1mailcompat(1)                    User Commands                   mailcompat(1)
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NAME

6       mailcompat - provide SunOS compatibility for Solaris mailbox format
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DESCRIPTION

9       mailcompat  is  a  program  to  provide SunOS 4.x compatability for the
10       Solaris mailbox format. You would typically run  mailcompat to be  able
11       to  read  mail on a workstation running SunOS 4.x when your mail server
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15       Enabling mailcompat creates an entry in  your   .forward  file,  if  it
16       exists.   If this file does not exist, mailcompat will create it.  Dis‐
17       abling mailcompat will remove the entry from the .forward file, and  if
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21       To execute mailcompat, log onto the Solaris mail server and enter mail‐
22       compat on the command line. Answer the queries provided by the program.
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USAGE

25       See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of mailcompat when
26       encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
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EXAMPLES

29       Example 1 Examples of the mailcompat feature.
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32       The  following  example  enables  the  mailcompat  feature for the user
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36         example% mailcompat
37         This program can be used to store your mail in a format
38         that you can read with SunOS 4.X based mail readers
39         To enable the mailcompat feature a ".forward" file is created.
40         Would you like to enable the mailcompat feature? Y
41         Mailcompat feature ENABLED.Run mailcompat with no arguments to remove it
42         example%
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47       The following example disables the  mailcompat  feature  for  the  user
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51         example% mailcompat
52         This program can be used to store your mail in a format
53         that you can read with SunOS 4.X based mail readers
54         You have a .forward file in your home directory  containing:
55             "|/usr/bin/mailcompat johns"
56         Would you like to remove it and disable the mailcompat feature? y
57         Back to normal reception of mail.
58         example%
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63       ~/.forward    list of recipients for forwarding messages
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ATTRIBUTES

67       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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72       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
73       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
74       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
75       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
76       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

79       mailx(1), attributes(5), largefile(5)
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83SunOS 5.11                        4 Aug 1994                     mailcompat(1)
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