mimedefang-release(8)

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version 3.7.1 · 9 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 mimedefang-release(8) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to mimedefang-release — it's the lil tool that lets quarantined email messages out of jail 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

mimedefang-release — a tool to release quarantined email messages 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

mimedefang-release(8) is a tool that permits to release quarantined messages or to attach the messages to a new email message.

that's literally it, that's the whole vibe. your poor lil quarantined emails finally get to see the sun ☀️

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

mimedefang-release [options] <directory> ...

yes bestie, you can pass more than one directory 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -a — enable attach mode, the released email will be sent as an attachment to the user. it's giving "here's your mail, as a lil gift-wrapped file" 🎁
  • -h — display the help. when in doubt, ask for help, we love a queen who asks 🫶
  • -d — path to the quarantined directory, it can be an absolute path or relative to MIMEDefang quarantine spool directory. so either full send absolute or cozy relative, your call ✨
  • -s — set a custom subject for the email, this option is valid only in attach mode. ⚠️ attach mode only, no cap
  • -S — specify an smtp server, in this mode the quarantined email will be delivered to the original user without modifications. the glow-up is that the message goes back home untouched 💚
  • -t — enable TLS when delivering the email in smtp mode. secure the bag 🔒 (smtp mode only, obviously)
  • -z — compress the quarantined email using Archive::Zip. this option is valid only in attach mode. zip it, lock it, drop it 🤐 — attach mode only!!
lowkey important: -s and -z are attach mode only, and -t is for smtp mode. don't mix them up bestie, the vibe check will fail 😭

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

mbox mode:

mimedefang-release -s "Message Released" -a -z -d 2023-04-16-14/qdir-2023-04-16-14.36.05-001

smtp mode:

mimedefang-release -S 192.168.0.254 -d 2023-04-16-14/qdir-2023-04-16-14.36.05-001

see?? one is the attach-mode serve 💅 and the other one is the smtp-mode serve 🔥 both iconic.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

mimedefang-release(8) was written by Giovanni Bechis <giovanni@paclan.it>. The mimedefang home page is <https://www.mimedefang.org/>.

ty Giovanni, you ate and left no crumbs 🙏

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read those next, bestie, the lore is deep 📚

and that's a wrap!! 💖✨ this was version 3.7.1, dated 2026-07-20, brought to you by the mimedefang-release Documentation girlies 🎀 stay quarantined, stay slay, mwah 💅🦋

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