extsmaild.1

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.Dd $Mdocdate: November 2 2008 $
.Dt EXTSMAIL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm extsmaild
.Nd robust sending of e-mail to external commands
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm extsmaild
.Op Fl c Ar config-file
.Op Fl e Ar externals-file
.Op Fl m Ar mode
.Op Fl t
.Op Fl v
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
sends messages spooled by
.Xr extsmail 1 .
If called without 
.Fl m
specified, or if
.Fl m Ar batch
is specified,
.Nm
operates in batch mode, running as a foreground process and terminating after
trying to send all messages; it returns
.Er 0
if all messages were sent successfully, or
.Er 1
if any messages remain unsent.
.Pp
If called with the
.Fl m Ar daemon
switch,
.Nm
operates as a long running daemon; it monitors the spool directory and when it notices changes to the directory (or a fixed period has elapsed) it tries to send any unsent messages. This means that even on unreliable networks,
.Nm
can easily be left alone and relied upon to ultimately send all messages - without manual intervention.
.Pp
The
.Fl t
flag can be specified to test the configuration files for
.Nm
without running the mail sending process.
.Pp
The
.Fl v
flag prints version info to stdout, then exits.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr extsmail.conf 5 ,
.Xr extsmail.externals 5 ,
.Xr extsmail 1
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
.Nm
was written by
.An Laurence Tratt Aq http://tratt.net/laurie/