| 1 | .TH ezmlm-weed 1 |
| 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | ezmlm-weed \- weed out useless messages |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 5 | .B ezmlm-weed |
| 6 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 7 | .B ezmlm-weed |
| 8 | reads a mail message from its standard input. |
| 9 | If it recognizes the message as an MTA warning message or success message, |
| 10 | or as a message with precedence ``bulk'' or ``junk'' as generated by |
| 11 | vacation autoresponders, |
| 12 | it exits 99; |
| 13 | this will cause |
| 14 | .B qmail-alias |
| 15 | to skip all further delivery instructions if |
| 16 | .B ezmlm-weed |
| 17 | is run from a |
| 18 | .B .qmail |
| 19 | file. |
| 20 | If the message seems innocent, |
| 21 | .B ezmlm-weed |
| 22 | exits 0. |
| 23 | .B ezmlm-weed |
| 24 | exits 111 if it runs out of memory. |
| 25 | .SH "RECOGNIZED FORMATS" |
| 26 | Generic success message, recommended for all MTAs: |
| 27 | |
| 28 | .EX |
| 29 | Subject: success notice |
| 30 | .EE |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Generic warning message, recommended for all MTAs: |
| 33 | |
| 34 | .EX |
| 35 | Subject: deferral notice |
| 36 | .EE |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Delivery-status notification (DSN, rfc1891). All DSN messages with ``Action'' |
| 39 | other than ``failed'': |
| 40 | |
| 41 | .EX |
| 42 | Content-type: multipart/report |
| 43 | .EE |
| 44 | |
| 45 | Warning 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 | |
| 67 | Non-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 | |
| 85 | Warning 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 | |
| 103 | Non-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 |
| 116 | |
| 117 | Notification 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 | |
| 131 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 132 | ezmlm-return(1), |
| 133 | qmail-command(8) |