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SMTP Server - dump email
Background:
I am replicating a set of servers into a "bubble" for testing. Those systems cannot be aware they are in a "bubble" so I must replicate all external services. I have successfully replicated most of those services except SMTP. I would like to configure an SMTP server that collects all email and effectively dumps it so I can review it later.

Setup:
I have a Solaris 10u9 setup with "Sendmail 8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4" currently listening on port 25 (this was setup by default). It will accept email but it never stays in the queue because any mail to be relayed is bounced back. I would like to receive the email and either have it sit in a queue or preferably be able to dump it to a text file.

Question:
a) Can I setup sendmail to accept all mail and silently queue it?
b) Is there a debug SMTP daemon for Solaris that will serve this same purpose?

---------- Post updated at 05:02 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:31 PM ----------

It is in the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file. The default setting is

O DeliveryMode=background

Change it to "queue" and restart sendmail. Also check the "-q30m" setting.
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xcowsay(6)							   Games Manual 							xcowsay(6)

NAME

       xcowsay - Display a cute cow and speech bubble.

SYNOPSIS

       xcowsay [-h] [-t time] [-r speed] [-d] [-f font] [text]...

DESCRIPTION

       Display	a  cow with a speech bubble containing some text. If text is specified it will be displayed in the bubble. Otherwise the text will
       be read from the standard input and displayed when end of file is encountered.

       The cow is displayed for either a fixed amount of time, or an amount of time calculated from the size of the text. Click on the cow to dis-
       miss it immediately.

       If  xcowsay  is	started  with  --daemon  it  will  fork  away from the terminal and run in daemon mode. The daemon provides a DBus service
       uk.me.doof.Cowsay that responds to ShowCow requests. The daemon can queue up any number of requests and displays them in order.

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CONFIGURATION FILE

       xcowsay	reads  a  configuration  file  on  startup.   The  configuration  file	can  be  stored  in  the  XDG compliant location $XDG_CON-
       FIG_HOME/xcowsayrc (which will default to $HOME/.config/xcowsayrc) or in your home directory at	$HOME/.xcowsayrc.   If	the  --config=FILE
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       following line sets display time to 10 seconds:

	      display_time = 10000

       The character '#' begins a comment which lasts until the end of the line.

OPTIONS

       Note that these options override any settings in the config file.

       -h, --help
	      Display usage information.

       -t time, --time=time
	      Display the cow for time seconds. This overrides any value set for reading_speed.  The corresponding  config  file  option  is  dis-
	      play_time.

       -r speed, --reading-speed=speed
	      Number  of  milliseconds	to display the cow for each word in the input text. This is clamped to a minimum of min_display_time and a
	      maximum of max_display_time.  The defaults are 1 second and 30 seconds respectively. The corresponding config file option  is  read-
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       -f font, --font=font
	      Font for the speech bubble text. Accepts Pango font strings. The corresponding config file option is font.

       -d file, --dream=file
	      Display  an  image  instead of text in the cow's bubble. The dream_time config file option sets the numer of milliseconds to display
	      the image for. The default is 10 seconds.

       --think
	      Display a thought bubble instead of a speech bubble.

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	      Run xcowsay in daemon mode if DBus support has been enabled. See the description for more information.

       --cow-size=size
	      Size of the cow image.  Current choices are small, med, or large.  The corresponding config file option is cow_size.

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       --debug
	      Print messages about what xcowsay is doing. Useful for finding out why the daemon fails.

       -v, --version
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AUTHOR

       Written by Nick Gasson.

REPORTING BUGS

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SEE ALSO

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BUGS

       There are a few issues I am aware of:

       The cow and speech bubble have jagged edges which would be improved by anti-aliasing.

       Very long strings will disappear off the right-hand side of the screen.	This could be fixed e.g. by using Pango's word wrapping.

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