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1 | .TH setmaillist 1 |
| 2 | .SH NAME | |
| 3 | setmaillist \- create a binary mailing list | |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 5 | .B setmaillist | |
| 6 | .I bin | |
| 7 | .I tmp | |
| 8 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 9 | .B setmaillist | |
| 10 | reads a mailing list from its standard input. | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | .B setmaillist | |
| 13 | writes the mailing list in a binary format to | |
| 14 | .IR tmp ; | |
| 15 | it then moves | |
| 16 | .I tmp | |
| 17 | to | |
| 18 | .IR bin . | |
| 19 | .I tmp | |
| 20 | and | |
| 21 | .I bin | |
| 22 | must be on the same filesystem. | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | If there is a problem creating | |
| 25 | .IR tmp , | |
| 26 | .B setmaillist | |
| 27 | complains and leaves | |
| 28 | .I bin | |
| 29 | alone. | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | The binary mailing list format is portable across machines. | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | .B setmaillist | |
| 34 | always creates | |
| 35 | .I bin | |
| 36 | world-readable. | |
| 37 | .SH "MAILING LIST FORMAT" | |
| 38 | The mailing list read by | |
| 39 | .B setmaillist | |
| 40 | is a series of lines. | |
| 41 | NUL bytes are not allowed. | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | If a line begins with a dot or slash, | |
| 44 | .B setmaillist | |
| 45 | takes the entire line as an include file name. | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | If a line begins with an ampersand, | |
| 48 | .B setmaillist | |
| 49 | takes the rest of the line as a recipient address. | |
| 50 | If a line begins with a letter or number, | |
| 51 | .B setmaillist | |
| 52 | takes the entire line as a recipient address. | |
| 53 | Each recipient address must include a fully qualified domain name. | |
| 54 | Recipient addresses longer than 800 bytes are not allowed. | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | .B setmaillist | |
| 57 | ignores blank lines | |
| 58 | and lines beginning with #. | |
| 59 | It also ignores spaces and tabs at the ends of lines. | |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | For example, | |
| 62 | ||
| 63 | .EX | |
| 64 | god@heaven.af.mil | |
| 65 | djb@silverton.berkeley.edu | |
| 66 | .EE | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | is a mailing list with two addresses. | |
| 69 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 70 | setforward(1), | |
| 71 | newinclude(1), | |
| 72 | printmaillist(1) |