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While there are many different mail transport agents, there are a few popular ones. Arguments will vary widely (and there may be more than you imagine) depending on which one you use, but some common ones are described here.<br />
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== Sendmail (and MTAs with Sendmail-like interfaces) ==<br />
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One of the most often-used [[MTAs]], especially on Unix and Linux systems, is the venerable <code>sendmail</code>. Even when it is not in use, such as when the mail system is replaced by [[qmail]], its wrapper or substitute often emulates it so as not to break mail clients and other mail-using applications that expect it to be installed on the system.<br />
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{| border="1"<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
| Option<br />
| Purpose<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
| -oi<br />
| Ignore dots (.) in incoming messages. Without this option, a dot on a line by itself terminates the message.<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
| -t<br />
| Read message for recipients. To:, Cc:, and Bcc: lines in the message to determine the addressees. Addresses listed on the command line are ignored.<br />
|- valign="top"<br />
| -f<br />
| Set the envelope sender address. This is the address where delivery problems are sent to (sets return-path: header)<br />
|}<br />
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- Created 04/03/2009 Ed Eaglehouse</div>Admin