Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Sat Apr 10 08:29:54 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper: mailer.conf.5 mailwrapper.8
Log Message:
A general update. Remove (hopefully the last) references to sendmail(8), etc.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailer.conf.5
cvs rdiff -u -r1.11 -r1.12 src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.8
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailer.conf.5
diff -u src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailer.conf.5:1.13 src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailer.conf.5:1.14
--- src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailer.conf.5:1.13 Thu Jul 22 03:44:12 2004
+++ src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailer.conf.5 Sat Apr 10 08:29:53 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: mailer.conf.5,v 1.13 2004/07/22 03:44:12 atatat Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: mailer.conf.5,v 1.14 2010/04/10 08:29:53 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1998
.\" Perry E. Metzger. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd July 17, 2004
+.Dd April 10, 2010
.Dt MAILER.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
mark in the first column of any line.
.Pp
The default mailer is
-.Xr sendmail 8 ,
+.Xr postfix 1 ,
which will also start by default (unless specifically disabled via an
.Xr rc.conf 5
setting) so that locally generated mail can be delivered, if the
@@ -90,55 +90,40 @@
setting in
.Pa /etc/mailer.conf
is set to
-.Dq /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail .
+.Dq /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail .
.Sh FILES
/etc/mailer.conf
.Sh EXAMPLES
This example shows how to set up
.Nm
-to invoke the traditional
-.Xr sendmail 8
-program:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-# Execute the "real" sendmail program located in
-# /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-sendmail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-send-mail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-mailq /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-newaliases /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-hoststat /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-purgestat /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
-.Ed
-.Pp
-This example shows how to invoke the
+to invoke the
.Xr postfix 1
-MTA suite in place of
-.Xr sendmail 8 :
+program:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-# Emulate sendmail using postfix
-sendmail /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
-send-mail /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
-mailq /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
-newaliases /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
+sendmail /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
+mailq /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
+newaliases /usr/libexec/postfix/sendmail
.Ed
.Pp
-This example shows the use of the mini-sendmail package from pkgsrc
+This example shows the use of the mini-sendmail package from
+.Em pkgsrc
in place of
-.Xr sendmail 8 :
-Note the use of additional arguments.
+.Xr postfix 1 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# Send outgoing mail to a smart relay using mini-sendmail
sendmail /usr/pkg/sbin/mini-sendmail -srelayhost
send-mail /usr/pkg/sbin/mini-sendmail -srelayhost
.Ed
+.Pp
+Note the use of additional arguments.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mail 1 ,
.Xr mailq 1 ,
.Xr newaliases 1 ,
.Xr postfix 1 ,
-.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
-.Xr sendmail 8
+.Xr mailwrapper 8
.Pp
+.Pa pkgsrc/mail/sendmail ,
.Pa pkgsrc/mail/mini_sendmail
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
@@ -149,7 +134,8 @@
.Sh BUGS
The entire reason this program exists is a crock.
Instead, a command
-for how to submit mail should be standardized, and all the "behave
-differently if invoked with a different name" behavior of things like
+for how to submit mail should be standardized, and all the
+.Dq behave differently if invoked with a different name
+behavior of things like
.Xr mailq 1
should go away.
Index: src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.8
diff -u src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.8:1.11 src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.8:1.12
--- src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.8:1.11 Fri Feb 8 01:38:50 2002
+++ src/usr.sbin/mailwrapper/mailwrapper.8 Sat Apr 10 08:29:54 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: mailwrapper.8,v 1.11 2002/02/08 01:38:50 ross Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: mailwrapper.8,v 1.12 2010/04/10 08:29:54 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1998
.\" Perry E. Metzger. All rights reserved.
@@ -30,84 +30,106 @@
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" The following requests are required for all man pages.
-.Dd December 16, 1998
+.Dd April 10, 2010
.Dt MAILWRAPPER 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mailwrapper
-.Nd invoke appropriate MTA software based on configuration file
+.Nd invoke appropriate
+.Tn MTA
+software based on configuration file
.Sh SYNOPSIS
Special. See below.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-At one time, the only Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) software easily available
-was
-.Xr sendmail 8 .
