NAME¶
newinclude - create a binary mailing list from an :include: file
SYNOPSIS¶
newinclude list
DESCRIPTION¶
newinclude reads a sendmail-style
:include: file,
list, and
converts it into a binary format in
list.bin for use by
fastforward.
newinclude first writes the mailing list to
list.tmp, and then moves it to
list.bin. If there is any problem creating
list.tmp, newinclude leaves
list.bin
alone.
newinclude always creates
list.bin world-readable.
COMPATIBILITY WARNING: sendmail reads
list directly;
fastforward needs
list.bin. sendmail's strategy
is a disaster if you save list to disk at the same moment that
sendmail reads it; the list will be truncated at a random spot, perhaps in the
middle of an address. Furthermore, if the system crashes while you are writing
list,
list could be filled with all sorts of garbage.
list may contain any number of lines; each line may contain any number of
addresses or further
:include: files. See
newaliases(1) for
details on the address format. Any line in
file beginning with # is
ignored.
COMPATIBILITY WARNING: newinclude does not support file or program
deliveries in
:include: files. You can use the secure delivery
mechanisms described in
dot-qmail(5) instead.
COMPATIBILITY WARNING: Versions of sendmail before V8 did not allow
comments in
:include: files.
SEE ALSO¶
fastforward(1),
newaliases(1),
setmaillist(1),
dot-qmail(5)