lad@eplrx7.UUCP (Lawrence A. Dziegielewski) (03/24/88)
I'm searching for an alternate mailer for my 3B1, and someone said there
was a program called mailx available somewhere. Would anyone who has mailx
please contact me or mail me a copy?
Thanks in advance.
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In article <589@eplrx7.UUCP> lad@eplrx7.UUCP (Lawrence A. Dziegielewski) writes: }I'm searching for an alternate mailer for my 3B1, and someone said there }was a program called mailx available somewhere. Would anyone who has mailx }please contact me or mail me a copy? Sorry, it is proprietary software of AT&T. I'm sorry you can't get it, but I also must hope noone from AT&T was stupid enough to send it to you... The MAD Programmer -- 201-386-6409 (Cornet 232) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses ucbvax allegra ]!moss!rcj ...![ ihnp4 ucbvax akgua watmath ]!clyde!rcj
dpw@unisec.usi.com (Darryl P. Wagoner) (03/26/88)
}}I'm searching for an alternate mailer for my 3B1, and someone said there }}was a program called mailx available somewhere. Would anyone who has mailx }}please contact me or mail me a copy? Try elm! It is very good and will compile on the 3b1 without any problem and it contains no AT&T proprietary code! }Sorry, it is proprietary software of AT&T. I'm sorry you can't get it, }but I also must hope noone from AT&T was stupid enough to send it to you... It seems to me that mailx is a port from BSD /usr/ucb/[Mm]ail, if so how can it be AT&T proprietary? -- Darryl Wagoner dpw@unisec.usi.com UniSecure Systems, Inc.; OS/2, Just say No! Round Rock, Tx; (512)-255-8751 (home) (512)-823-3774 UUCP: {ut-sally!uiucuxc!kitty}!unisec!dpw
lm@arizona.edu (Larry McVoy) (03/27/88)
In article <1089@unisec.usi.com> dpw@unisec.USI.COM (Darryl P. Wagoner) writes: >It seems to me that mailx is a port from BSD /usr/ucb/[Mm]ail, if so how >can it be AT&T proprietary? A) Most BSD code is derived from AT&T code. B) AT&T did a lot of work on their "port"; Mailx has many nifty features not in BSD's Mail. -- Larry McVoy lm@arizona.edu or ...!{uwvax,sun}!arizona.edu!lm
gst@gnosys.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo) (03/29/88)
In article <4529@megaron.arizona.edu> lm@megaron.arizona.edu (Larry McVoy) writes: >In article <1089@unisec.usi.com> dpw@unisec.USI.COM (Darryl P. Wagoner) writes: > >It seems to me that mailx is a port from BSD /usr/ucb/[Mm]ail, if so how > >can it be AT&T proprietary? > > A) Most BSD code is derived from AT&T code. > B) AT&T did a lot of work on their "port"; Mailx has many nifty features > not in BSD's Mail. There is actually a mail system that supposedly has the look and feel of mailx. It was written by Emmet P. Gray, who brought us that *very* nice goodie for dealing with MS-DOS floppies he calls "mtools". I have not used this mail system a great deal (I mainly use Dave Taylor's "elm"). But when I did use it, it felt a whole lot like Berkeley mail, which I have used for years and years. I believe Emmet keeps an eye on comp.sys.att, so perhaps there's something from him on its way. Meanwhile here's the Readme file from Emmet's distribution. | This is a extended mail system designed to replace the standard /bin/mail | and /bin/rmail. It is functionly the same as the Berkley [sic] 'Mail' or | the AT&T 'mailx'. | | The program is set-group-id to 'mail' but is NOT set-user-id to 'root'. | Therefore, the '/usr/mail' directory must have write permission to the group. | Likewise, the individual spool files must have 660 permission with 'mail' as | the group. If you replace /bin/mail, remeber to link this to rmail. | | This code is 80% from the net, and 20% from me. The original code was | posted to net.sources on Nov 27, 1985 by xtest@pyuxii.UUCP | | I have 'Berkleyized' it quite a bit: | | 1) it now has 'Cc' (carbon copy) | 2) the printing of the index is assumed | 3) the default file with the -f option is $HOME/mbox. | 4) the escape character while writing mail is '~' | 5) added the ~r (read) command | 6) 'answer' feature looks a lot like 'reply' now. | 7) a number preceding a command will force the current letter | to become that number. | | The the shell script 'boxes.sh' will create the appropriate mail boxes | for all users in the /etc/passwd file. | | Emmet P. Gray US Army, HQ III Corps & Fort Hood | ..!ihnp4!uiucuxc!fthood!egray Attn: AFZF-DE-ENV | DEH, Environmental & Natural Resources | Management Office | Fort Hood, TX 76544-5057 -- Gary S. Trujillo {ihnp4,linus,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!gnosys!gst Somerville, Massachusetts {cirl,ima,stech,wjh12}!gnosys!gst -- Gary S. Trujillo {ihnp4,linus,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!gnosys!gst Somerville, Massachusetts {cirl,ima,stech,wjh12}!gnosys!gst
wtr@moss.ATT.COM (04/08/88)
In article <23808@clyde.ATT.COM>, rcj@moss.ATT.COM writes: > In article <589@eplrx7.UUCP> lad@eplrx7.UUCP (Lawrence A. Dziegielewski) writes: > }I'm searching for an alternate mailer for my 3B1, > }was a program called mailx available somewhere. > }Would anyone who has mailx > }please contact me or mail me a copy? > > Sorry, it is proprietary software of AT&T. I'm sorry you can't get it, > but I also must hope noone from AT&T was stupid enough to send it to you. curtis, Is mailx "proprietary" or just not Public Domain? A full working copy was included in my Mircoport Unix release, so I dont think there is any problem with outside licensing of this product. In any case it is definitely NOT Public Domain. There are some good PD mailers out there, just look around. ===================================================================== Bill Rankin Bell Labs, Whippany NJ (201) 386-4154 (cornet 232) email address: ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd allegra ]!moss!wtr ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua watmath ]!clyde!wtr =====================================================================