December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1232 pages
56h 38m
English
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Chapter 5. Build and Use Companion Programs
The sendmail distribution comes complete with several programs that can help you use sendmail. All are in source form, and all are built with the Build script (Section 5.1). We list them briefly in Table 5-1, then describe each in the sections that follow.
Table 5-1. Companion programs supplied with sendmail
|
Program |
§ |
Description |
|
Build |
The script used to build all programs | |
|
editmap |
A program to edit database entries | |
|
mail.local |
A local delivery agent that can speak LMTP | |
|
mailstats |
A program to print the statistics file | |
|
makemap |
A program for creating database files | |
|
praliases |
A program to dump the aliases file | |
|
rmail |
A new rmail program for use with UUCP | |
|
smrsh |
A shell that restricts program usage | |
|
vacation |
A program for notifying others you are unavailable |
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