In this section we present a table of all options in alphabetical order. The leftmost column of Table 34.4 lists first the multicharacter names and then the single-characters names. The second column lists the type of argument that each option takes. These types are explained in the next section.
Option Name | Type | Description | ||
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AliasFile | (A ) | String | Section 34.8.1 | Define the aliases file location |
AliasWait | (a ) | Time | Section 34.8.2 | Wait for aliases file rebuild |
AllowBogusHELO | Boolean | Section 34.8.3 | Allow no host with HELO or EHLO | |
AutoRebuildAliases | (D ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.4 | Autorebuild the aliases database |
BlankSub | (B ) | Character | Section 34.8.5 | Unquoted space replacement |
CheckAliases | (n ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.6 | Check right-hand side of aliases |
CheckpointInterval | (C ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.7 | Checkpoint the queue |
ClassFactor | (z ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.8 | Multiplier for priority increments |
ColonOkInAddr | Boolean | Section 34.8.9 | Allow colons in addresses | |
ConnectionCacheSize | (k ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.10 | Multiple-SMTP connections |
ConnectionCacheTimeout | (K ) | Time | Section 34.8.11 | Multiple-SMTP timeouts |
ConnectionRateThrottle | Numeric | Section 34.8.12, ConnectionRateThrottle | Incoming SMTP connection rate | |
DaemonPortOptions | (O ) | String | Section 34.8.13 | Options for the daemon |
DefaultCharSet | String | Section 34.8.14 | Content-Type: character set | |
DefaultUser | (u ) | String | Section 34.8.15 | Default delivery agent identity |
DefaultUser | (g ) | String | Section 34.8.15 | Default delivery agent identity |
DeliveryMode | (d ) | Character | Section 34.8.16 | Set delivery mode |
DialDelay | String | Section 34.8.17, DialDelay | Connect failure retry time | |
DontExpandCnames | Boolean | Section 34.8.18 | Prevent CNAME expansion | |
DontInitGroups | Boolean | Section 34.8.19, DontInitGroups | Don't use initgroups(3) | |
DontPruneRoutes | (R ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.20 | Don't prune route addresses |
DoubleBounceAddress | String | Section 34.8.21, DoubleBounceAddress | Errors when sending errors | |
EightBitMode | (8 ) | Character | Section 34.8.22 | How to convert MIME input |
ErrorHeader | (E ) | String | Section 34.8.23 | Set error message header |
ErrorMode | (e ) | Character | Section 34.8.24 | Specify mode of error handling |
FallbackMXhost | (V ) | String | Section 34.8.25 | Fallback MX host |
ForkEachJob | (Y ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.26 | Process queue files individually |
ForwardPath | (J ) | String | Section 34.8.27 | Set ~/.forward search path |
HelpFile | (H ) | String | Section 34.8.28 | Specify location of the help file |
HoldExpensive | (c ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.29 | Queue for expensive mailers |
HostsFile | String | Section 34.8.30 | Specify alternate /etc/hosts file | |
HostStatusDirectory | String | Section 34.8.31 | Location of persistent host status | |
IgnoreDots | (i ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.32 | Ignore leading dots in messages |
LogLevel | (L ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.33 | Set (increase) logging level |
MatchGECOS | (G ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.34 | Match recipient in gecos field |
MaxDaemonChildren | Numeric | Section 34.8.35 | Maximum forked children | |
MaxHopCount | (h ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.36 | Set maximum hop count |
MaxMessageSize | Numeric | Section 34.8.37 | Max ESMTP message size | |
MaxQueueRunSize | Numeric | Section 34.8.38 | Max queue messages processed | |
MeToo | (m ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.39 | Send to me too |
MinFreeBlocks | (b ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.40 | Define minimum free disk blocks |
MinQueueAge | Time | Section 34.8.41 | Skip queue file if too young | |
MustQuoteChars | String | Section 34.8.42, MustQuoteChars | Quote nonaddress characters | |
NoRecipientAction | String | Section 34.8.43 | Handle no recipients in header | |
OldStyleHeaders | (o ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.44 | Allow spaces in recipient lists |
OperatorChars | $o | String | Section 34.8.45 | Set token separation operators |
PostmasterCopy | (P ) | String | Section 34.8.46 | Extra copies of postmaster mail |
PrivacyOptions | (p ) | String | Section 34.8.47 | Increase privacy of the daemon |
QueueDirectory | (Q ) | String | Section 34.8.48 | Location of queue directory |
QueueFactor | (q ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.49 | Factor for high-load queuing |
QueueLA | (x ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.50 | On high load, queue only |
QueueSortOrder | Character | Section 34.8.51 | How to presort the queue | |
QueueTimeout | (T ) | Time | Section 34.8.52 | Limit life in queue to days |
RecipientFactor | (y ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.53 | Penalize large recipient lists |
RefuseLA | (X ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.54 | Refuse connections on high load |
ResolverOptions | (I ) | String | Section 34.8.55 | Tune DNS lookups |
RetryFactor | (Z ) | Numeric | Section 34.8.56 | Increment per job priority |
RunAsUser | String | Section 34.8.57, RunAsUser | Run as nonroot | |
SafeFileEnvironment | String | Section 34.8.58 | Directory for safe file writes | |
SaveFromLine | (f ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.59 | Save UNIX-style |
SendMimeErrors | (j ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.60 | Return MIME-format errors |
ServiceSwitchFile | String | Section 34.8.61, ServiceSwitchFile | Switched services file | |
SevenBitInput | (7 ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.62 | Force 7-bit input |
SingleLineFromHeader | Boolean | Section 34.8.63 | Strip newlines from From: | |
SingleThreadDelivery | Boolean | Section 34.8.64 | Set single threaded delivery | |
SmtpGreetingMessage | $e | String | Section 34.8.65 | The SMTP greeting message |
StatusFile | (S ) | String | Section 34.8.66 | Specify statistics file |
SuperSafe | (s ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.67 | Queue everything just in case |
TempFileMode | (F ) | Octal | Section 34.8.68 | Permissions for temporary files |
TimeZoneSpec | (t ) | String | Section 34.8.69 | Set time zone |
Timeout | (r ) | String | Section 34.8.70 | Set timeouts |
TryNullMXList | (w ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.71 | Use A if no best MX record |
UnixFromLine | $l | String | Section 34.8.72 | Define the From format |
UnsafeGroupWrites | Boolean | Section 34.8.73 | Check unsafe group permissions | |
UseErrorsTo | (l ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.74 | Use Errors-To: for errors |
UserDatabaseSpec | (U ) | String | Section 34.8.75 | Specify user database |
Verbose | (v ) | Boolean | Section 34.8.76 | Run in verbose mode |
(M ) | String | Section 34.8.77 | Define a macro |