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CUPS Administrative Guide

By : Ankur Shah
Book Image

CUPS Administrative Guide

By: Ankur Shah

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
CUPS Administrative Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
Preface

Overview of mailto.conf


The CUPS provides the facility to send notifications through email. It can be done by integrating the local mail server with CUPS. The configuration file is /etc/cups/mailto.conf, and contains several directives and the characteristics and behavior of the local mail server and email notification for CUPS. We normally use each of the following directives in our daily communication done through mail.

The Cc Directive

The directive Cc (carbon copy) is used to specify an additional recipient for all email notifications. By default, the value directive is not set and the email is sent only to the administrator. The following examples shows that how email IDs can be specified with this directive.

The From Directive

This directive is used to specify the sender's name in the email notifications. By default, the ServerAdmin address specified in the cupsd.conf file is used. The following are some examples that show...