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diff --git a/html/smtp-source.1.html b/html/smtp-source.1.html index db9a17b..6311971 100644 --- a/html/smtp-source.1.html +++ b/html/smtp-source.1.html @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ SMTP-SOURCE(1) SMTP-SOURCE(1) over the same connection. <b>-f</b> <i>from</i> - Use the specified sender address (default: <foo@<a href="postconf.5.html#myhostname">myhostname</a>>). + Use the specified sender address (default: <foo@my-hostname>). <b>-F</b> <i>file</i> Send the pre-formatted message header and body in the specified @@ -65,28 +65,42 @@ SMTP-SOURCE(1) SMTP-SOURCE(1) <b>-m</b> <i>message</i><b>_</b><i>count</i> Send the specified number of messages (default: 1). - <b>-M</b> <i><a href="postconf.5.html#myhostname">myhostname</a></i> + <b>-M</b> <i>my-hostname</i> Use the specified hostname or [address] in the HELO command and in the default sender and recipient addresses, instead of the machine hostname. - <b>-N</b> Prepend a non-repeating sequence number to each recipient - address. This avoids the artificial 100% hit rate in the resolve - and rewrite client caches and exercises the trivial-rewrite dae- - mon, better approximating Postfix performance under real-life - work-loads. + <b>-N</b> Generate each recipient address by appending a number (a + per-process recipient counter) to the recipient address local- + part specified with the <b>-t</b> option. + + Note: to use the number as an address extension, specify an + explicit address delimiter at the end of the recipient local- + part, as in "<b>-t localpart+@domain</b>" or "<b>-t localpart+</b>", where "<b>+</b>" + is a Postfix recipient address delimiter. + + Benefits: + + <b>o</b> A non-constant recipient address avoids an unrealistic + 100% cache hit rate in clients of the Postfix trivial-re- + write service, better approximating performance under + real-life work-loads. + + <b>o</b> A fixed recipient address local-part with a non-constant + address extension avoids the need to configure a large + number of valid recipient addresses in the receiving + Postfix server. <b>-o</b> Old mode: don't send HELO, and don't send message headers. <b>-r</b> <i>recipient</i><b>_</b><i>count</i> - Send the specified number of recipients per transaction - (default: 1). Recipient names are generated by prepending a - number to the recipient address. + Send the specified number of recipients per transaction + (default: 1), and generate recipient addresses as described + under the <b>-N</b> option. <b>-R</b> <i>interval</i> - Wait for a random period of time 0 <= n <= interval between mes- - sages. Suspending one thread does not affect other delivery - threads. + Wait a random time (0 <= n <= <i>interval</i>) between messages. Sus- + pending one thread does not affect other delivery threads. <b>-s</b> <i>session</i><b>_</b><i>count</i> Run the specified number of SMTP sessions in parallel (default: @@ -95,7 +109,8 @@ SMTP-SOURCE(1) SMTP-SOURCE(1) <b>-S</b> <i>subject</i> Send mail with the named subject line (default: none). - <b>-t</b> <i>to</i> Use the specified recipient address (default: <foo@<a href="postconf.5.html#myhostname">myhostname</a>>). + <b>-t</b> <i>to</i> Use the specified recipient address (default: <foo@my-host- + name>). <b>-T</b> <i>windowsize</i> Override the default TCP window size. To work around broken TCP |