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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 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)