-As a result of this, most Mail User Agents (MUAs) such as
-.Xr mail 1
-had the path and calling conventions expected by
-.Xr sendmail 8
-compiled in.
+Once upon time, the only Mail Transfer Agent
+.Pq Tn MTA
+software easily available was
+.Dq sendmail .
+This famous
+.Tn MTA
+was written by
+.An Eric Allman
+and first appeared in
+.Bx 4.1 .
+The legacy of this
+.Tn MTA
+affected most Mail User Agents
+.Pq Tn MUAs
+such as
+.Xr mail 1 ;
+the path and calling conventions expected by
+.Dq sendmail
+were compiled in.
.Pp
-Times have changed, however.
+But times changed.
On a modern
.Nx
-system, the administrator may wish to use one of several
-available MTAs.
+system, the administrator may wish to use one of several available
+.Tn MTAs .
.Pp
-It would be difficult to modify all MUA software typically available
-on a system, so most of the authors of alternative MTAs have written
-their front end message submission programs so that they use the same
-calling conventions as
-.Xr sendmail 8
-and may be put into place instead of
-.Xr sendmail 8
-in
-.Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail .
+It would be difficult to modify all
+.Tn MUA
+software typically available on a system,
+so most of the authors of alternative
+.Tn MTAs
+have written their front end message submission programs
+that may appear in the place of
+.Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail ,
+but still follow the same calling conventions as
+.Dq sendmail .
.Pp
-.Xr sendmail 8
+The
+.Dq sendmail
+.Tn MTA
also typically has aliases named
.Xr mailq 1
and
.Xr newaliases 1
-linked to it. The program knows to behave differently when its
+linked to it.
+The program knows to behave differently when its
.Va argv[0]
is
.Dq mailq
or
.Dq newaliases
-and behaves appropriately. Typically, replacement MTAs provide similar
-functionality, either through a program that also switches behavior
-based on calling name, or through a set of programs that provide
-similar functionality.
+and behaves appropriately.
+Typically, replacement
+.Tn MTAs
+provide similar functionality, either through a program that also
+switches behavior based on calling name, or through a set of programs
+that provide similar functionality.
.Pp
Although having replacement programs that plug replace
-.Xr sendmail 8
-helps in installing alternative MTAs, it essentially makes the
-configuration of the system depend on hand installing new programs in
+.Dq sendmail
+helps in installing alternative
+.Tn MTAs ,
+it essentially makes the configuration of the system depend
+on hand installing new programs in
.Pa /usr .
This leads to configuration problems for many administrators, since
-they may wish to install a new MTA without altering the system
-provided
+they may wish to install a new
+.Tn MTA
+without altering the system provided
.Pa /usr .
(This may be, for example, to avoid having upgrade problems when a new
version of the system is installed over the old.)
They may also have a shared
.Pa /usr
-among several
-machines, and may wish to avoid placing implicit configuration
-information in a read-only
+among several machines, and may wish to avoid placing
+implicit configuration information in a read-only
.Pa /usr .
.Pp
The
.Nm
program is designed to replace
.Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail
-and to invoke an appropriate MTA instead of
-.Xr sendmail 8
+and to invoke an appropriate
+.Tn MTA
based on configuration information placed in
.Pa /etc/mailer.conf .
-This permits the administrator to configure which MTA is to be invoked on
-the system at run time.
+This permits the administrator to configure which
+.Tn MTA
+is to be invoked on the system at run time.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm
exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs.
@@ -128,17 +150,20 @@
.Xr mail 1 ,
.Xr mailq 1 ,
.Xr newaliases 1 ,
-.Xr mailer.conf 5 ,
-.Xr sendmail 8
+.Xr postfix 1 ,
+.Xr mailer.conf 5
.Sh HISTORY
+The
.Nm
-appeared in
+program appeared in
.Nx 1.4 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Perry E. Metzger Aq [email protected]
.Sh BUGS
-The entire reason this program exists is a crock. Instead, a command
-for how to submit mail should be standardized, and all the "behave
-differently if invoked with a different name" behavior of things like
+The entire reason this program exists is a crock.
+Instead, a command
+for how to submit mail should be standardized, and all the
+.Dq behave differently if invoked with a different name
+behavior of things like
.Xr mailq 1
should go away.
