NAME

bulk, bulk.pl - Daemon for submitting messages to SMTP engine

SYNOPSIS

bulk.pl [ --foreground ] [ --debug ]

DESCRIPTION

This daemon must be run along with sympa_msg.pl(8). It regularly checks the content of outgoing (bulk) spool and submit the messages it finds in it to the sendmail engine. Several daemons may be used on deferent server for huge traffic.

OPTIONS

• -d, --debug

  Sets the debug mode

• -f, --config=file

  Force bulk to use an alternative configuration file instead of /etc/sympa/sympa.conf.

• -F, --foreground

  Prevents the script from being daemonized

• -h, --help

  Prints this help message.

• --log_level=level

  Set log level.

• -m, --mail

  Logs every sendmail calls.

FILES

$PIDDIR/bulk.pid this file contains the process IDs of bulk.pl.

SEE ALSO

sympa_config(5), sympa_msg(8).

Sympa::Spindle::ProcessOutgoing.

HISTORY

bulk.pl initially written by Serge Aumont appeared on Sympa 6.0.