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A guide to Tell commands (sidebar)
Tell commands allow you to easily start and stop individual MTA tasks, and display important information about the MTA such as version and current configuration. Enter these commands at the server console.
| Tell Command | Description |
| TELL SMTPMTA QUIT | Shuts down the SMTP MTA. |
| TELL SMTPMTA STOP DRTASK | Stops the Delivery Report Task. |
| TELL SMTPMTA STOP INBOUND TRANSPORT | Stops the Inbound Session Controller. Prior to stopping, the controller will stop all of its associated session handlers. |
| TELL SMTPMTA STOP OUTBOUND TRANSPORT | Stops the Outbound Session Controller. Prior to stopping, the controller will stop all of its associated session handlers. |
| TELL SMTPMTA STOP INBOUND CONVERSION | Stops the Inbound Message Handler. |
| TELL SMTPMTA STOP OUTBOUND CONVERSION | Stops the Outbound Message Handler. |
| TELL SMTPMTA START DRTASK | Starts the Delivery Report Task. |
| TELL SMTPMTA START INBOUND TRANSPORT | Starts the Inbound Session Controller. The controller then spawns session handlers as needed. |
| TELL SMTPMTA START OUTBOUND TRANSPORT | Starts the Outbound Session Controller. The controller then spawns session handlers as needed. |
| TELL SMTPMTA START INBOUND CONVERSION | Starts the Inbound Message Handler. |
| TELL SMTPMTA START OUTBOUND CONVERSION | Starts the Outbound Message Handler. |
| TELL SMTPMTA SHOW VERSION | Displays the version number of the SMTP MTA currently running. |
| TELL SMTPMTA SHOW CONFIG | Displays all of the SMTP MTA's current configuration settings. |
| TELL SMTPMTA REFRESH | Forces all of the MTA tasks to reload their configuration. |
| TELL SMTPMTA STOP | Stops all MTA tasks except the Add-In Controller. |
| TELL SMTPMTA START | Starts all MTA tasks except the Add-In Controller. This command is NOT interchangeable with LOAD SMTPMTA, which starts the Add-In Controller. |
| TELL SMTPMTA STOP INBOUND | Stops all inbound tasks: Inbound Message Handler and Inbound Session Controller. |
| TELL SMTPMTA START INBOUND | Starts all inbound tasks: Inbound Message Handler and Inbound Session Controller. |
| TELL SMTPMTA STOP OUTBOUND | Stops all outbound tasks: Outbound Message Handler and Outbound Session Controller. |
| TELL SMTPMTA START OUTBOUND | Starts all outbound tasks: Outbound Message Handler and Outbound Session Controller. |