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SMTPCTL(8)             BSD System Manager's Manual            SMTPCTL(8)

NAME         top

     smtpctl, mailq — control the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol daemon

SYNOPSIS         top

     smtpctl command [argument ...]
     mailq

DESCRIPTION         top

     The smtpctl program controls smtpd(8).  Commands may be abbreviated
     to the minimum unambiguous prefix; for example, sh ro for show
     routes.

     The mailq command is provided for compatibility with other MTAs and
     is simply a shortcut for show queue.

     The following commands are available:

     discover envelope-id | message-id
             Schedule a single envelope, or all envelopes with the same
             message ID that were manually moved to the queue.

     encrypt [string]
             Encrypt the password string to a representation suitable
             for user credentials and print it to the standard output.
             If string is not provided, cleartext passwords are read
             from standard input.

             It is advised to avoid providing the password as a
             parameter as it will be visible from top(1) and ps(1)
             output.

     log brief
             Disable verbose debug logging.

     log verbose
             Enable verbose debug logging.

     monitor
             Display updates of some smtpd(8) internal counters in one
             second intervals.  Each line reports the increment of all
             counters since the last update, except for some counters
             which are always absolute values.  The first line reports
             the current value of each counter.  The fields are:

             Current number of active SMTP clients (absolute value).
             New SMTP clients.
             Disconnected clients.
             Current number of envelopes in the queue (absolute
                 value).
             Newly enqueued envelopes.
             Dequeued envelopes.
             Successful deliveries.
             Temporary failures.
             Permanent failures.
             Message loops.
             Expired envelopes.
             Envelopes removed by the administrator.
             Generated bounces.

     pause envelope envelope-id | message-id | all
             Temporarily suspend scheduling for the envelope with the
             given ID, envelopes with the given message ID, or all
             envelopes.

     pause mda
             Temporarily stop deliveries to local users.

     pause mta
             Temporarily stop relaying and deliveries to remote users.

     pause smtp
             Temporarily stop accepting incoming sessions.

     profile subsystem
             Enables real-time profiling of subsystem.  Supported
             subsystems are:

             queue, to profile cost of queue IO
             imsg, to profile cost of event handlers

     remove envelope-id | message-id | all
             Remove a single envelope, envelopes with the given message
             ID, or all envelopes.

     resume envelope envelope-id | message-id | all
             Resume scheduling for the envelope with the given ID,
             envelopes with the given message ID, or all envelopes.

     resume mda
             Resume deliveries to local users.

     resume mta
             Resume relaying and deliveries to remote users.

     resume route route-id
             Resume routing on disabled route route-id.

     resume smtp
             Resume accepting incoming sessions.

     schedule envelope-id | message-id | all
             Mark as ready for immediate delivery a single envelope,
             envelopes with the given message ID, or all envelopes.

     show envelope envelope-id
             Display envelope content for the given ID.

     show hosts
             Display the list of known remote MX hosts.  For each of
             them, it shows the IP address, the canonical hostname, a
             reference count, the number of active connections to this
             host, and the elapsed time since the last connection.

     show hoststats
             Display status of last delivery for domains that have been
             active in the last 4 hours.  It consists of the following
             fields, separated by a "|":

             Domain.
             UNIX timestamp of last delivery.
             Status of last delivery.

     show message envelope-id
             Display message content for the given ID.

     show queue
             Display information concerning envelopes that are currently
             in the queue.  Each line of output describes a single
             envelope.  It consists of the following fields, separated
             by a "|":

             Envelope ID.
             Address family of the client which enqueued the mail.
             Type of delivery: one of "mta", "mda" or "bounce".
             Various flags on the envelope.
             Sender address (return path).
             The original recipient address.
             The destination address.
             Time of creation.
             Time of expiration.
             Time of last delivery or relaying attempt.
             Number of delivery or relaying attempts.
             Current runstate: either "pending" or "inflight" if
                 smtpd(8) is running, or "offline" otherwise.
             Delay in seconds before the next attempt if pending, or
                 time elapsed if currently running.  This field is blank
                 if smtpd(8) is not running.
             Error string for the last failed delivery or relay
                 attempt.

     show relays
             Display the list of currently active relays and associated
             connectors.  For each relay, it shows a number of counters
             and information on its internal state on a single line.
             Then comes the list of connectors (source addresses to
             connect from for this relay).

     show routes
             Display status of routes currently known by smtpd(8).  Each
             line consists of a route number, a source address, a
             destination address, a set of flags, the number of
             connections on this route, the current penalty level which
             determines the amount of time the route is disabled if an
             error occurs, and the delay before it gets reactivated.
             The following flags are defined:

             D   The route is currently disabled.
             N   The route is new.  No SMTP session has been established
                 yet.
             Q   The route has a timeout registered to lower its penalty
                 level and possibly reactivate or discard it.

     show stats
             Displays runtime statistics concerning smtpd(8).

     show status
             Shows if MTA, MDA and SMTP systems are currently running or
             paused.

     spf walk
             Recursively look up SPF records for the domains read from
             stdin.  For example:

                   $ smtpctl spf walk < domains.txt

             SPF records may contain macros which cannot be included in
             a static list and must be resolved dynamically at
             connection time.  spf walk cannot provide full results in
             these cases.

     trace subsystem
             Enables real-time tracing of subsystem.  Supported
             subsystems are:

             imsg
             io
             smtp (incoming sessions)
             filters
             mta (outgoing sessions)
             bounce
             scheduler
             expand (aliases/virtual/forward expansion)
             lookup (user/credentials lookups)
             stat
             rules (matched by incoming sessions)
             mproc
             all

     unprofile subsystem
             Disables real-time profiling of subsystem.

     untrace subsystem
             Disables real-time tracing of subsystem.

     update table name
             Updates the contents of table name, for tables using the
             “file” backend.

     When smtpd receives a message, it generates a message-id for the
     message, and one envelope-id per recipient.  The message-id is a
     32-bit random identifier that is guaranteed to be unique on the
     host system.  The envelope-id is a 64-bit unique identifier that
     encodes the message-id in the 32 upper bits and a random envelope
     identifier in the 32 lower bits.

     A command which specifies a message-id applies to all recipients of
     a message; a command which specifies an envelope-id applies to a
     specific recipient of a message.

FILES         top

     /var/run/smtpd.sock     UNIX-domain socket used for communication
                             with smtpd(8).

SEE ALSO         top

     smtpd(8)

HISTORY         top

     The smtpctl program first appeared in OpenBSD 4.6.

COLOPHON         top

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