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1.TH qmail 7
2.SH "NAME"
3qmail \- overview of qmail documentation
4.SH "INTRODUCTION"
5.B qmail
6is a secure, reliable, efficient, simple message transfer agent.
7
8Users who want to control incoming messages
9should read
10.BR dot-qmail (5).
11Available commands for the
12.B .qmail
13file include
14.BR qbiff (1),
15.BR qlist (1),
16.BR qreceipt (1),
17.BR forward (1),
18and (for advanced users)
19.BR condredirect (1).
20Other helpful commands include
21.BR maildirmake (1),
22.BR maildir2mbox (1),
23and
24.BR maildirwatch (1).
25
26System administrators who want to control the entire
27.B qmail
28system should start with
29.BR qmail-control (5)
30and
31.BR qmail-start (8).
32There are three queue-monitoring tools:
33.BR qmail-qread (8),
34.BR qmail-qstat (8),
35and
36.BR qmail-tcpto (8).
37Incoming SMTP connections are handled by
38.BR qmail-smtpd (8).
39
40.B qmail
41offers two command-line message-sending interfaces:
42.BR qmail-inject (8)
43and
44.BR mailsubj (1).
45For background information on Internet mail messages,
46see
47.BR addresses (5),
48.BR envelopes (5),
49.BR qmail-header (5),
50and
51.BR forgeries (7).
52
53Miscellaneous documentation includes
54.BR qmail-upgrade (7),
55.BR qmail-limits (7),
56and
57.BR qmail-pop3d (8).
58
59This documentation describes version
601.01
61of
62.BR qmail .
63See
64.B http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail.html
65for other
66.BR qmail -related
67software.