System Administration Guide: Network Services

Alternative sendmail Commands

The Solaris release does not include all of the command synonyms that are provided in the generic release from sendmail.org. This table includes a complete list of the command aliases. The table also lists whether the commands are included in the Solaris release and how to generate the same behavior by using sendmail.

Table 14–5 Alternate sendmail Commands

Alternate Name 

In the Solaris Release? 

Options With sendmail

hoststat

No 

sendmail -bh

mailq

Yes 

sendmail -bp

newaliases

Yes 

sendmail -bi

purgestat

No 

sendmail -bH

smtpd

No 

sendmail -bd