ezmlm-return(1)                                   ezmlm-return(1)

NAME
       ezmlm-return - handle mailing list bounces

SYNOPSIS
       ezmlm-return dir

DESCRIPTION
       ezmlm-return  handles  bounces for the mailing list stored
       in dir and, if it exists, the associated digest list.

       ezmlm-return is normally invoked from a .qmail  file.   It
       reads  a  mail message from its standard input, and a mail
       envelope from the  SENDER,  LOCAL,  and  HOST  environment
       variables.

ADDRESSES
       ezmlm-return  handles  mail  sent  to any of the following
       addresses:

       local-return-
              Trash.  A help message or subscription  acknowledg-
              ment bounced.

       local-return-msg-box=domain
              Distribution  bounce.   Message number msg was lost
              on the way to box@domain.

       local-return-msg-
              Pre-VERP  distribution  bounce,  in  QSBMF  format.
              Message  number  msg  was lost on the way to one or
              more addresses; ezmlm-return will parse the  bounce
              to figure out the addresses.

       local-return-warn-cookie-box=domain
              Warning  bounce.  A warning message from ezmlm-warn
              bounced.

       local-return-probe-cookie-box=domain
              Probe bounce.  A  probe  from  ezmlm-warn  bounced.
              ezmlm-return  will remove box@domain from the mail-
              ing list.

              For all the above addresses if, local  is  followed
              by  -digest,  bounces  are  assumed  to be from the
              digest list, and are  stored  in  dir/digest/bounce
              rather than in dir /bounce .

SEE ALSO
       ezmlm-manage(1),   ezmlm-make(1),   ezmlm-send(1),  ezmlmsub(1)
       ,  ezmlm-unsub(1),   ezmlm-warn(1),   ezmlm-weed(1),
       ezmlm(5), qmail-command(8)

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