1NFMAIL(8) System Manager's Manual NFMAIL(8)
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6 nfmail - accept mail for a notesfile
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9 nfmail [ -F ] [ -s ] [ -d ] [ -m mailrc ] topic
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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
22 title.
23 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.
32 The -m option specifies further files, typically ``.mailrc'' files, to
34 search for header lines to ignore. More than one -m option can appear
35 on the command line.
36 Use the -d option when you want the inserted note or response to be
38 flagged as a director message.
39 Nfmail usually appears as a mail alias in the file ``/etc/aliases'' in
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42 problems: "|/usr/spool/notes/.utilities/nfmail -s problems"
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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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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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56 delivermail(8), notes(1), Mail(1), sendmail(8),
57 The Notesfile Reference Manual
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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
64 Rob Kolstad (kolstad@convex.UUCP)
66 CONVEX Computer Corporation
67 Richardson, TX
68 University of Illinois NFMAIL(8)