Chapter 5. Build and Use Companion Programs

The sendmail distribution comes complete with several programs that can help you use sendmail. All are in source form, and all are built with the Build script (Section 5.1). We list them briefly in Table 5-1, then describe each in the sections that follow.

Table 5-1. Companion programs supplied with sendmail

Program	§	Description
Build	Section 5.1	The script used to build all programs
editmap	Section 5.2	A program to edit database entries
mail.local	Section 5.3	A local delivery agent that can speak LMTP
mailstats	Section 5.4	A program to print the statistics file
makemap	Section 5.5	A program for creating database files
praliases	Section 5.6	A program to dump the aliases file
rmail	Section 5.7	A new rmail program for use with UUCP
smrsh	Section 5.8	A shell that restricts program usage
vacation	Section 5.9	A program for notifying others you are unavailable