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.IX Title "BULK 8"
.TH BULK 8 "2020-12-30" "6.2.58" "sympa 6.2.58"
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.SH "NAME"
bulk, bulk.pl \- Daemon for submitting messages to SMTP engine
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\f(CW\*(C`bulk.pl\*(C'\fR [\ \f(CW\*(C`\-\-foreground\*(C'\fR\ ] [\ \f(CW\*(C`\-\-debug\*(C'\fR\ ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This daemon must be run along with \fBsympa_msg.pl\fR\|(8).  It regularly checks the
content of outgoing (bulk) spool and submit the messages it finds in it to the
sendmail engine.  Several daemons may be used on deferent server for huge
traffic.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.ie n .IP """\-d"", ""\-\-debug""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-d\fR, \f(CW\-\-debug\fR" 4
.IX Item "-d, --debug"
Sets the debug mode
.ie n .IP """\-f"", ""\-\-config=""\fIfile\fR" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-f\fR, \f(CW\-\-config=\fR\fIfile\fR" 4
.IX Item "-f, --config=file"
Force bulk to use an alternative configuration file instead
of \fI/etc/sympa/sympa/sympa.conf\fR.
.ie n .IP """\-F"", ""\-\-foreground""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-F\fR, \f(CW\-\-foreground\fR" 4
.IX Item "-F, --foreground"
Prevents the script from being daemonized
.ie n .IP """\-h"", ""\-\-help""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-h\fR, \f(CW\-\-help\fR" 4
.IX Item "-h, --help"
Prints this help message.
.ie n .IP """\-\-log_level=""\fIlevel\fR" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-\-log_level=\fR\fIlevel\fR" 4
.IX Item "--log_level=level"
Set log level.
.ie n .IP """\-m"", ""\-\-mail""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-m\fR, \f(CW\-\-mail\fR" 4
.IX Item "-m, --mail"
Logs every sendmail calls.
.SH "FILES"
.IX Header "FILES"
\&\fI\f(CI$PIDDIR\fI/bulk.pid\fR this file contains the process IDs
of \fIbulk.pl\fR.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBsympa.conf\fR\|(5), \fBsympa_msg\fR\|(8).
.PP
Sympa::Spindle::ProcessOutgoing.
.SH "HISTORY"
.IX Header "HISTORY"
bulk.pl initially written by Serge Aumont appeared on Sympa 6.0.