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NFMAIL(8) UNIX 5.0 (University of Illinois) NFMAIL(8)
NAME
nfmail - accept mail for a notesfile
SYNOPSIS
nfmail [ -F ] [ -s ] [ -d ] [ -m mailrc ] topic
DESCRIPTION
Nfmail is a mail-receiving program which takes incoming
mail, parses subject and author information, and places the
letter in a notesfile. Replies, marked by a ``Re:'' prefix
in the Subject line, are placed in the notesfile as
responses if a basenote with the appropriate title can be
found. Normally, the matching of titles based on the
``Re:'' prefixes is done so that a match only occurs when
the basenote titles starts with the remainder of the string.
Thus, ``Re: this'' will match as a response of the basenote
``this is it'', but will not match a basenote titled ``see
this note''. Specify the -F option if you wish to remove
the restriction that matches start at the beginning of the
title.
The -s option tells nfmail to strip header lines from the
letter before placing it in the notesfile. Normally, all
header information is retained. The ``Subject'', and
``From'' header lines are never removed from the letter.
The file /usr/lib/Mail.rc defines default mail reading
characteristics on many BSD systems. This file can contain
lists of header lines to be ignored when presenting messages
to users. Nfmail reads this file to determine which header
lines are normally ignored. If this file is missing, nfmail
doesn't strip any header lines.
The -m option specifies further files, typically ``.mailrc''
files, to search for header lines to ignore. More than one
-m option can appear on the command line.
Use the -d option when you want the inserted note or
response to be flagged as a director message.
Nfmail usually appears as a mail alias in the file
``/usr/lib/aliases'' in lines such as:
problems: "|/usr/spool/notes/.utilities/nfmail -s problems"
BUGS
The dependence on ``/usr/lib/Mail.rc'' for lists of headers
to be ignored should be cleaned up. Perhaps something where
absence of the file means to strip all headers except the
Subject and From lines.
FILES
/usr/spool/notes/.utilities/nfmail where this program
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/usr/lib/aliases Mail aliases (BSD
UNIX)
/usr/lib/Mail.rc Mail configuration
templates
SEE ALSO
delivermail(8), notes(1), Mail(1), sendmail(8),
The Notesfile Reference Manual
AUTHORS
Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa)
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
Rob Kolstad (kolstad@convex.UUCP)
CONVEX Computer Corporation
Richardson, TX
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