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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Mail going to /var/spool/mqueue instead of being sent Post 86982 by xadamz23 on Wednesday 19th of October 2005 02:10:27 AM
Old 10-19-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by Perderabo
Suppose the remote system was down. What else could your system do?

It's not being mailed to a remote system. It is being mailed to the "root" account on the local system.
 

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uucico(1M)																uucico(1M)

NAME
uucico - transfer files for the uucp system SYNOPSIS
system debug_level] spool_directory] debug_level] spool_directory] Remarks The commands, including are targeted for removal from HP-UX; see the section below. DESCRIPTION
scans the directories for work files. If such files exist, a connection to a remote system is attempted using the line protocol for the remote system specified in file then executes all requests for work and logs the results. Options recognizes the following options: Start in the MASTER mode. The default is SLAVE mode. Do work only for the system specified by system. If there is no work for system on the local spool directory, initiate a connection to system to determine if system has work for the local system. This option must be used if is specified. Search directory spool_directory instead of the default spool directories (usually Use debugging option. debug_level is an integer in the range 1 through 9. More debugging information is given for larger values of debug_level. is usually started by a local program such as or (see cron(1M), uucp(1), and uuxqt(1M)). Only when debugging should a user initiate directly. When started by a local program, is considered the MASTER and attempts a connection to a remote system. If is started by a remote system, it is considered to be in SLAVE mode. For the connection to a remote system to be successful, there must be an entry in the file on the remote system of the form: WARNINGS
Use of commands, including is discouraged because they are targeted for removal from HP-UX. Use ftp(1) or rcp(1) instead. FILES
SEE ALSO
uucp(1), uustat(1), uux(1), cron(1M), uusched(1M). O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. USA. O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. USA. TO BE OBSOLETED
uucico(1M)
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