15.7 Storing Mail
This section provides a quick reference to the various mail commands, files,
and directories.
This list includes commands for using and managing the mail program.
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mailq
- Prints
the contents of the mail queue.
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mailstats
- Displays statistics about mail traffic.
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newaliases
- Builds
a new copy of the alias database from the /etc/aliases
file.
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sendmail
- Routes
mail for local or network delivery.
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smdemon.cleanu
- Cleans
up the sendmail queue for periodic housekeeping.
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This list of files and directories is arranged by function.
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$HOME/.mailrc
- Enables
the user to change the local system defaults for the mail
program.
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$HOME/mbox
- Stores processed mail for the individual user.
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/usr/bin/Mail,
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/usr/bin/mail, and
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/usr/bin/mailx
- Specifies three names linked to the same program. The
mail program is one of the user interfaces to the mail system.
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/var/spool/mail
- Specifies the default mail drop directory. By
default, all mail is delivered to the /var/spool/mail/UserName file.
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/var/spool/mqueue
- Contains the log file and temporary files associated
with the messages in the mail queue.
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/usr/sbin/sendmail
- The sendmail command.
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/usr/ucb/mailq
- Links to the /usr/sbin/sendmail. Using mailq is equivalent to
using the /usr/sbin/sendmail -bp command.
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/usr/ucb/newaliases
- Links to the /usr/sbin/sendmail file. Using
newaliases is equivalent to using the /usr/sbin/sendmail -bi
command.
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/usr/sbin/mailstats
- Formats and prints the sendmail statistics as found
in the /etc/sendmail.st file, if it exists. The /etc/sendmail.st file is the
default, but you can specify an alternative file.
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/etc/aliases
- Describes a text version of the aliases file for the
sendmail command. You can edit this file to create, modify, or delete
aliases for your system.
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/etc/sendmail.cf
- Contains the sendmail configuration information in
text form. Edit the file to change this information.
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/etc/sendmail.cfDB
- Contains the processed version of the
/etc/sendmail.cf configuration file. This file is created from the
/etc/sendmail.cf file when you run the /usr/sbin/sendmail -bz command.
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/etc/sendmail.nl
- Contains the sendmail National Language Support (NLS)
configuration information in text form. Edit the file to change this
information.
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/usr/lib/smdemon.cleanu
- Specifies a shell file that runs the mail queue and
maintains the sendmail log files in the /var/spool/mqueue directory.
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/var/tmp/sendmail.st
- Collects statistics about mail traffic. This file
does not grow. Use the /usr/sbin/mailstats command to display the
contents of this file.
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/var/spool/mqueue
- Describes a directory containing the temporary files
associated with each message in the queue. The directory can contain the log
file.
15.9 Quiz