Merge branch 'mdw/addrcheck'

[qmail] / qmail-smtpd.8

diff --git a/qmail-smtpd.8 b/qmail-smtpd.8
index e53e263..d00f339 100644 (file)
--- a/qmail-smtpd.8
+++ b/qmail-smtpd.8
@@ -37,6 +37,40 @@ accepts messages that contain long lines or non-ASCII characters,
 even though such messages violate the SMTP protocol.
 .SH "CONTROL FILES"
 .TP 5
+.I addrcheck.cdb
+A database of acceptable mailboxes.  If present, this is used to report
+erroneous RCPT TO commands, which can reduce the amount of junk mail
+accepted.  It contains an encoding of the virtual domains map
+.RB ( \c
+.BI V domain
+maps to 
+.IR prefix ),
+the local domains
+.RB ( \c
+.BI @ domain
+maps to an empty string), and the available local parts
+.RB ( \c
+.BI L mailbox
+maps to
+.B +
+if the address is valid or
+.B \-
+if not).  It's best made using
+.BR qmail-valid-addresses (8).
+.TP 5
+.I addrcheck-delay
+Delay in seconds before reporting bad mailbox names after the 
+.I addrcheck-slow
+limit is reached.  The default is 2.
+.TP 5
+.I addrcheck-limit
+Number of bad mailbox names to tolerate before dropping the connection.
+Zero means an infinite number.  The default is 50.
+.TP 5
+.I addrcheck-slow
+Number of bad mailbox names to tolerate before imposing delays.  The
+default is 5.
+.TP 5
 .I badmailfrom
 Unacceptable envelope sender addresses.
 .B qmail-smtpd