PC-MAILD

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NAME

pc-maild - deliver unsent mail

PROJECT

pc-mail

PACKAGE

nfs

SYNOPSIS

pc-maild [delay]

DESCRIPTION

This program should be run on the nfs file server that exports mail directories to MS-DOS pc-mail users. It replaces the (MS-DOS -> UNIX) transmission function of the MS-DOS cico program. The per-user mail directories (default: /usr/spool/pc-mail/user) are scanned for outgoing mail every delay seconds (default: 300). When outgoing mail is found, it is sent through the UNIX rmail program (uucp mail interface) and the corresponding files are removed from the user's mail directory. The program should run with root privileges. It will assume the (uid, gid) of the sending user before accessing mail files.

COMMANDS

rmail(1), uucp mail interface program

FILES

/usr/spool/pc-mail/user/dNNNNN, mail message (unsent mail)
/usr/spool/pc-mail/user/xNNNNN, recipients, subject (unsent mail)
/usr/spool/pc-mail/user/qNNNNN, mail message (sent mail)
/usr/spool/pc-mail/user/rNNNNN, recipients, subject (sent mail)
(NNNNN is the pc-mail "message id").

DIAGNOSTICS

Errors found during initialization cause the program to terminate with a diagnostic on the standard error stream. All other errors are considered transient, i.e. if something fails, it is tried again at a later time. Where possible, diagnostics are logged through the syslog facility.

BUGS

Scanning mail directories is an inefficient way to detect unsent 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 22:12:15 MED 1989

LAST MODIFICATION

1/6/90 19:45:05

VERSION/RELEASE

1.6

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