tosmtp.  Finally,
     smtpqer invokes the smtpsched program to deliver  the  mail.
     The  -H  option is used to specify the host name that should
     be used in the SMTP HELO message.  This option is passed  to
     both the tosmtp and smtp programs.  The -d option is used to
     specify the domain name that should be used for  your  host.
     This option is passed to the tosmtp program.  If this option
     is not used, and a domain has been  specified  in  the  mail
     configuration  file  mailcnfg,  that  domain  will  be  used
     instead.   The  -a  option  is  used  to  specify  the  ``to
     address''  that is passed to the smtp program.  Finally, the
     -n option is  used  to  prevent  smtpqer  from  starting  an
     smtpsched process to deliver the mail.

FILES
     /usr/bin/rmail           where mail originates from

     /etc/hosts               database  of  remote   hosts   (for
                              TCP/IP)

     /etc/mail/mailcnfg       mail configuration file

     /etc/net/*/hosts         database of remote hosts (for other
                              TLI networks)

     /etc/mail/mailsurr       control  file  containing  rule  to
                              invoke smtpqer

     /usr/lib/mail/surrcmd/smtpsched



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                              program to process message queues

     /usr/lib/mail/surrcmd/smtp
                              program  that  passes  message   to
                              remote host

     /usr/lib/mail/surrcmd/tosmtp
                              filter to convert to RFC822 format

     /var/spool/smtpq         where messages are queued

SEE ALSO
     rmail(1M), smtpsched(1M), smtp(1M), tosmtp(1M)
     getdomainname(3) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.
     RFC822 - Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text  Mes-
     sages







































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