mail_file.cfg

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FILEFORMAT

Between the OPTION, the = and the VALUE are no spaces.

Rows starting with a # are considered as comments.

You should not comment out any OPTION If you like to use default settings simply do not specify a VALUE.

OPTIONS

DEFAULT_SENDER

Default mail sender if the -f from option is not specified on the command line.

Example: DEFAULT_SENDER=fred.flintstone@acme.ch

Default: DEFAULT_SENDER=smc.base.services@eds.com

MAIL_HUB

Space separated list of hosts to relay the mail sending. The relay is done using a named pipe and not using mail server functionality.

If the local host name is part of the MAIL_HUB list, the mail will be sent locally; else the mail is sent from the first host in the list that is up.

Example: MAIL_HUB="acme001 acme002 acme003"

Default: MAIL_HUB=""

MAIL_HUB_USER

User to connect to the mail hub as root. Other user use the own unix user id and must ensure that no password is prompted on the remote system.

Example: MAIL_HUB_USER=edrc

Default: MAIL_HUB_USER=edrc

MAIL_CLIENT

Mail client to be used. Currently supported clients are sendmail and msmtp.

Example: MAIL_CLIENT=msmtp

Default: MAIL_CLIENT=sendmail

MAIL_CLIENT_OPTS

Additional options for the chosen mail client.

Example: MAIL_CLIENT_OPTS=""

Default: MAIL_CLIENT_OPTS=""

MAIL_SERVER_NAME

Mail server. This setting is relevant only, if MAIL_CLIENT is set to msmtp.

Example: MAIL_SERVER_NAME=exchange.int.acme.ch

Default: MAIL_SERVER_NAME=mail

MAIL_SERVER_PORT

Mailserver port to connect to. This setting is relevant only, if MAIL_CLIENT is set to msmtp.

Example: MAIL_SERVER_PORT=25

Default: MAIL_SERVER_PORT=25

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