bsd man page for nfmail

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

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