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NAME

       dmail - procmail Mail Delivery Module

SYNOPSIS

       dmail [-D] [-f from_name] [-s] [-k keyword_list] [user][+folder]

DESCRIPTION

       dmail  delivers  mail  to a user's INBOX or a designated folder.  dmail
       may  be  configured  as   a   drop-in   replacement   for   binmail(1),
       mail.local(1)  for use with a mail delivery filter such as procmail(1).

       Because of security considerations (see below) dmail is not intended to
       be  used  for  direct  delivery  by  the mailer daemon; tmail(1) is the
       preferred tool for this purpose.  If dmail is used  for  mailer  daemon
       delivery,  the  mailer daemon must invoke dmail with the dmail process'
       user id set to the recipient's user id.

       When dmail exits, it returns exit status values to  enable  procmail(1)
       to  determine  whether  a  message  was delivered successfully or had a
       temporary (requeue for later delivery) or permanent (return to  sender)
       failure.

       If  the user name is present, it must be the same as the logged-in user
       name.

       If the +folder extension is included in the user argument  (or  appears
       by  itself if there is no user argument), dmail will attempt to deliver
       to the designated  folder.   If  the  folder  does  not  exist  or  the
       extension  is  not  included,  the  message  is delivered to the user's
       INBOX.  If delivery is to INBOX and no INBOX  currently  exists,  dmail
       will  create  a  new INBOX.  dmail recognizes the format of an existing
       INBOX or folder, and appends the new message in that format.

       The -D  flag  specifies  debugging;  this  enables  additional  message
       telemetry.

       The -f or -r flag is used to specify a Return-Path.  The header
          Return-Path: <from_name>
       is prepended to the message before delivery.

       The -s flag specifies that the message will be flagged as being "seen".

       The -k flag is used to specify delivery keywords, which are set on  the
       message  at  delivery  time  if  and  only  if the keywords are already
       defined in the mailbox.  Multiple keywords can be specified by using  a
       quoted string, e.g.,
          dmail -k "$Junk Discard" +junkbox

RESTRICTIONS

       Absolute  pathnames  and  ~user  specifications  are  not  permitted in
       +folder extensions.

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

       Unlike tmail you can use dmail to deliver to IMAP4 namespace names  via
       +folder extensions.  This means that it is possible to deliver to mh(1)
       format mailboxes.

       However, this can also include such namespaces as #shared, #public, and
       #ftp.   In  most cases, it is undesirable to allow anybody sending mail
       to the user to deliver to these namespaces.  Consequently, there  needs
       to  be  a  rule  in place in the configuration of either sendmail(8) or
       procmail(1) to prevent such abuse.

AUTHOR

       Mark Crispin, MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU

SEE ALSO

       binmail(1)
       procmail(1)

                                 June 18, 2007