BATCHMAI ======== Purpose: -------- To convert the *.bm files (see bm(4)) generated by the RMAIL program (see rmail(1)) to a format suitable for transmission to the remote system. Usage: ------ batchmai -s [-c] [-b] smailsite ... batchmai -s [-f] [-b] smailsite ... batchmai -r rmailsite ... batchmai site ... Normally, UUWORK and LOGIN automatically call BATCHMAI. It is advisable to call BATCHMAI as part of the doqueue script for every site that polls your system to collect mail to save time in the uucico startup phase. BATCHMAI works in one of two modes: rmail mode (compatible with every UUCP implementation, but less efficient) and smtp mode. Smtp mode supports various sub-modes: plain, compressed and frozen. The -r options specifies rmail mode, the -s option smtp mode. If none are given, the MAILMODE file is searched (see mailmode(4)), rmail being the default if that fails. SMTP MODE In smtp mode, mails are collected into batches (size specifies the maximum size before compression, in Kbytes), and the batches are sent to the r-command "rsmtp" (if no compression occurs, i e bits is missing or zero), "rcsmtp" (if compression occurs) or "rfsmtp" (if freeze(1) is used for compression, selected by the -f option). The SMTP mail format is described in RFC821. In fact, RFC821 describes interactive SMTP sessions, but the batches are just the part of the sending system collected into a file. If no batch size is specified, every mail is sent as a batch of its own. You must have a MDBS file (see mdbs(1) and mdbs(4)) to use smtp mode. RMAIL MODE This is the standard mode for UUCP mail exchange. If you do not know if your neighbors understand SMTP batches, use RMAIL mode (or ask :-).