PC-MAIL

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NAME

pc-mail - deliver mail to nfs-based pc-mail users  

PROJECT

pc-mail
 

PACKAGE

nfs
 

SYNOPSIS

pc-mail user
 

DESCRIPTION

This program is to be run on the nfs server that exports mail directories to MS-DOS pc-mail users. The program replaces the UNIX -> MS-DOS file transfer function of the MS-DOS cico program. Normally, the pc-mail delivery program is invoked by sendmail(8). Its purpose is to deliver new mail in the mail directory of the specified user (default /usr/spool/pc-mail/user). Any error conditions detected by the pc-mail delivery program are reported back in a sendmail-compatible manner. This program must be run with root privileges. It will assume the (uid, gid) of the specified user before delivering mail. The program attempts to create any missing directories, and to correct ownerships or protections where needed.  

FILES

/usr/spool/pc-mail/user/nNNNNN, mail message.
/usr/spool/pc-mail/user/hNNNNN, sender of message and subject.
(NNNNN is the pc-mail "message id").
 

SEE ALSO

pc-maild(1)
 

DIAGNOSTICS

All conceivable error conditions cause the program to terminate with a non-zero exit status, after printing an error message on the standard error stream, and appending an entry to the system log. See <sysexits.h> for details.  

BUGS

There is no way to notify a pc-mail user of the arrival of new mail.  

AUTHOR(S)

W.Z. Venema
Eindhoven University of Technology
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
 

CREATION DATE

Sun Oct 22 18:00:53 MED 1989
 

LAST MODIFICATION

1/6/90 19:08:13
 

VERSION/RELEASE

1.10


 

Index

NAME
PROJECT
PACKAGE
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
FILES
SEE ALSO
DIAGNOSTICS
BUGS
AUTHOR(S)
CREATION DATE
LAST MODIFICATION
VERSION/RELEASE

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