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1.TH ezmlm-weed 1
2.SH NAME
3ezmlm-weed \- weed out useless messages
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5.B ezmlm-weed
6.SH DESCRIPTION
7.B ezmlm-weed
8reads a mail message from its standard input.
9If it recognizes the message as an MTA warning message or success message,
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10or as a message with precedence ``bulk'' or ``junk'' as generated by
11vacation autoresponders,
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12it exits 99;
13this will cause
14.B qmail-alias
15to skip all further delivery instructions if
16.B ezmlm-weed
17is run from a
18.B .qmail
19file.
20If the message seems innocent,
21.B ezmlm-weed
22exits 0.
23.B ezmlm-weed
24exits 111 if it runs out of memory.
25.SH "RECOGNIZED FORMATS"
26Generic success message, recommended for all MTAs:
27
28.EX
29 Subject: success notice
30.EE
31
32Generic warning message, recommended for all MTAs:
33
34.EX
35 Subject: deferral notice
36.EE
37
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38Delivery-status notification (DSN, rfc1891). All DSN messages with ``Action''
39other than ``failed'':
40
41.EX
42 Content-type: multipart/report
43.EE
44
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45Warning message from sendmail, MIME form:
46
47.EX
48 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
49.EE
50.br
51.EX
52 Subject: Warning
53.EE
54.br
55.EX
56 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (warning-timeout)
57.EE
58.br
59.EX
60 This is a MIME-encapsulated message
61.EE
62.br
63.EX
64 THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY
65.EE
66
67Non-MIME form:
68
69.EX
70 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
71.EE
72.br
73.EX
74 Subject: Warning
75.EE
76.br
77.EX
78 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (warning-timeout)
79.EE
80.br
81.EX
82 THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY
83.EE
84
85Warning message from older version of sendmail:
86
87.EX
88 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
89.EE
90.br
91.EX
92 Subject: Returned mail: warning
93.EE
94.br
95.EX
96 This is a MIME-encapsulated message
97.EE
98.br
99.EX
100 THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY
101.EE
102
103Non-MIME form:
104
105.EX
106 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
107.EE
108.br
109.EX
110 Subject: Returned mail: warning
111.EE
112.br
113.EX
114 THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY
115.EE
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116
117Notification messages from Novell Groupwise:
118
119.EX
120 Subject: Message status - delivered
121.EE
122.br
123.EX
124 Subject: Message status - opened
125.EE
126.br
127.EX
128 Subject: Out of Office AutoReply:
129.EE
130
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131.SH "SEE ALSO"
132ezmlm-return(1),
133qmail-command(8)