sendmail, 4th Edition

${bodytype}

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The ESMTP BODY parameter

V8.8 and above

MIME support in V8 sendmail has been coupled to ESMTP of the new BODY parameter for the MAIL FROM: command. That parameter tells sendmail whether it is dealing with 7-bit or 8-bit MIME data: ^[15]

^[15] BODY=BINARYMIME might be an option in the future.

 MAIL From:<  address  >  BODY=7BIT  MAIL From:<  address  >  BODY=8BITMIME  

The parameter specified for the BODY (BIT or BITMIME) is the value stored in the ${bodytype} macro.

The ${bodytype} macro is intended to be used as part of the delivery agent's A= equate (A=). It provides a means to pass this information to delivery agent programs as part of their command lines.

${bodytype} is transient. If defined in the configuration file or in the command line, that definition can be ignored by sendmail . Note that the -B command-line switch (-B) can be used to specify a value to be stored in ${bodytype} , but only for initial mail submission. Also note that a $& prefix is necessary when you reference this macro in rules (that is, use $&{bodytype} , not ${bodytype} ).