Maildrop 2.0.3

maildrop is the mail filter/mail delivery agent thats used by the Courier Mail Server. You do not need to download maildrop from here if you already have Courier installed. This is a standalone build of the maildrop mail filter that can be used with other mail servers. maildrop is a filter for local mail delivery agent. It reads the messages and redirects them to users mailbox. maildrop optionally reads instructions from a file, which describe how to filter incoming mail. These instructions can direct maildrop to deliver the message to an alternate mailbox, or forward it somewhere else. Unlike procmail, maildrop uses a structured filtering language. maildrop is written in C++, and is significantly larger than procmail. However, it uses resources much more efficiently. Unlike procmail, maildrop will not read a 10 megabyte mail message into memory. Large messages are saved in a temporary file, and are filtered from the temporary file. If the standard input to maildrop is a file, and not a pipe, a temporary file will not be necessary. maildrop checks the mail delivery instruction syntax from the filter file, before attempting to deliver a message. Unlike procmail, if the filter file contains syntax errors, maildrop terminates without delivering the message. The user can fix the typo without causing any mail to be lost. Whats New in This Release: - Messages delivered by maildrop will use the processs inherited umask. - The -f option now allows an empty return address to be specified. - The lockmail utility now drops any group-id privileges if the setgid bit was added to lockmails permissions..

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Linux
Keyword:	Communications,  Courier Mail,  Courier Mail Server,  Delivery,  Delivery Agent,  Email,  File,  Filter,  Mail,  Maildrop,  Used,  Used By
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