smtpqer(1M)                      UNIX System V                      smtpqer(1M)


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 format, 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





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      /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
                               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 Messages


































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