BULK(8)

✨ BULK(8) ✨

okay bestie, gather round 💖 this is the bulk / bulk.pl page from sympa 6.2.80 and it's literally the mail-hustle daemon. let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bulk, bulk.pl — the daemon that hands your messages off to the SMTP engine 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

"bulk.pl" [ "--foreground" ] [ "--debug" ]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so this daemon is ride or die with sympa_msg.pl(8) — like, they do NOT function without each other, fr fr 🫶

what it does: it's constantly checking on the outgoing (bulk) spool, like a girl refreshing her fyp 👀 and every message it finds chilling in there? it submits that straight to the sendmail engine. slay. 💅

and here's the iconique part: if your traffic is huge, you can run several of these daemons across deferent servers. spreading the load like the main character you are 👑

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -d, --debug — Sets the debug mode. we're snooping now 🔍
• -f, --config=file — Force bulk to use an alternative configuration file instead of /etc/sympa/sympa.conf. not feeling the default fit? pick a different one 💃
• -F, --foreground — Prevents the script from being daemonized. it stays right there with you, holding your hand 🫶
• -h, --help — Prints this help message. the classic "bestie explain" button 😌
• --log_level=level — Set log level. how much tea do you want it to spill? 🍵
• -m, --mail — Logs every sendmail calls. every single one. no sendmail call goes undocumented 📝

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🎀 FILES 🎀

• $PIDDIR/bulk.pid — this file contains the process IDs of bulk.pl. it's the little name tag keeping track of who's who 🏷️

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

sympa_config(5), sympa_msg(8).

Sympa::Spindle::ProcessOutgoing.

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📜 HISTORY 📜

bulk.pl initially written by Serge Aumont appeared on Sympa 6.0. a legend, honestly 👑

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heads up bestie: this daemon must be run along with sympa_msg.pl(8). they come as a set, no solo acts here 💀

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and that's the whole vibe check, girlies 🦋 this was bulk(8) from sympa 6.2.80, dated 2026-10-19 💜 love u, go submit some mail ✨💅