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pdeliver(1)                                                        pdeliver(1)


NAME

       pdeliver - Deliver mail into a maildir mailbox


SYNOPSIS

       pdeliver [--help] [--version] [-q QUOTA, --quota QUOTA] [-Q NUM,
       --maxnum NUM] [-m DIR, --mailboxdir DIR] [-f FORMAT, --format FORMAT]
       [-l FILE, --logfile FILE] [-i ID, --id ID] mailbox


DESCRIPTION

       This command awaits a mail on STDIN formatted according to the format
       specified with the -f option. It will write the mail to the mailbox
       specified on the command line in maildir format.


OPTIONS

       --help Get help on parameters.

       --version
              Print version information.

       -q QUOTA, --quota QUOTA
              This is the quota for the total size of the mailbox in MBytes
              (1024*1024 bytes) or 0, if the total size of the mailbox should
              not be checked. Default is 0.

       -Q NUM, --maxnum NUM
              This is the quota for the number of mails in the mailbox or 0,
              if the check should not be performed. Default is 0.

       -m DIR, --mailboxdir DIR
              This is the directory where all mailbox directories are. Default
              is /pop.

       -f FORMAT, --format FORMAT
              Format of the mail an STDIN. There are three mail formats
              understood by pdeliver:

       LF     Each line in the mail ends in a line feed (LF) character. This
              is the common format for UNIX text files.

       CRLF   Each line in the mail ends in a carriage return (CR), line feed
              (LF) combination.

       NET    Each line in the mail ends in a carriage return (CR, line feed
              (LF) combination. Lines beginning with a dot (.), have this dot
              doubled. A line consisting of a single dot and a carriage return
              (CR), line feed (LF) combination denotes the end of the mail.
              pdeliver will stop reading at this point.

              Irrespective of the format an EOF will always end the mail.

       -l FILE, --logfile FILE
              Logfile used for all messages. Default is
              /var/log/popular/pdeliver.  if you don't want any logging, you
              have to use '-l /dev/null'.

       -i ID, --id ID
              This ID is logged with every line in the log file to find
              corresponding entries. If you don't specify an ID "-" will be
              logged. You probabely want to put the internal ID of the MTA
              here to easily find corresponding entries in the MTA log file.


QUOTA

       The quota will be checked before delivering the mail. The size of the
       mail currently being delivered is not counted towards the mailbox size.
       If the mailbox size is smaller then the quota and the number of mails
       smaller then the maximal allowed number of mails, the mail is
       delivered, otherwise pdeliver exits with return code 1.

       Because there is no locking done, two processes delivering into the
       same mailbox at the same time might lead to overfull mailboxes.


RETURN CODES

       0      Mail was successfully delivered.

       1      Quota for this mailbox exceeded. Mail is not delivered.

       2      Error while delivering. Permission problems or something like
              that.

       3      Command line error.


SEE ALSO

       pcheck(1), pcheckd(8), pclean(8), pcontrol(1), pproxy(8), pserv(8),
       pstatus(1), ptestpdm(1), The POPular Manual


AUTHOR

       Jochen Topf jochen@remote.org

        http://www.remote.org/jochen/mail/popular/
       <URL:http://www.remote.org/jochen/mail/popular/>


COPYRIGHT

       The POPular suite is copyright (C) 1999-2002 by Jochen Topf
       jochen@remote.org.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
       option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
       General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA

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