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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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NAME

       mknf, rmnf - create and delete notesfiles

SYNOPSIS

       mknf [ -aon ] topic [ ... ]

       rmnf [ -f ] topic [ ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       Mknf and rmnf create and delete notesfiles respectively.  The same parameters apply for each: the `topic' is the name that the notesfile is
       known by.

       As mknf processes its arguments, creating new notesfiles, the name of each new notesfile is echoed to the terminal.  The new notesfiles are
       closed and the notesfile owner is made the sole director.  He customarily turns control over to the user requesting the notesfile by making
       that person a director.

       The -aon options apply to mknf only.  They signify that the notesfiles created are to permit anonymous notes, be  open,	and  be  networked
       respectively.

       If  the	file  `/usr/spool/notes/.utilities/access-template' is present, it contains a list of access-rights which are added to the created
       notesfile.  The file contains lines of access-rights similar to those used in the nfaccess(8) command.  In environments with  dynamic  cre-
       ation of notesfiles, such as on USENET nodes, one or more users can automatically be made directors of all new notesfiles.  If appropriate,
       they can be removed from the access list of newly created notesfiles as needed.

       Rmnf asks for verification of each notesfile before deleting it.  The notesfile is deleted if the response line	begins	with  a  `y'.	If
       invoked with the -f option, rmnf does not ask for verification before deleting the notesfiles.

       Only the notesfile owner is allowed to run mknf and rmnf.

BUGS

       Rmnf doesn't understand about absolute pathnames for notesfiles.  It refuses to remove notesfiles specified by absolute pathnames.

       Any user should be allowed to create private notesfiles in directories where he has permission.

FILES

       /usr/spool/notes/.utilities	       where these programs live.
       /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/access-template
					       Default access-list.
       /usr/spool/notes 		       Default notesfile directory.

SEE ALSO

       nfaccess(8), nfxmit(8), 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							   MKNF(8)

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