hamm@WAKS.RUTGERS.EDU.UUCP (02/04/87)
> New mail notification is NOT by default sent to all cluster cpus. > There is an undocumented flag that will cause that to happen: > > $ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC MAIL$SYSTEM_FLAGS 7 > This is correct except the part about "undocumented". See the MAIL Utility Reference Manual, page MAIL-14. (I didn't say it was easy to find, just that it's documented. :-) This logical name actually operates as a bit mask with the following meanings: 1 - this node is part of a homogeneous cluster, i.e., MAIL bypasses using DECnet to reach other nodes in the cluster, and just writes to the recipients local MAIL file. 2 - directs MAIL to notify a user logged in on any node of MAIL arriving on any node in the cluster (almost always used with 1) 4 - directs MAIL to include the time the message was delivered in the announcement. 1 and 2 are of interest only in (homogeneous) clusters; 4 is of interest on any VAX. The example above sets all three flags on. Why this information isn't in either the Guide to VAXclusters, or the System Management Guide, or both is beyond me. Greg Hamm Rutgers Molecular Computing Lab hamm@biovax.bitnet hamm@waks.rutgers.edu ------