srini@diablo.amd.com (08/08/89)
Hello. I would like to know if it is possible to filter outa person's mail from reaching me keeping all other things intact. That is, say, I don't wish to receive the mails from a person X. I know X's address. Now how do I see that even if X attempts to send me a mail, i don't receive it. Precisely, what I would like to do is send it back to person X with a message saying "Not received." Can anyone help me out with this? Srini. ======================================================= e-mail: amdcad\!diablo\!srini@gatech.edu Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
boaz@trenco.uucp (Boaz Ben-Zvi) (08/12/89)
In article <26653@amdcad.AMD.COM> srini@diablo.amd.com () writes: > > I would like to know if it is possible to filter outa person's > mail from reaching me keeping all other things intact. > That is, say, I don't wish to receive the mails from a person > X. I know X's address. Now how do I see that even if X attempts > to send me a mail, i don't receive it. Precisely, what I would > like to do is send it back to person X with a message saying > "Not received." The MH (message handling) system comes with a command called mhook (MH receive-mail hooks), and you can do "man mhook" to know more. The idea behind it is setting your .forward file to have the line: "| <program>" where <program> is a program to which the incoming mail is streamed via the standard input. You can try and write your program or use MH's. MH comes with a program named "slocal" that checks fields (like To:, Cc:) in the message and decides what to do based on some configuration you give it. -- Boaz. Boaz Ben-Zvi Boaz.pa@xerox.com (415) 494-4839
garath@ais.org (Scott Grosch) (01/10/91)
I use csh, and it seems to not tell me when I have new mail. It tells me
at login, and when I type "mail", but other than that it never does. This
is one advantage I see in bash shell, as it notifies me. Is there a way to have
csh notify?
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I haven't made a signature yet, any suggestions?ertle@newton.uvm.edu (Jim Ertle) (01/11/91)
In <V2M+#PD@irie.ais.org> garath@ais.org (Scott Grosch) writes: > I use csh, and it seems to not tell me when I have new mail. It tells me >at login, and when I type "mail", but other than that it never does. This >is one advantage I see in bash shell, as it notifies me. Is there a way to have >csh notify? > I did 'man csh' and found this variable ( set it with set command ). mail A list of files where the C shell checks for mail. If the first word of the value is a number, it specifies a mail checking interval in seconds (default 5 minutes). This way, when you get mail, csh will tell you the next time you hit return as the csh prompt. Also, we have a program called biff (/usr/ucb/biff) that rings your bell when you get new mail. Jim Ertle
stluka@software.org (Fred Stluka) (01/11/91)
In article <V2M+#PD@irie.ais.org> garath@ais.org (Scott Grosch) writes: > > I use csh, and it seems to not tell me when I have new mail. It tells me > at login, and when I type "mail", but other than that it never does. This > is one advantage I see in bash shell, as it notifies me. Is there a way to have > csh notify? I use: set mail = (1 /usr/spool/mail/$user) Here is the excerpt from the csh man page from the section entitled "PREDEFINED AND ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES": mail Represent the files where the shell checks for mail. This is done after each command completion that results in a prompt, if a specified interval has elapsed. The shell will tell you that you have new mail, if the file exists with an access time not greater than its modify time. If the first word of the value of mail is numeric, it specifies a different mail-checking interval (in seconds) than the default (10 minutes). If you specify multiple mail files, the shell tells you that you have new mail in name, when there is mail in the file name. --Fred Fred Stluka Internet: stluka@software.org Software Productivity Consortium UUNET: ...!uunet!software!stluka 2214 Rock Hill Rd, Herndon VA 22070
sutton@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Richard Sutton) (01/12/91)
In article <J2M+9JD@irie.ais.org> garath@ais.org (Scott Grosch) writes: > >-- > I haven't made a signature yet, any suggestions? How about: CONSERVE BANDWIDTH!!!!!!!
sutton@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Richard Sutton) (01/12/91)
my apologies, your interim .signature was posted alone prior to your question. the following is in my .login, hope it helps: if ( $term == dialup || $term == unknown || $term == network) then set noglob eval `tset -sQ -m 'dialup:?vt100' -m 'network:?vt100' ` set glob stty -crterase stty -tabs stty crt stty erase '^h' stty werase '^?' stty new set term=$TERM if ($?MAIL) then if (-w $MAIL && ! -z $MAIL) echo "You have mail." endif