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-.Dd February 4, 2008
+.Dd April 22, 2010
.Dt DMA 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nd DragonFly Mail Agent
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl DiOq
-.Op Fl A Ar mode
-.Op Fl b Ar mode
+.Op Fl DiOt
+.Op Fl A Ns Ar mode
+.Op Fl b Ns Ar mode
.Op Fl f Ar sender
.Op Fl L Ar tag
-.Op Fl o Ar option
+.Op Fl o Ns Ar option
.Op Fl r Ar sender
+.Op Fl q Ns Op Ar arg
.Op Ar recipient ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
It accepts mails from locally installed Mail User Agents (MUA) and
delivers the mails either locally or to a remote destination.
Remote delivery includes several features like TLS/SSL support and SMTP
-authentication (AUTH LOGIN only).
+authentication.
.Pp
.Nm
is not intended as a replacement for real, big MTAs like
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
-.It Fl A Ar mode
-.Fl A Ns Ar c
+.It Fl A Ns Ar mode
+.Fl \&Ac
acts as a compatibility option for sendmail.
-.It Fl b Ar mode
-Specifying
-.Fl b Ns Ar p
-will list all mails currently stored in the mail queue.
-All other modes are are ignored.
+.It Fl b Ns Ar mode
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl bp
+List all mails currently stored in the mail queue.
+.It Fl bq
+Queue the mail, but don't attempt to deliver it.
+See also the
+.Sq DEFER
+config file setting below.
+.El
+.Pp
+All other
+.Ar mode Ns
+s are are ignored.
.It Fl D
Don't run in the background.
Useful for debugging.
.It Fl f Ar sender
-Set sender address to
+Set sender address (envelope-from) to
.Ar sender .
+This overrides the value of the environment variable
+.Ev EMAIL .
.It Fl i
Ignore dots alone on lines by themselves in incoming messages.
This should be set if you are reading data from a file.
This is a compatibility option for sendmail.
.It Fl O
This is a compatibility option for sendmail.
-.It Fl o Ar option
+.It Fl o Ns Ar option
Specifying
-.Fl o Ns Ar i
+.Fl oi
is synonymous to
.Fl i .
All other options are ignored.
-.It Fl q
+.It Fl q Ns Op Ar arg
Process saved messages in the queue.
+The argument is optional and ignored.
.It Fl r Ar sender
Same as
.Fl f .
+.It Fl t
+Obtain recipient addresses from the message header.
+.Nm
+will parse the
+.Li To: ,
+.Li Cc: ,
+and
+.Li Bcc:
+headers.
+The
+.Li Bcc:
+header will be removed independent of whether
+.Fl t
+is specified or not.
.El
.Sh CONFIGURATION
.Nm
auth.conf
.It
dma.conf
-.It
-virtusertable
.El
.Pp
These three files are stored per default in
.Nm
can be configured in
.Pa dma.conf .
-.Pp
.Bl -tag -width 4n
.It Ic SMARTHOST Xo
(string, default=empty)
.Sq SMARTHOST
option, because
.Nm
-will deliver all mails to this port, regardless if a smarthost is set or not.
+will deliver all mails to this port, regardless of whether a smarthost is set
+or not.
.It Ic ALIASES Xo
-(string, default=/etc/mail/aliases)
+(string, default=/etc/aliases)
.Xc
Path to the local aliases file.
Just stick with the default.
.Nm Ap s
spool directory.
Just stick with the default.
-.It Ic VIRTPATH Xo
-(string, default=/etc/dma/virtusertable)
-.Xc
-Path to the
-.Sq virtusertable
-file.
.It Ic AUTHPATH Xo
-(string, default=/etc/dma/auth.conf)
+(string, default=not set)
.Xc
Path to the
.Sq auth.conf
file.
-.It Ic VIRTUAL Xo
-(boolean, default=commented)
-.Xc
-Comment if you want virtual user support.
.It Ic SECURETRANS Xo
(boolean, default=commented)
.Xc
-Comment if you want TLS/SSL secured transfer.
+Uncomment if you want TLS/SSL secured transfer.
.It Ic STARTTLS Xo
(boolean, default=commented)
.Xc
-Comment if you want to use STARTTLS.
+Uncomment if you want to use STARTTLS.
Only useful together with
.Sq SECURETRANS .
+.It Ic OPPORTUNISTIC_TLS Xo
+(boolean, default=commented)
+.Xc
+Uncomment if you want to allow the STARTTLS negotiation to fail.
+Most useful when
+.Nm
+is used without a smarthost, delivering remote messages directly to
+the outside mail exchangers; in opportunistic TLS mode, the connection will
+be encrypted if the remote server supports STARTTLS, but an unencrypted
+delivery will still be made if the negotiation fails.
+Only useful together with
+.Sq SECURETRANS
+and
+.Sq STARTTLS .
.It Ic CERTFILE Xo
(string, default=empty)
.Xc
.It Ic SECURE Xo
(boolean, default=commented)
.Xc
-Change this entry to
+Uncomment this entry and change it to
.Sq INSECURE
to use plain text SMTP login over an insecure connection.
You have to rename this variable manually to prevent that you send your
-password accidently over an insecure connection.
+password accidentally over an insecure connection.
.It Ic DEFER Xo
(boolean, default=commented)
.Xc
-Comment if you want that
+Uncomment if you want that
.Nm
defers your mail.
You have to flush your mail queue manually with the
.Fl q
option.
This option is handy if you are behind a dialup line.
+.It Ic FULLBOUNCE Xo
+(boolean, default=commented)
+.Xc
+Uncomment if you want the bounce message to include the complete original
+message, not just the headers.
+.It Ic MAILNAME Xo
+(string, default=empty)
+.Xc
+The internet hostname
+.Nm
+uses to identify the host.
+If not set or empty, the result of
+.Xr gethostname 2
+is used.
+If
+.Sq MAILNAME
+is an absolute path to a file, the first line of this file will be used
+as the hostname.
+.El
+.Ss Environment variables
+The behavior of
+.Nm
+can be influenced by some environment variables.
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width 4n
+.It Ev EMAIL Xo
+.Xc
+Used to set the sender address (envelope-from).
+Use a plain address, in the form of
+.Li user@example.com .
+This value will be overridden when the
+.Fl f
+flag is used.
.El
-.Ss virtusertable
-The
-.Pa virtusertable
-file specifies a virtual user table.
-Each line has the format
-.Dq Li localuser:mail-address .
-Some smarthosts do not accept mails from unresolvable email address
-(e.g. user@localhost) so you have to rewrite your outgoing email
-address to a valid address.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mailaddr 7 ,
.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
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