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SMAILMETH(5)			     Local			  SMAILMETH(5)

NAME
       /etc/smail/methods/ - smail host specific transports configuration

METHOD FILES
       Method files define a relation between a set of hostnames and a set of
       transports to be used in delivering to those hostnames. Method files
       use the standard routine for reading file entries, just as with the
       config, directors, routers, and transports files.  Each entry should
       have the form:

	   hostname transport-name

       stating that mail being sent to hostname should be delivered using the
       transport transport-name.  As a special case, if the hostname value is
       the special string ``*'', the entry matches any host.  This is a catch-
       all feature which should only be used in the last entry in a method
       file.

       Entries in a method file can be associated with particular message
       grades.	This allows different grades to use different transports, such
       as non-demand UUCP for messages with a bulk or junk precedence.	Grade
       ranges are specified by appending a grade letter range to the hostname,
       separated by a slash (``/'').  Entries with grades can be in any of the
       forms:

	   hostname>/X	   transport-name
	   hostname>/X-*   transport-name
	   hostname>/*-Y   transport-name
	   hostname>/X-Y   transport-name

       See the definition of the grades configuration variable for a discus‐
       sion of grade letters, and their correlation with message precedence
       strings.	 In the first form, the transport is used for an exact match
       of the grade letter.  In the second form, a match requires a grade a
       character value of at least X.  In the third, form a match requires a
       grade character value of at most Y.  The final form specifies a range
       of grades from character value X to character value Y.

       For example, with the default value for the grades variable, the fol‐
       lowing file will use smtp for hosts local1 and local2, if the prece‐
       dence is air-mail or better; otherwise, for any host with a precedence
       of first-class or better, demand-polled uucp is used; otherwise, queued
       uucp is used:

	   local1/*-A  smtp
	   local2/*-A  smtp
	   */*-C       demand_uucp
	   *	       uucp

FILES
       Smail host specific transports configuration files.

SEE ALSO
       smailconf(5), smaildrct(5), smailqual(5), smailrtrs(5), smailrtry(5),
       smailtrns(5), smail(8).	Smail Administration and Installation Guide.
       DARPA Internet Requests for Comments: RFC 821, RFC 822, RFC 974, RFC
       976, and RFC 1123.

BUGS
       Colons cannot be included in the value of a list element.  Database
       files cannot contain ``#'' in the left-hand field.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1987, 1988 Ronald S. Karr and Landon Curt Noll Copyright
       (C) 1992 Ronald S. Karr See a file COPYING, distributed with the source
       code, or type smail -bc to view distribution rights and restrictions
       associated with this software.

Smail-3			       RELEASE-3_2_0_115		  SMAILMETH(5)
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