XMAIL(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  XMAIL(8)

NAME

       XMail - Internet Mail Server

SYNOPSIS

       XMail [options]

DESCRIPTION

       XMail  is an Internet and intranet mail server featuring an SMTP server, POP3 server, finger server, multiple domains, no need for users to
       have a real system account, SMTP relay checking, RBL/RSS/ORBS/DUL and custom ( IP based and address based ) spam protection, SMTP authenti-
       cation  (  PLAIN  LOGIN	CRAM-MD5  POP3-before-SMTP  and custom ), a POP3 account syncronizer with external POP3 accounts, account aliases,
       domain aliases, custom mail processing, direct mail files delivery, custom mail filters, mailing lists, remote administration, custom  mail
       exchangers, logging, and multi-platform code. XMail sources compile under GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and NT/2K.

OPTIONS

       Most of XMail configuration settings are command line tunables.	Switches recognized by server:

   XMail core
       -Ms pathname
	      Mail root path.

       -Md    Activate debug (verbose) mode.

       -Mr hours
	      Activate log rotation.

       -Mx split-level
	      Set the queue split level. The value You set here is rounded to the lower prime number higher or equal than the value You've set.

       -MR bytes
	      Set socket receive buffer size.

       -MS bytes
	      Set socket send buffer size.

   POP3 Server
       -Pp port
	      Set POP3 server port.

       -Pt timeout
	      Set POP3 session timeout (seconds) after which the server will close the connection if not receive any commands.

       -Pl    Enable POP3 logging.

       -Pw timeout
	      Set the delay timeout in response to a bad POP3 login. Such time will be doubled at the next bad login.

       -Ph    Hang the connection in bad login response.

       -PI ip[:port]
	      Bind server to the specified ip address and optional port ( can be multiple ).

       -PX nthreads
	      Set the maximum number of threads for POP3 server.

   SMTP Server
       -Sp port
	      Set SMTP server port.

       -St timeout
	      Set SMTP session timeout in seconds after which the server will close the connection if not receive any commands.

       -Sl timeout
	      Enable SMTP logging.

       -SI ip[:port]
	      Bind server to the specified ip address and optional port ( can be multiple ).

       -SX nthreads
	      Set the maximum number of threads for SMTP server.

       -Sr maxrcpts
	      Set the maximu number of recipients for a single SMTP message ( default 100 ).

       -Se nsecs
	      Set the expire timeout for a POP3 authentication IP ( default 900 ).

   SMTP Queue Processing
       -Qn nthreads
	      Set the number of mailer threads.

       -Qt timeout
	      Set the timeout to be waited for a next try after send failure. Default 480.

       -Qi ratio
	      Set  the increment ratio of the reschedule time in sending a messages.  At every failure in delivery a message, reschedule time T is
	      incremented by ( T / ratio ), therefore  T(i) = T(i-1) + T(i-1)/ratio.  If You set this ratio  to  zero,	T  remain  unchanged  over
	      delivery tentatives.  Default 16.

       -Qr nretries
	      Set the maximum number of times to try to send the message. Default 32.

       -Ql    Enable SMAIL logging.

   POP3 Account synchronization
       -Yi interval
	      Set external POP3 accounts sync interval. Default 120.

       -Yt nthreads
	      Set the number of POP3 sync threads.

   Finger server
       -Fp port
	      Set FINGER server port.

       -Fl    Enable FINGER logging.

       -FI ip[:port]
	      Bind server to the specified ip address and optional port ( can be multiple ).

   Remote administration server
       -Cp port
	      Set CTRL server port.

       -Ct timeout
	      Set CTRL session timeout after which the server will close the connection if not receive any commands.

       -Cl    Enable CTRL logging.

       -CI ip[:port]
	      Bind server to the specified ip address and optional port ( can be multiple ).

       -CX nthreads
	      Set the maximum number of threads for CTRL server.

   Local mail processing
       -Ln nthreads
	      Set the number of local mailer threads.

       -Lt timeout
	      Set the sleep timeout for LMAIL threads. Default 2 sec.

       -Ll    Enable local mail logging.

ENVIRONMENT

       MAIL_ROOT
	      XMail root directory.

       MAIL_CMD_LINE
	      Command line arguments.

NOTES

       If XMail catches signal SIGINT, it performs a clean shutdown. Shutdown operation may take some time.

SEE ALSO

       sendmail(1).

AUTHOR

       XMail  program  was  written by Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>.  This manual page was written by Radim Kolar <hsn@cybermail.net>,
       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

								  March  12, 2002							  XMAIL(8)