nfmail(8) [bsd man page]
NFMAIL(8) System Manager's Manual 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 /etc/Mail.rc defines default mail read- ing 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 ``/etc/aliases'' in lines such as: problems: "|/usr/spool/notes/.utilities/nfmail -s problems" BUGS
The dependence on ``/etc/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 lives. /etc/aliases Mail aliases (BSD UNIX) /etc/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 University of Illinois NFMAIL(8)
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NFARCHIVE(8) System Manager's Manual NFARCHIVE(8) NAME
nfarchive - archive notesfiles SYNOPSIS
nfarchive [ -# ] [ -d ] [ -m- or -m+ ] [ -w# ] [ -f file ] topic [ ... ] DESCRIPTION
Nfarchive is used to expire notes that have not been modified in a certain amount of time. Archives are stored in ``archive notesfiles''. The -# parameter is the number of days a notestring must be idle (no new responses) before being eligible for archival. Expired notestrings are either deleted or placed in an archive. The -d parameter tells nfarchive to delete expired notestrings. If unse- lected, the expired notestrings are placed in an archive. The -m+ option specifies that only notes marked with a director message are eligible for expiration. -m- specifies that only notes without a director message are eligible for expiration. By default, the expiration algorithm is indifferent to a note's director message status. The -w# option specified the working set size for the expired notesfiles. The specified number represents the minimum number of notes to leave in the notesfile. The expiration threshold, working set size, expiration action, and director message requirements can all be specified as a director's option in each notesfile. Specific values override what is specified on the nfarchive command line. A default value specifies using the value specified on the command line. The -f parameter specifies a file containing a list of notesfiles to archive. Notesfiles can also be specified on the command line. By default, the archive of notesfile /usr/spool/notes/somenotes is in /usr/spool/oldnotes/somenotes. The archive of /some/other/place/somenotes also defaults to /usr/spool/oldnotes/somenotes. To prevent collisions of this nature, mapping between active and archive notesfiles is implemented. The file /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.alias/Archive-into contains lines of the form: active-notesfile:archive notesfile Lines in this file beginning with `#' are comments. Notesfiles without an entry in this file are archived into the /usr/spool/oldnotes directory with the appropriate last component. When initially created, an archive notesfile has an access list matching its active counterpart. Currently, only directors are allowed to write in an archive notesfile. Nfarchive refuses to archive an archive notesfile. FILES
/usr/spool/notes/.utilities where this programs lives. /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.alias/Archive-into maps active notesfiles into their archives. /usr/spool/notes Default notes data base /usr/spool/oldnotes Default archive directory SEE ALSO
notes(1), 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 University of Illinois NFARCHIVE(8)