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.TH MAIL 1
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.SH NAME
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mail, go.fishing \- mail and mailboxes
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B mail
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[
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.I arg ...
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]
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.PP
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.B go.fishing
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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Mail is a shell script that invokes
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.IR nedmail (1),
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the mail reader,
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when no recipients appear on the command line and
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.IR marshal (1),
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the mail preparer,
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otherwise.
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All command line options are passed through.
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See the man pages for those two commands for
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more details.
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.PP
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Incoming mail for a user
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.I username
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is put in the file
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.BI /mail/box/ username /mbox
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unless either the file
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.BI /mail/box/ username /forward
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or
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.BI /mail/box/ username /pipeto
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exists.
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The mailbox must have append-only and exclusive-access mode
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(see
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.IR chmod (1)).
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A user must create his or her own mailbox using the
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.B -c
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option of
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.IR nedmail (1).
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Mailboxes are created writable (append-only) but not readable by others.
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.PP
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If the file
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.BI /mail/box/ username /forward
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exists and is readable by everyone, incoming mail
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will be forwarded to the addresses contained in the first line of the file.
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The file may contain multiple addresses.
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Forwarding loops are caught and resolved by local delivery.
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.PP
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If the file
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.BI /mail/box/ username /pipeto
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exists and is readable and executable by everyone,
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it will be run for each incoming message for the user.
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The message will be piped to it rather
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than appended to his/her mail box.
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The file is run as user
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.BR none .
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Its two arguments are the
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with arguments of the destination address
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(e.g.,
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.BR local!gremlin )
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and the user's mail box path
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(e.g.,
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.BR /mail/box/gremlin/mbox )
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.SS Auto-answer
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.PP
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To use
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.I mail
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as an answering machine while you are away,
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run
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.IR go.fishing ,
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which will create
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.B /mail/box/$user/gone.fishing
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as a flag for
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.B pipeto
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processing,
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and truncate
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.BR /mail/box/$user/gone.addrs .
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Any existing
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.B pipeto
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file that uses
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.B /mail/lib/pipeto.lib
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will invoke the
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.I gone.fishing
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machinery when it calls
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.B spool
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or
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.BR spool-tagged-spam .
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.PP
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If
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.B /mail/box/$user/gone.msg
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exists, it
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will be sent (just once) to everyone who
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sends you mail that lists your address in a
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.L To
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or
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.L Cc
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header;
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if not,
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.B /mail/lib/gone.msg
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will be sent.
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Upon your return, remove
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.B /mail/box/$user/gone.fishing
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to stop automatic responses.
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.SH FILES
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.TF /mail/box/$user/gone.fishing
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.TP
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.B /sys/log/mail
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mail log file
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.TP
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.B /mail/box/*
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mail directories
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.TP
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.B /mail/box/*/mbox
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mailbox files
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.TP
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.B /mail/box/*/forward
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forwarding address(es)
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.TP
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.B /mail/box/*/pipeto
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mail filter
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.TP
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.B /mail/box/*/L.reading
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mutual exclusion lock for multiple mbox readers
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.TP
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.B /mail/box/*/L.mbox
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mutual exclusion lock for altering mbox
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.TP
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.B /lib/face/48x48x?
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directories of icons for
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.I seemail
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.TP
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.B /mail/lib/pipeto.lib
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helper functions for pipeto files
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.TP
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.B /mail/lib/gone.msg
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default vacation message
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.TP
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.B /mail/lib/gone.fishing
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auto-responder as
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.I pipeto
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script
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.TP
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.B /mail/box/$user/gone.fishing
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flag to active gone processing
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.TP
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.B /mail/box/$user/gone.addrs
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list of senders answered by
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.I gone.fishing
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.SH SOURCE
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.B /rc/bin/mail
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.br
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.B /rc/bin/go.fishing
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IR aliasmail (8),
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.IR faces (1),
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.IR filter (1),
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.IR marshal (1),
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.IR mlmgr (1),
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.IR nedmail (1),
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.IR qer (8),
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.IR rewrite (6),
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.IR send (8),
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.IR smtp (8),
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.IR upasfs (4)