ezmlm-warn(1) ezmlm-warn(1) NNAAMMEE ezmlm-warn - send out bounce warnings SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS eezzmmllmm--wwaarrnn [ --ddDD ][ --tt _t_i_m_e_o_u_t ][ --ll _l_o_c_k_o_u_t ] _d_i_r DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN eezzmmllmm--wwaarrnn sends out warning messages for the mailing list stored in _d_i_r. eezzmmllmm--wwaarrnn scans _d_i_r//bboouunnccee//dd// for directories older than _t_i_m_e_o_u_t days ago (see --tt). The directories are created by B ezmlm-return and con- tain bounces. If eezzmmllmm--wwaarrnn sees a distribution bounce for _b_o_x@@_d_o_m_a_i_n received more than _t_i_m_e_o_u_t days ago, it sends _b_o_x@@_d_o_m_a_i_n a list of all the message numbers missed recently, and deletes the bounce. If it sees a warning bounce for _b_o_x@@_d_o_m_a_i_n received more than _t_i_m_e_o_u_t days ago, it sends _b_o_x@@_d_o_m_a_i_n a probe, and deletes the bounce. eezzmmllmm--wwaarrnn uses _d_i_r//bboouunnccee//llaassttdd to keep track of when it was last run. If insufficient time has passed (see --ll) eezzmmllmm--wwaarrnn exits without fur- ther action. eezzmmllmm--wwaarrnn keeps files with the bounced message numbers in _d_i_r//bboouunnccee//hh. Expired files are removed and _d_i_r//bboouunnccee//llaasstthh keeps track of the last subdirectory scanned. eezzmmllmm--wwaarrnn will not send a warning or probe to an address that is not currently a subscriber. OOPPTTIIOONNSS --dd process bounces for the digest list, rather than for the main list. Digest list bounces are stored in _d_i_r//ddiiggeesstt//bboouunnccee// rather than in _d_i_r//bboouunnccee//. --DD (Default.) Process bounces for the main list. --ll _l_o_c_k_o_u_t eezzmmllmm--wwaarrnn will abort execution if it was run less than _l_o_c_k_o_u_t seconds ago. The default is _t_i_m_e_o_u_t _/ 50, which with the default _t_i_m_e_o_u_t is 20,000 seconds (approx. 5.6 hours). There is no rea- son to use this switch, except for testing and possibly in com- bination with --tt.. --tt _t_i_m_e_o_u_t Bounces received more than _t_i_m_e_o_u_t days ago are processed. This overrides the default of 1,000,000 seconds (approximately 10 days) and may possibly be useful for very large busy lists. Also, a _t_i_m_e_o_u_t of zero can be used to send a warning to all addresses for which a bounce has been received and a probe for all addresses for which a warning has bounces. This is useful to rapidly clear out bouncing addresses from a (low quality) address list. SSEEEE AALLSSOO ezmlm-make(1), ezmlm-return(1), ezmlm(5) ezmlm-warn(1)