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.IX Title "SYMPA_AUTOMATIC 8"
.TH SYMPA_AUTOMATIC 8 "2020-12-30" "6.2.58" "sympa 6.2.58"
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.SH "NAME"
sympa_automatic, sympa_automatic.pl \- Automatic list creation daemon
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\f(CW\*(C`sympa_automatic.pl\*(C'\fR [\ \f(CW\*(C`\-d,\ \-\-debug\*(C'\fR\ ]
[\ \f(CW\*(C`\-f,\ \-\-file\*(C'\fR=\fIanother.sympa.conf\fR\ ]
[\ \f(CW\*(C`\-k,\ \-\-keepcopy\*(C'\fR=\fIdirectory\fR\ ]
[\ [\ \f(CW\*(C`\-m,\ \-\-mail\*(C'\fR\ ]
[\ \f(CW\*(C`\-h,\ \-\-help\*(C'\fR\ ] [\ \f(CW\*(C`\-v,\ \-\-version\*(C'\fR\ ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Sympa_automatic.pl is a program which scans permanently the automatic creation
spool and processes each message.
.PP
If the list a message is bound for has not been there and list creation is
authorized, it will be created.  Then the message is stored into incoming
message spool again and wait for processing by \fIsympa_msg.pl\fR.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
\&\fIsympa_automatic.pl\fR may run with following options in general.
.ie n .IP """\-d"", ""\-\-debug""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-d\fR, \f(CW\-\-debug\fR" 4
.IX Item "-d, --debug"
Enable 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 Sympa to use an alternative configuration file instead
of \fI/etc/sympa/sympa/sympa.conf\fR.
.ie n .IP """\-\-log_level=""\fIlevel\fR" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-\-log_level=\fR\fIlevel\fR" 4
.IX Item "--log_level=level"
Sets Sympa log level.
.PP
\&\fIsympa_automatic.pl\fR may run in daemon mode with following options.
.ie n .IP """\-\-foreground""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-\-foreground\fR" 4
.IX Item "--foreground"
The process remains attached to the \s-1TTY.\s0
.ie n .IP """\-k"", ""\-\-keepcopy=""\fIdirectory\fR" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-k\fR, \f(CW\-\-keepcopy=\fR\fIdirectory\fR" 4
.IX Item "-k, --keepcopy=directory"
This option tells Sympa to keep a copy of every incoming message, 
instead of deleting them. `directory' is the directory to 
store messages.
.ie n .IP """\-m"", ""\-\-mail""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-m\fR, \f(CW\-\-mail\fR" 4
.IX Item "-m, --mail"
Sympa will log calls to sendmail, including recipients. This option is
useful for keeping track of each mail sent (log files may grow faster
though).
.PP
With following options \fIsympa_automatic.pl\fR will print some information and exit.
.ie n .IP """\-h"", ""\-\-help""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-h\fR, \f(CW\-\-help\fR" 4
.IX Item "-h, --help"
Print this help message.
.ie n .IP """\-v"", ""\-\-version""" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW\-v\fR, \f(CW\-\-version\fR" 4
.IX Item "-v, --version"
Print the version number.
.SH "FILES"
.IX Header "FILES"
\&\fI/etc/sympa/sympa/sympa.conf\fR main configuration file.
.PP
\&\fI\f(CI$PIDDIR\fI/sympa_automatic.pid\fR this file contains the process \s-1ID\s0
of \fIsympa_automatic.pl\fR.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBsympa.conf\fR\|(5), \fBsympa_msg\fR\|(8).
.PP
Sympa::Spindle::ProcessAutomatic.
.SH "HISTORY"
.IX Header "HISTORY"
\&\fIsympa.pl\fR was originally written by:
.IP "Serge Aumont" 4
.IX Item "Serge Aumont"
Comite\*' Re\*'seau des Universite\*'s
.IP "Olivier Salau\*:n" 4
.IX Item "Olivier Salau:n"
Comite\*' Re\*'seau des Universite\*'s
.PP
As of Sympa 6.2b.4, it was split into three programs:
\&\fIsympa.pl\fR command line utility, \fIsympa_automatic.pl\fR daemon and
\&\fIsympa_msg.pl\fR daemon.