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AAAANNNNSSSSWWWWEEEERRRR((((1111LLLL)))) UUUUSSSSEEEENNNNEEEETTTT CCCCoooommmmmmmmuuuunnnniiiittttyyyy TTTTrrrruuuusssstttt ((((EEEEllllmmmm VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 2222....4444)))) AAAANNNNSSSSWWWWEEEERRRR((((1111LLLL))))
NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
answer - phone message transcription system
SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
aaaannnnsssswwwweeeerrrr [ ----ppppuuuu ]
DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
_A_n_s_w_e_r is a part of the EEEEllllmmmm mail system and is designed for
secretaries and the like to allow them to answer phones
and|or listen to phone message machines and quickly and
easily transcribe the messages into electronic mail.
The program will use standard mail addresses or aliases
included in the standard .elm directory alias files. It can
also use its own alias set (usually a subset of the system
aliases, with more fields per user (i.e. unique first names,
unique last names, first-initial last name, and so on)).
Note that if you want to use this capability, it means that
you must create this alias set and then install it, using
_n_e_w_a_l_i_a_s, as a separate alias table for the account this
program is to be run from.
Options are:
----pppp Prompt for phone slip type message fields.
----uuuu Allow names that are not in the alias table.
Without this option all names must be resolvable
as aliases and answer will reprompt for a new name
if the alias cannot be resolved.
Interface-wise, the program is a breeze to use - type
'answer' to start it up and then merely type a user name at
the
Message to:
prompt, fill in the requested information (simply type an
"x" next to the pertinent information - "TELEPHONED",
"PLEASE CALL", "URGENT", etc. if the -p option was given),
and then enter a message, if any, ending with a blank line.
If you elect to use the special alias file, names can be
entered as 'Firstname Lastname' and the system will try to
find a mail alias based on the first letter of the first
name plus the last name. For example, 'Dave Taylor' will
cause the program to search for an alias 'd_taylor' in the
file (note the transliteration into lower case). The
program will loop until killed or quit.
_A_n_s_w_e_r can be easily exited by typing any of 'quit', 'exit'
'done', or 'bye' at the 'Message to:' prompt.
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AAAANNNNSSSSWWWWEEEERRRR((((1111LLLL)))) UUUUSSSSEEEENNNNEEEETTTT CCCCoooommmmmmmmuuuunnnniiiittttyyyy TTTTrrrruuuusssstttt ((((EEEEllllmmmm VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 2222....4444)))) AAAANNNNSSSSWWWWEEEERRRR((((1111LLLL))))
AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR
Elm Development Group
SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
_T_h_e _E_l_m _A_l_i_a_s _S_y_s_t_e_m _U_s_e_r_s _G_u_i_d_e
newalias(1L), checkalias(1L), mail(1), mailx(1), from(1L),
printmail(1L)
FFFFIIIILLLLEEEESSSS
$HOME/.elm/aliases.text individual alias source
$HOME/.elm/aliases.dir individual alias dbz directory
table
$HOME/.elm/aliases.pag individual alias dbz hash
table
$HOME/.elm/aliases individual alias data table
/tmp/snd.$$ edit buffer for outgoing mail
BBBBUUUUGGGG RRRREEEEPPPPOOOORRRRTTTTSSSS TTTTOOOO
Syd Weinstein elm@DSI.COM (dsinc!elm)
CCCCOOOOPPPPYYYYRRRRIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTTSSSS
Copyright 1988-1992 by The USENET Community Trust
Derived from Elm 2.0, Copyright 1986, 1987 by Dave Taylor
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