1NFMAIL(8)                   System Manager's Manual                  NFMAIL(8)
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NAME

6       nfmail - accept mail for a notesfile
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SYNOPSIS

9       nfmail [ -F ] [ -s ] [ -d ] [ -m mailrc ] topic
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DESCRIPTION

12       Nfmail  is  a  mail-receiving program which takes incoming mail, parses
13       subject and author information, and places the letter in  a  notesfile.
14       Replies,  marked by a ``Re:'' prefix in the Subject line, are placed in
15       the notesfile as responses if a basenote with the appropriate title can
16       be  found.   Normally, the matching of titles based on the ``Re:'' pre‐
17       fixes is done so that a match only  occurs  when  the  basenote  titles
18       starts with the remainder of the string.  Thus, ``Re: this'' will match
19       as a response of the basenote ``this is it'',  but  will  not  match  a
20       basenote  titled  ``see this note''.  Specify the -F option if you wish
21       to remove the restriction that matches start at the  beginning  of  the
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24       The -s option tells nfmail to strip header lines from the letter before
25       placing it in the  notesfile.   Normally,  all  header  information  is
26       retained.  The ``Subject'', and ``From'' header lines are never removed
27       from the letter.  The file /etc/Mail.rc defines  default  mail  reading
28       characteristics  on  many  BSD systems.  This file can contain lists of
29       header lines to be ignored when presenting messages to  users.   Nfmail
30       reads  this  file to determine which header lines are normally ignored.
31       If this file is missing, nfmail doesn't strip any header lines.
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33       The -m option specifies further files, typically ``.mailrc'' files,  to
34       search  for header lines to ignore.  More than one -m option can appear
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37       Use the -d option when you want the inserted note  or  response  to  be
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40       Nfmail  usually appears as a mail alias in the file ``/etc/aliases'' in
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43       problems: "|/usr/spool/notes/.utilities/nfmail -s problems"
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BUGS

46       The dependence on ``/etc/Mail.rc'' for lists of headers to  be  ignored
47       should  be  cleaned  up.   Perhaps  something where absence of the file
48       means to strip all headers except the Subject and From lines.
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FILES

51       /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/nfmail      where this program lives.
52       /etc/aliases                            Mail aliases (BSD UNIX)
53       /etc/Mail.rc                            Mail configuration templates
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SEE ALSO

56       delivermail(8), notes(1), Mail(1), sendmail(8),
57       The Notesfile Reference Manual
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AUTHORS

60       Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa)
61       Department of Computer Science
62       University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
63       Urbana, IL
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65       Rob Kolstad (kolstad@convex.UUCP)
66       CONVEX Computer Corporation
67       Richardson, TX
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71                            University of Illinois                   NFMAIL(8)
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