Import ezmlm-idx 0.40

[ezmlm] / ezmlm-warn.1

.TH ezmlm-warn 1
.SH NAME
ezmlm-warn \- send out bounce warnings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ezmlm-warn
[
.B \-dD
][
.B \-t
.I timeout
][
.B \-l
.I lockout
]
.I dir
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ezmlm-warn
sends out warning messages
for the mailing list stored in
.IR dir .

.B ezmlm-warn
scans
.I dir\fB/bounce/d/
for directories older than
.I timeout
days ago (see
.BR \-t ).
The directories are created by
B ezmlm-return
and contain bounces.
If
.B ezmlm-warn
sees a distribution bounce for
.I box\fB@\fIdomain
received more than
.I timeout
days ago,
it sends
.I box\fB@\fIdomain
a list of all the message numbers missed recently,
and deletes the bounce.
If it sees a warning bounce for
.I box\fB@\fIdomain
received more than
.I timeout
days ago,
it sends
.I box\fB@\fIdomain
a probe,
and deletes the bounce.

.B ezmlm-warn
uses
.I dir\fB/bounce/lastd
to keep track of when it was last run. If insufficient time has
passed (see
.BR \-l )
.B ezmlm-warn
exits without further action.

.B ezmlm-warn
keeps files with the bounced message numbers in
.IR dir\fB/bounce/h .
Expired files are removed and
.I dir\fB/bounce/lasth
keeps track of the last subdirectory scanned.

.B ezmlm-warn
will not send a warning or probe to an address that is
not currently a subscriber.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-d
process bounces for the digest list, rather than for the main list.
Digest list bounces are stored in
.I dir\fB/digest/bounce/
rather than in
.IR dir\fB/bounce/ .
.TP
.B \-D
(Default.)
Process bounces for the main list.
.TP
.B \-l \fIlockout
.B ezmlm-warn
will abort execution if it was run less than
.I lockout
seconds ago. The default is
.I timeout /
50, which with the default
.I timeout
is 20,000 seconds (approx. 5.6 hours). There is no reason to use this
switch, except for testing and possibly in combination with
.BR \-t.
.TP
.B \-t \fItimeout
Bounces received more than
.I timeout
days ago are processed. This overrides the default of 1,000,000
seconds (approximately 10 days)
and may possibly be useful for very large busy lists. Also, a
.I timeout
of zero can be used to send a warning to all addresses for which
a bounce has been received and a probe for all addresses for which a
warning has bounces.
This is useful to rapidly clear
out bouncing addresses from a (low quality) address list.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ezmlm-make(1),
ezmlm-return(1),
ezmlm(5)