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.TH qmail 7
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.SH "NAME"
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qmail \- overview of qmail documentation
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.SH "INTRODUCTION"
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.B qmail
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is a secure, reliable, efficient, simple message transfer agent.
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Users who want to control incoming messages
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should read
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.BR dot-qmail (5).
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Available commands for the
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.B .qmail
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file include
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.BR qbiff (1),
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.BR qreceipt (1),
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.BR forward (1),
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.BR bouncesaying (1),
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and
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.BR condredirect (1).
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Other helpful commands include
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.BR maildirmake (1),
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.BR maildir2mbox (1),
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and
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.BR maildirwatch (1).
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System administrators who want to control the entire
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.B qmail
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system should start with
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.BR qmail-control (5)
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and
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.BR qmail-start (8).
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There are three queue-monitoring tools:
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.BR qmail-qread (8),
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.BR qmail-qstat (8),
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and
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.BR qmail-tcpto (8).
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Incoming SMTP connections are handled by
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.BR qmail-smtpd (8).
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.B qmail
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offers two command-line message-sending interfaces:
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.BR qmail-inject (8)
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and
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.BR mailsubj (1).
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For background information on Internet mail messages,
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see
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.BR addresses (5),
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.BR envelopes (5),
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.BR qmail-header (5),
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.BR forgeries (7).
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Miscellaneous documentation includes
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.BR qmail-limits (7)
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and
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.BR qmail-pop3d (8).
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This documentation describes version
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of
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.BR qmail .
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See
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.B http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail.html
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for other
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.BR qmail -related
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software.