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   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 it exits 99;
  11 this will cause
  12 .B qmail-alias
  13 to skip all further delivery instructions if
  14 .B ezmlm-weed
  15 is run from a
  16 .B .qmail
  17 file.
  18 If the message seems innocent,
  19 .B ezmlm-weed
  20 exits 0.
  21 .B ezmlm-weed
  22 exits 111 if it runs out of memory.
  23 .SH "RECOGNIZED FORMATS"
  24 Generic success message, recommended for all MTAs:
  25
  26 .EX
  27    Subject: success notice
  28 .EE
  29
  30 Generic warning message, recommended for all MTAs:
  31
  32 .EX
  33    Subject: deferral notice
  34 .EE
  35
  36 Warning message from sendmail, MIME form:
  37
  38 .EX
  39    From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
  40 .EE
  41 .br
  42 .EX
  43    Subject: Warning
  44 .EE
  45 .br
  46 .EX
  47    Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (warning-timeout)
  48 .EE
  49 .br
  50 .EX
  51    This is a MIME-encapsulated message
  52 .EE
  53 .br
  54 .EX
  55    THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY
  56 .EE
  57
  58 Non-MIME form:
  59
  60 .EX
  61    From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
  62 .EE
  63 .br
  64 .EX
  65    Subject: Warning
  66 .EE
  67 .br
  68 .EX
  69    Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (warning-timeout)
  70 .EE
  71 .br
  72 .EX
  73    THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY
  74 .EE
  75
  76 Warning message from older version of sendmail:
  77
  78 .EX
  79    From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
  80 .EE
  81 .br
  82 .EX
  83    Subject: Returned mail: warning
  84 .EE
  85 .br
  86 .EX
  87    This is a MIME-encapsulated message
  88 .EE
  89 .br
  90 .EX
  91    THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY
  92 .EE
  93
  94 Non-MIME form:
  95
  96 .EX
  97    From: Mail Delivery Subsystem
  98 .EE
  99 .br
 100 .EX
 101    Subject: Returned mail: warning
 102 .EE
 103 .br
 104 .EX
 105    THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY
 106 .EE
 107 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 108 ezmlm-return(1),
 109 qmail-command(8)