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diff --git a/qmail-lspawn.8 b/qmail-lspawn.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..da01741 --- /dev/null +++ b/qmail-lspawn.8 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.TH qmail-lspawn 8 +.SH NAME +qmail-lspawn \- schedule local deliveries +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B qmail-lspawn +.I defaultdelivery +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B qmail-lspawn +reads a series of local delivery commands from descriptor 0, +invokes +.B qmail-local +to perform the deliveries, +and prints the results to descriptor 1. +It passes +.I defaultdelivery +to +.B qmail-local +as the default delivery instruction. + +.B qmail-lspawn +invokes +.B qmail-local +asynchronously, +so the results may not be in the same order as the commands. + +For each recipient address, +.B qmail-lspawn +finds out which local user controls that address. +It first checks the +.B qmail-users +mechanism; if the address is not listed there, it invokes +.BR qmail-getpw . +.B qmail-lspawn +then runs +.B qmail-local +under the user's uid and gid. +It does not set up any supplementary groups. + +.B qmail-lspawn +treats an empty mailbox name as a trash address. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +envelopes(5), +qmail-users(5), +qmail-getpw(8), +qmail-send(8), +qmail-local(8) |