| 1 | .TH ezmlm-warn 1 |
| 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | ezmlm-warn \- send out bounce warnings |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 5 | .B ezmlm-warn |
| 6 | [ |
| 7 | .B \-dD |
| 8 | ][ |
| 9 | .B \-t |
| 10 | .I timeout |
| 11 | ][ |
| 12 | .B \-l |
| 13 | .I lockout |
| 14 | ] |
| 15 | .I dir |
| 16 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 17 | .B ezmlm-warn |
| 18 | sends out warning messages |
| 19 | for the mailing list stored in |
| 20 | .IR dir . |
| 21 | |
| 22 | .B ezmlm-warn |
| 23 | scans |
| 24 | .I dir\fB/bounce/d/ |
| 25 | for directories older than |
| 26 | .I timeout |
| 27 | days ago (see |
| 28 | .BR \-t ). |
| 29 | The directories are created by |
| 30 | B ezmlm-return |
| 31 | and contain bounces. |
| 32 | If |
| 33 | .B ezmlm-warn |
| 34 | sees a distribution bounce for |
| 35 | .I box\fB@\fIdomain |
| 36 | received more than |
| 37 | .I timeout |
| 38 | days ago, |
| 39 | it sends |
| 40 | .I box\fB@\fIdomain |
| 41 | a list of all the message numbers missed recently, |
| 42 | and deletes the bounce. |
| 43 | If it sees a warning bounce for |
| 44 | .I box\fB@\fIdomain |
| 45 | received more than |
| 46 | .I timeout |
| 47 | days ago, |
| 48 | it sends |
| 49 | .I box\fB@\fIdomain |
| 50 | a probe, |
| 51 | and deletes the bounce. |
| 52 | |
| 53 | .B ezmlm-warn |
| 54 | uses |
| 55 | .I dir\fB/bounce/lastd |
| 56 | to keep track of when it was last run. If insufficient time has |
| 57 | passed (see |
| 58 | .BR \-l ) |
| 59 | .B ezmlm-warn |
| 60 | exits without further action. |
| 61 | |
| 62 | .B ezmlm-warn |
| 63 | keeps files with the bounced message numbers in |
| 64 | .IR dir\fB/bounce/h . |
| 65 | Expired files are removed and |
| 66 | .I dir\fB/bounce/lasth |
| 67 | keeps track of the last subdirectory scanned. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | .B ezmlm-warn |
| 70 | will not send a warning or probe to an address that is |
| 71 | not currently a subscriber. |
| 72 | .SH OPTIONS |
| 73 | .TP |
| 74 | .B \-d |
| 75 | process bounces for the digest list, rather than for the main list. |
| 76 | Digest list bounces are stored in |
| 77 | .I dir\fB/digest/bounce/ |
| 78 | rather than in |
| 79 | .IR dir\fB/bounce/ . |
| 80 | .TP |
| 81 | .B \-D |
| 82 | (Default.) |
| 83 | Process bounces for the main list. |
| 84 | .TP |
| 85 | .B \-l \fIlockout |
| 86 | .B ezmlm-warn |
| 87 | will abort execution if it was run less than |
| 88 | .I lockout |
| 89 | seconds ago. The default is |
| 90 | .I timeout / |
| 91 | 50, which with the default |
| 92 | .I timeout |
| 93 | is 20,000 seconds (approx. 5.6 hours). There is no reason to use this |
| 94 | switch, except for testing and possibly in combination with |
| 95 | .BR \-t. |
| 96 | .TP |
| 97 | .B \-t \fItimeout |
| 98 | Bounces received more than |
| 99 | .I timeout |
| 100 | days ago are processed. This overrides the default of 1,000,000 |
| 101 | seconds (approximately 10 days) |
| 102 | and may possibly be useful for very large busy lists. Also, a |
| 103 | .I timeout |
| 104 | of zero can be used to send a warning to all addresses for which |
| 105 | a bounce has been received and a probe for all addresses for which a |
| 106 | warning has bounces. |
| 107 | This is useful to rapidly clear |
| 108 | out bouncing addresses from a (low quality) address list. |
| 109 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 110 | ezmlm-make(1), |
| 111 | ezmlm-return(1), |
| 112 | ezmlm(5) |