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<H1 CLASS="title">mailto.conf</H1>
<P>The <VAR>/etc/cups/mailto.conf</VAR> file contains several
directives that defines the local mail server and email
notification preferences for CUPS. Each directive is listed on a
line by itself followed by its value. Comments are introduced
using the number sign ("#") character at the beginning of a
line.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="Cc">Cc</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
Cc bigbrother@domain.com
Cc John Doe <jd@domain.com>
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<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Cc</CODE> directive specifies an additional
recipient ("carbon copy") for all email notifications. The
default is to not send a copy to anyone but the subscriber.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="From">From</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
From printserver@domain.com
From Your Happy Printer <printserver@domain.com>
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<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>From</CODE> directive specifies the sender of email
notifications. The default is the <A
HREF="ref-cupsd-conf.html#ServerAdmin"><TT>ServerAdmin</TT><A>
address defined in the <VAR>cupsd.conf</VAR> file.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="Sendmail">Sendmail</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
Sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail
Sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail -bm -i
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<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Sendmail</CODE> directive specifies the command to
run to deliver an email locally. This directive cannot be used
with the <TT>SMTPServer</TT> directive, and if both
<TT>Sendmail</TT> and <TT>SMTPServer</TT> lines appear in the
<VAR>mailto.conf</VAR> file, only the last line is used. The
default is <TT>/usr/sbin/sendmail</TT>.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="SMTPServer">SMTPServer</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
SMTPServer mail.domain.com
SMTPServer 192.168.2.1
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<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>SMTPServer</CODE> directive specifies a hostname or
IP address of a (possibly remote) SMTP mail server. This
directive cannot be used with the <TT>Sendmail</TT> directive,
and if both <TT>Sendmail</TT> and <TT>SMTPServer</TT> lines
appear in the <VAR>mailto.conf</VAR> file, only the last line is
used. The default is to use the <TT>Sendmail</TT> command
instead.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="Subject">Subject</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
Subject [CUPS]
Subject URGENT EMAIL NOTIFICATION
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<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Subject</CODE> directive specifies a prefix string to
add to the subject of each email notification. The default is to
not add a prefix string.</P>
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