mda - the GNU local mail delivery agent.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2007-2024 Free Software Foundation, inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
Description
mda -- the GNU local mail delivery agent.
General options
--stderr
log to standard error
Global debugging settings
--debug-level=LEVEL
set Mailutils debugging level
--[no-]debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages
--log-facility=FACILITY
output logs to syslog FACILITY
-M, --mailer=MAILER
use specified URL as the default mailer
Sieve options
--clear-include-path
clear Sieve include path
--clear-library-path, --clearpath
clear Sieve library path
-I, --includedir=DIR
append DIR to the list of directories searched for include files
-L, --libdir=DIR
append DIR to the list of directories searched for library files
--libdir-prefix=DIR
add DIR to the beginning of the list of directories searched for library files
Delivery options
-f, -r, --from=EMAIL
specify the sender's name
Scripting options
-l, --language=STRING
define scripting language for the next --script option
--message-id-header=STRING
use this header to identify messages when logging Sieve actions
-s, --script=PATTERN
set name pattern for user-defined mail filter
-x, --script-debug=FLAGS
enable script debugging; FLAGS are: g - guile stack traces t - sieve trace (MU_SIEVE_DEBUG_TRACE)
i - sieve instructions trace (MU_SIEVE_DEBUG_INSTR) l - sieve action logs
Configuration handling
--config-lint
check configuration file syntax and exit
--config-verbose
verbosely log parsing of the configuration files
Informational options
--config-help
show configuration file summary
--show-config-options
show compilation options
-?, --help
give this help list
--usage
give a short usage message
-V, --version
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding
short options.
Name
mda - the GNU local mail delivery agent.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to <bug-mailutils@gnu.org>.
GNU Mailutils home page: <http://mailutils.org>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
See Also
The complete GNU mailutils documentation is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the mailutils-doc package
is installed, the command
infomailutils
should give you access to the complete manual.
You can also find this manual online in the GNU mailutils webpage:
https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/index.html.
Please note this manpage was automatically generated by the Debian mailutils packagers. Do not file bugs
for its content to the GNU Mailutils upstream authors.
FSF March 2025 MDA(8)
Synopsis
mda [OPTION...] [recipient...]
