maildirserial(1)                                 maildirserial(1)

NAME
       maildirserial - send a maildir through a client

SYNOPSIS
       maildirserial  [  -b  ] [ -tlifetime ] dir prefix client [
       arg ...  ]

DESCRIPTION
       maildirserial scans a maildir,  dir,  for  messages  whose
       envelope  recipient  addresses begin with prefix.  It then
       invokes client (in the dir directory) and feeds  client  a
       list of 0-terminated filenames.

       client  prints  a  series  of  results.   Each result is a
       0-terminated filename, a status byte, and an LF-terminated
       human-readable  status  message.   The status byte is K if
       client has accepted the message, Z if client has temporar-
       ily  rejected  the message, or D if client has permanently
       rejected the message.

       maildirserial will remove messages accepted by client.

       maildirserial may run client repeatedly  if  client  exits
       without  handling  all the files.  maildirserial will give
       up if it is not making any progress.

OPTIONS
       -b   Bounce permanently  rejected  messages  back  to  the
            envelope sender, and then remove them.

       -tlifetime
            Treat  temporary rejection as permanent rejection for
            messages more than lifetime seconds old.

SEE ALSO
       serialqmtp(1),  serialsmtp(1),  tcpclient(1),  maildir(5),
       qmail-queue(8)

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