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

NAME         top

       smtpctl, mailq — control the SMTP 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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GNU                           March 2, 2023                   SMTPCTL(8)