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.TH SMTP-SOURCE 8 
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.SH NAME
smtp-source
\-
multi-threaded SMTP test generator
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBsmtp-source\fR [\fIoptions\fR] [\fBinet:\fR]\fIhost\fR[:\fIport\fR]

\fBsmtp-source\fR [\fIoptions\fR] \fBunix:\fIpathname\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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smtp-source connects to the named \fIhost\fR and TCP \fIport\fR
(default: port 25)
and sends one or more messages to it, either sequentially
or in parallel. The program speaks either SMTP (default) or
LMTP. Connections can be made to UNIX-domain and IPV4 servers.
IPV4 is the default.

Arguments:
.IP \fB-c\fR
Display a running counter that is incremented each time
an SMTP DATA command completes.
.IP "\fB-C \fIcount\fR"
When a host sends RESET instead of SYN|ACK, try \fIcount\fR times
before giving up. The default count is 1. Specify a larger count in
order to work around a problem with TCP/IP stacks that send RESET
when the listen queue is full.
.IP \fB-d\fR
Don't disconnect after sending a message; send the next
message over the same connection.
.IP "\fB-f \fIfrom\fR"
Use the specified sender address (default: <foo@myhostname>).
.IP \fB-o\fR
Old mode: don't send HELO, and don't send message headers.
.IP "\fB-l \fIlength\fR"
Send \fIlength\fR bytes as message payload. The length does not
include message headers.
.IP \fB-L\fR
Speak LMTP rather than SMTP.
.IP "\fB-m \fImessage_count\fR"
Send the specified number of messages (default: 1).
.IP "\fB-r \fIrecipient_count\fR"
Send the specified number of recipients per transaction (default: 1).
Recipient names are generated by prepending a number to the
recipient address.
.IP "\fB-s \fIsession_count\fR"
Run the specified number of SMTP sessions in parallel (default: 1).
.IP "\fB-S \fIsubject\fR"
Send mail with the named subject line (default: none).
.IP "\fB-t \fIto\fR"
Use the specified recipient address (default: <foo@myhostname>).
.IP "\fB-R \fIinterval\fR"
Wait for a random period of time 0 <= n <= interval between messages.
Suspending one thread does not affect other delivery threads.
.IP "\fB-w \fIinterval\fR"
Wait a fixed time between messages.
Suspending one thread does not affect other delivery threads.
.IP [\fBinet:\fR]\fIhost\fR[:\fIport\fR]
Connect via TCP to host \fIhost\fR, port \fIport\fR. The default
port is \fBsmtp\fR.
.IP \fBunix:\fIpathname\fR
Connect to the UNIX-domain socket at \fIpathname\fR.
.SH BUGS
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No SMTP command pipelining support.
.SH LICENSE
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The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.
.SH AUTHOR(S)
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Wietse Venema
IBM T.J. Watson Research
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA