HP-UX Mailing Services Administrator's Guide (B2355-91064)

Table 2-8 Lines in Queue-Control Files
Content of LineInitial Letter
The message body type (either 7bit or 8bitmime).B
The controlling user for message delivery. This line always precedes a recipient line (R)
that specifies the name of a file or program name. This line contains the user name that
Sendmail must run as when it is delivering a message into a file or a program’s stdin.
C
The name of the data file. There can be only one D line in the queue-control file.D
An error address. If any such lines exist, they represent the addresses that must receive
error messages.
E
A header definition. There can be many H lines in the queue-control file. Header definitions
follow the header definition syntax in the configuration file.
H
The current message priority. This is used to order the queue. Higher numbers mean lower
priorities. The priority decreases (that is, the number grows) as the message sits in the
queue. The initial priority depends on the message precedence, the number of recipients,
and the size of the message.
P
A message. This line is printed by the mailq command and is generally used to store
status information (that is, the reason the message was queued). It can contain any text.
M
A recipient address. Normally this has already been completely aliased, but it is actually
re-aliased when the queue is processed. There is one line for each recipient.
R
The sender address. There can be only one sender address line.
S
The job creation time (in seconds since January, 1970). This is used to determine when to
time out the job.
T
The following example is a queue-control file named qfAA00186. The sender is david,
and the recipient is the local user carolyn. The current priority of the message is 17.
The job creation time, in seconds since January, 1970, is 515 961 566. The last seven lines
describe the header lines that appear on the message.
P17
T515961566
DdfAA00186
Sdavid
Rcarolyn
Hreceived: by lab; Thu, 8 May 86 12:39:26 mdt
Hdate: Thu, 8 May 86 12:39:26 mdt
Hfrom: David <david>
Hfull-name: David
Hreturn-path: <david>
Hmessage-id: <[e-mail]>
Happarently-to: carolyn
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