CALLOUTD(8)

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version 9.1 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

calloutd - a call out server, bestie. that's literally the whole name. it's giving server energy. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

calloutd [OPTION...]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so calloutd -- a call out server. literally that's the vibe. no cap. 🦋

🎀 General options 🎀

  • --resolv-conf-file=FILE — read resolver configuration from FILE. like, the resolver config? from FILE. yes. 📁

🧚 Global debugging settings 🧚

  • --debug-level=LEVEL — set Mailutils debugging level. turn the debug dial to LEVEL. 🔧
  • --[no-]debug-line-info — show source info with debugging messages. the [no-] is giving toggle realness. 👀
  • --log-facility=FACILITY — output logs to syslog FACILITY. syslog said "put it here." 📝

👑 Server configuration modifiers 👑

  • --foreground — stay in foreground. don't ghost the terminal. 🫶
  • -g, --group=NAME — retain the supplementary group NAME when switching to user privileges. keep that group, bestie. 👯
  • --pidfile=FILE — set pidfile name. the pidfile is FILE now. 🗂️
  • -S, --source-ip=ADDRESS — set source address for TCP connections. source IP? ADDRESS. iconic. 🌐
  • --single-process — run in single-process mode. one process, main character energy. 👑
  • --state-directory=DIR — set new program state directory. new state, new DIR. 🏠
  • -u, --user=NAME — switch to this user privileges after startup. after startup, become NAME. ✨

🔥 Logging and debugging options 🔥

  • -d, --debug=LEVEL — set debugging level. debug level = LEVEL. 🔍
  • --log-tag=STRING — set the identifier used in syslog messages to STRING. tag it STRING. 🏷️
  • --logger=STREAM — select logger stream. pick your STREAM. 🌊
  • --[no-]source-info — debug messages include source information. source info? yes or no. toggle. 🔄
  • --stderr — log to stderr. stderr girlies rise. 📢
  • --syslog — log to syslog (default). this is the default, so it's giving baseline. 💅
  • -X, --[no-]transcript — enable transcript of SMTP sessions. SMTP receipts? transcript on/off. 📜

💜 Configuration handling 💜

  • --config-file=FILE — load this configuration file; implies --no-config. load FILE, and it implies --no-config. no cap. 📄
  • --config-lint — check configuration file syntax and exit. lint it and dip. 🧹
  • --config-verbose — verbosely log parsing of the configuration files. tell me everything about parsing. 🗣️
  • --no-site-config, --no-config — do not load site-wide configuration file. skip the site config. 🙅
  • --set=PARAM=VALUE — set configuration parameter. set PARAM to VALUE. 🎛️

🌈 Informational options 🌈

  • --config-help — show configuration file summary. summary time. 📋
  • --show-config-options — show compilation options. show me the compile vibes. 🛠️
  • -?, --help — give this help list. help list, here for you. 🆘
  • --usage — give a short usage message. short and sweet. 🍬
  • -V, --version — print program version. version print. 🏷️
also bestie: Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. fr fr. 💖

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Written by Sergey Poznyakoff. 👑

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Report bugs to <bug-mailfromd@gnu.org.ua>. mailfromd home page: <http://www.gnu.org.ua/software/mailfromd>. please do. 🙈

Copyright © 2005-2023 Sergey Poznyakoff License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The full documentation for calloutd is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and calloutd programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info calloutd

should give you access to the complete manual. 💖

and that's the whole manual, bestie. this was calloutd from mailfromd 9.1, December 2025. slay. ✨💅

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