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mailconfig(8)
NAME
  mailconfig - Sets up the routing and delivery of mail for the system.

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/sbin/mailconfig [-ui cli	 [clioptions] | gui  [x resources]]

OPTIONS
  -ui Specifies the user interface to be invoked

      The mailconfig program can be run using either the graphical user
      interface (gui) or the command-line interface (cli):

      gui     Specifies the graphical user interface.

	      Sample command line:
		   mailconfig -ui gui

	      [x resources]:  The mailconfig -ui gui command accepts all of
	      the standard X Toolkit command-line options, which are
	      documented in the OPTIONS section of the X(1X) reference page.

      cli     Specifies the command-line interface.

	      Sample command line:
		   mailconfig -ui cli

	      [clioptions]:  The mailconfig -ui cli command accepts the
	      following command-line options:

	      -Help
		  Provides a brief help message, listing all configurable
		  mailconfig components and the actions that can be performed
		  on them.

		  Sample command line:
		       mailconfig -ui cli -Help

	      -<component> Help
		  Provides a detailed help message on how to configure the
		  specified component.

		  Sample command line:
		       mailconfig -ui cli -host Help

		  In the help message, the actions and attribute values that
		  are pertinent to the specified component are listed.

		  The following is a list of all possible actions for all
		  configurable components:

		  create
		      Creates a new configuration for the specified
		      component.

		  modify
		      Modifies the specified component's existing
		      configuration.

		  add Adds a new attribute value to the specified component's
		      existing configuration.

		  purge
		      Removes the specified component's existing
		      configuration.

		  remove
		      Deletes an attribute value from the specified
		      component's existing configuration.

		  list
		      Lists all attribute values in the specified component.

		  attrs
		      Lists (on stdout) all attributes that the specified
		      component can use.  A subset of these attributes is
		      listed on the create action line of the help provided
		      when you issue the mailconfig -ui cli -<component> Help
		      command.

		  index
		      Lists any attributes used to define the uniqueness of
		      the specified component.

	      -<component> <action> [attr=<value> ...]
		  Performs a specific action (for example, modify) on the
		  specified component, optionally altering one or more of the
		  component's attributes.

		  Sample command line:
		       mailconfig -ui cli -host modify alias=frew

DESCRIPTION
  The Mail Configuration application, mailconfig, is used by the system
  administrator to set up the routing and delivery of mail for the system.
  The protocols that can be used are: DECnet, DECnet/OSI, MTS, UUCP,
  Internet, X.25, POP, and IMAP.  The configuration of POP and IMAP services
  under mailconfig is transparent to the system administrator.

  Dependencies:	 Before using Mail Configuration, be sure to configure the
  system using the following applications, which you can access from the
  SysMan Configuration Checklist:

    ·  Network Configuration

    ·  BIND Configuration

    ·  NFS Configuration

    ·  UUCP or other network protocols that you use to send mail

    ·  NTP

    ·  NIS

  The mailconfig application can be invoked from:

       The CDE Application Manager
       Application Group: System_Admin
       Desktop_Apps Subgroup: Configuration
       Configuration Subgroup: Mail

  To start mailconfig from the command line, enter /usr/sbin/mailconfig.

  Online help is available for the mailconfig application.  To get help,
  click on any Help button or use the Help pull-down menu.

NOTES
  The -focus option is not valid because mail is configured throughout a
  TruCluster Server cluster; hence, all nodes in the cluster have the same
  mail configuration.

  For a cluster to handle any mail protocol, other than the Internet
  protocol, all nodes must have that protocol installed, configured, and
  operating in the same fashion.

RESTRICTIONS
  You must have the appropriate privileges to use this application.

EXAMPLES
   1.  Opens Mail Configuration in the graphical user interface.
	    mailconfig -ui gui

   2.  Opens Mail Configuration in the command-line interface.
	    mailconfig -ui cli

   3.  Provides a brief help message for the command-line interface of Mail
       Configuration, listing all configurable mailconfig components and the
       actions that can be performed on them.
	    mailconfig -ui cli -Help

   4.  Provides a detailed help message on how to configure host, the
       specified component.
	    mailconfig -ui cli -host Help

   5.  Opens Mail Configuration in the command-line interface while changing
       the host alias to frew.
	    mailconfig -ui cli -host modify alias=frew

   6.  The /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/MailConfig.sdl command opens the Mail
       Configuration help volume from the command line without running the
       application.
	    /usr/dt/bin/dthelpview -h

FILES
  /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/MailConfig.sdl
      Mail Configuration help volume

  /etc/rc.config.*
      Specify the environment variables that define part of the mail
      configuration on the system

  /var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf
      Current sendmail configuration settings

  /var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf.0
      Previous sendmail configuration settings

  /var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf.orig
      Original sendmail configuration settings

  /var/adm/sendmail/mail.cfg
      Current mail configuration in stanza file format

SEE ALSO
  Commands: mailsetup(8), rc.config(8)

  Files: aliases(4), sendmail.cf(4), stanza(4)

  Network: mail_intro(7), mail_manual_setup(7)

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