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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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record file
Use file as the path to record outgoing mail. If not set,
outgoing mail is not saved.
searchheaders
When given the specifier /x:y, expand all messages that
contain the string y in the x header field.
toplines num
Print num lines of message with the top command. Default
value is 5.
verbose
Same as -v on command line.
mailq
mailq [options]
System administration command. List all messages in the sendmail
mail queue. Equivalent to sendmail -bp.
Options
-Ac
Show queue specified in /etc/mail/submit.cf instead of queue
specified in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.
-q[
!]Isubstring
Show items in mail queue with queue ids containing substring.
In this, and in similar options below, invert the match when
!
is specified.
-qL
Show lost items in mail queue.
-qQ
Show quarantined items in the mail queue.
-q[
!]Qsubstring
Show quarantined messages with quarantine reasons
containing substring.
-q[
!]Rsubstring
Show items in mail queue with recipients containing substring.
-q[
!]Ssubstring
Show items in mail queue with senders containing substring.
-v Verbose mode.
mailstats
mailstats [options]
System administration command. Display a formatted report of the
current sendmail mail statistics.
Options
-c Use configuration in /etc/mail/submit.cf instead of /etc/mail/
sendmail.cf.
-C file
Use sendmail configuration ...
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