SENDMAIL(8) | System Manager's Manual | SENDMAIL(8)

# NAME

`sendmail` — a mail enqueuer for smtpd(8)

# SYNOPSIS

`sendmail` | [`-tv`] [`-F` name] [`-f` from] to ...

# DESCRIPTION

The `sendmail` utility is a local enqueuer for the smtpd(8) daemon, compatible with mailwrapper(8). The message is read on standard input (stdin) until `sendmail` encounters an end-of-file. The `sendmail` enqueuer is not intended to be used directly to send mail, but rather via a frontend known as a mail user agent.

Unless the optional `-t` flag is specified, one or more recipients must be specified on the command line.

The options are as follows:

`-F` name
  Set the sender's full name.
`-f` from
  Set the sender's address.
`-t`
  Read the message's To:, Cc:, and Bcc: fields for recipients. The Bcc: field will be deleted before sending.
`-v`
  Enable verbose output.

To maintain compatibility with Sendmail, Inc.'s implementation of `sendmail`, various other flags are accepted, but have no effect.

# EXIT STATUS

The `sendmail` utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

# SEE ALSO

smtpctl(8), smtpd(8)

# AUTHORS

OpenSMTPD is primarily developed by Gilles Chehade, Eric Faurot, and Charles Longeau, with contributions from various OpenBSD hackers. It is distributed under the ISC license.

This manpage was written by Ryan Kavanagh <rak@debian.org> for the Debian project and is distributed under the ISC license.

October 23, 2015 | Debian