chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) (08/15/89)
[Followups to comp.unix.xenix.] According to eddjp@althea.UUCP (Dewey Paciaffi): >Apparently Xenix rmail can only handle one name at a time, and elm is >sending multiple names? Is there anything I can do to cure this? Yes. Install Smail 2.5 with my Xenix patches. Smail 2.5 is in the comp.sources.unix archives; my patches are in the comp.sources.misc archives. -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg | <chip@ateng.com> or <uunet!ateng!chip> A T Engineering | Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest!
bob@wyse.wyse.com (Bob McGowen Wyse Technology Training) (08/15/89)
In article <24E70682.2226@ateng.com> chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes: >[Followups to comp.unix.xenix.] > >According to eddjp@althea.UUCP (Dewey Paciaffi): >>Apparently Xenix rmail can only handle one name at a time, and elm is Absolutely!! >>sending multiple names? Is there anything I can do to cure this? > >Yes. Install Smail 2.5 with my Xenix patches. Smail 2.5 is in the ---deleted--- I also had problems with rmail and multiple command line args. Needing a quick fix I built the following script, which solves the immediate problems without having to get any sources, compiling and possibly debugging, etc... :-) for name do xrmail $name done The name of the script is rmail and the original XENIX rmail is renamed to xrmail. The script will loop through all names on its command line invoking the XENIX rmail on each one in turn. Bob McGowan (standard disclaimer, these are my own ...) Customer Education, Wyse Technology, San Jose, CA ..!uunet!wyse!bob bob@wyse.com