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# TCP/IP Configuration Notebook Online Help

### Automatically Starting SENDMAIL

To start SENDMAIL automatically when TCP/IP is started, select the Autostart tab, select SENDMAIL in the Autostarted Services list box, and check the Autostart Service box under Autostart Options.

If you choose to start SENDMAIL in an OS/2 window foreground session, you can check the Minimized box to minimize the OS/2 window.

SENDMAIL uses Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to route mail from one host to another, allowing you to exchange mail with other hosts that support SMTP.

If you choose to automatically start SENDMAIL, you can also specify the SENDMAIL parameters in the Parameters field.

Uncheck the Autostart Service box to disable the automatic starting of SENDMAIL when TCP/IP starts.

#### SENDMAIL Parameters

If you choose to automatically start SENDMAIL, TCP/IP can also process the following command parameters when specified from the Autostart tab:

-bd
  Starts SENDMAIL as a server.

-qtime

  Specifies how often the mail queue can be processed. Enter the time as a number and a letter, where the letter is one of the following:

    s for seconds
    m for minutes
    h for hours
    d for days
    w for weeks

  For example:

    -q30m specifies every 30 minutes
    -q1h30m specifies every hour and 30 minutes

-d

  Writes detailed debugging information to the SENDMAIL console, and creates a SENDMAIL.LOG file that contains the simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) transactions between the SENDMAIL server and the remote SMTP server.

  The SENDMAIL.LOG file is placed in the ETC directory. For example, to start the SENDMAIL server with detailed debug information, use:

      [C:\]sendmail -bd -q30m -d

-d1.1
  Creates only the SENDMAIL.LOG file.

-C configuration_file_pathname

  Specifies the name and location of the configuration file configuration_file_pathname to be used by the sendmail server. Use this parameter to override the default sendmail configuration file sendmail.cf.

  For example,

      -CE:\TCPIP\ETC\sendmail.uml

  specifies the location of the sendmail.uml configuration file used by UltiMail, where E:\TCPIP\ is the drive and directory in which you installed TCP/IP. The -C parameter must be in uppercase.

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