PMDF System Manager's Guide
PMDF-REF-6.0

Return (bounce) a mail message to its originator.

Syntax

pmdf return message-file-spec

Command Qualifiers	Defaults
None.	None.

restrictions

On UNIX, must have superuser privileges in order to use this utility.

PARAMETERS

message-file-spec

File specification of the message file to return. The specification may include wildcards, but if so, the specification must be quoted.

DESCRIPTION

The pmdf return utility returns a message to the message's originator. The returned message is in two parts. The first part explains the reason why the message is being returned; the text of the reason is contained in the file return_bounced.txt file located in the PMDF language-specific directory. The second part of the returned message contains the original message itself.

EXAMPLES

# pmdf return '/pmdf/queue/l/*'

The above UNIX command will cause all of the messages currently in the local channel, l, to be returned to their respective originators (i.e., "bounced").

C:\> pmdf return 'C:\pmdf\queue\tcp_local\*'

The above NT command will cause all of the messages currently in the tcp_local channel to be returned to their respective originators (i.e., "bounced").