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author | Phil Pennock <pdp@exim.org> | 2012-06-03 18:46:58 -0400 |
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committer | Phil Pennock <pdp@exim.org> | 2012-06-03 18:46:58 -0400 |
commit | a3fb9793861eb9c5ece5c37c08c5c519fe1e01b7 (patch) | |
tree | fae3a7ddcb8a9c87640f56c159c8a0762eac1e76 /doc | |
parent | e402235ff8393624d3976746270bb2bf0d7a73c6 (diff) |
Cmdline -L option; also -Ac -Am -X<logfile>
These are for Sendmail compatibility.
bug 1117
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 29 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 4 |
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index b8507f965..7652ce048 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -2678,6 +2678,15 @@ no arguments. This option is an alias for &%-bV%& and causes version information to be displayed. +.new +.vitem &%-Ac%& &&& + &%-Am%& +.oindex "&%-Ac%&" +.oindex "&%-Am%&" +These options are used by Sendmail for selecting configuration files and are +ignored by Exim. +.wen + .vitem &%-B%&<&'type'&> .oindex "&%-B%&" .cindex "8-bit characters" @@ -3705,6 +3714,19 @@ line by itself should not terminate an incoming, non-SMTP message. I can find no documentation for this option in Solaris 2.4 Sendmail, but the &'mailx'& command in Solaris 2.4 uses it. See also &%-ti%&. +.new +.vitem &%-L%&&~<&'tag'&> +.oindex "&%-L%&" +.cindex "syslog" "process name; set with flag" +This option is equivalent to setting &%syslog_processname%& in the config +file and setting &%log_file_path%& to &`syslog`&. +Its use is restricted to administrators. The configuration file has to be +read and parsed, to determine access rights, before this is set and takes +effect, so early configuration file errors will not honour this flag. + +The tag should not be longer than 32 characters. +.wen + .vitem &%-M%&&~<&'message&~id'&>&~<&'message&~id'&>&~... .oindex "&%-M%&" .cindex "forcing delivery" @@ -4566,6 +4588,13 @@ AIX uses &%-x%& for a private purpose (&"mail from a local mail program has National Language Support extended characters in the body of the mail item"&). It sets &%-x%& when calling the MTA from its &%mail%& command. Exim ignores this option. + +.new +.vitem &%-X%&&~<&'logfile'&> +.oindex "&%-X%&" +This option is interpreted by Sendmail to cause debug information to be sent +to the named file. It is ignored by Exim. +.wen .endlist .ecindex IIDclo1 diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index a03eebde3..ea0b2a985 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ PP/06 Cyrus SASL: set local and remote IP;port properties for driver. conceivably use it, even though it would break NAT; stuff *should* be using channel bindings instead). +PP/07 Handle "exim -L <tag>" to indicate to use syslog with tag as the process + name; added for Sendmail compatibility. + Also parse but ignore: -Ac -Am -X<logfile> + Exim version 4.80 ----------------- |