henk@bebux.UUCP (Henk Dijkstra) (05/12/89)
Hi microport users,
I am trying to implement a mailserver. Therefore I will have to try to
feed every received mail item to a shell script. The problem is I don't
know how to do that (automatically), the DEC mailserver uses BSD-style mail
and can have in the /usr/lib/aliases file a pipe to the mail scanning program.
With microport however there is a (ATT-style?) mail wich doesn't work
like that. (Mail forwarding is done differently)
Is there still someting possible to pass every mail item to a program?
Or do I have to implement a more "universal" mailer?
Comming to that has someone already implemented an internet style mailer
under microport Sys V/386... (I would love to be able to use internet addresses
i.o. bang notation.
Thanks for any help,
Henk.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------plocher%sally@Sun.COM (John Plocher) (05/12/89)
In article <1542@bebux.UUCP> henk@bebux.UUCP (Henk Dijkstra) writes: >I am trying to implement a mailserver. Therefore I will have to try to >feed every received mail item to a shell script. The problem is I don't >know how to do that (automatically), the DEC mailserver uses BSD-style mail >and can have in the /usr/lib/aliases file a pipe to the mail scanning program. >I would love to be able to use internet addresses w.o. bang notation. Simple sollution that does all of this: Get the following programs and install them as instructed: smail - smart mailer (handles internet addresses et al) gives you /usr/lib/aliases, a smart mailer ... elm - electronic mail user interface - replaces mailx completely lmail - John Zeef's replacement for the local mail delivery program - gives you mail to programs and other goodies This combo works on V/286 and V/386 - I love it! If you can't get lmail, let me know and I will see what I can do. -John Plocher
zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) (05/12/89)
In article <1542@bebux.UUCP> henk@bebux.UUCP (Henk Dijkstra) writes: >Hi microport users, > >I am trying to implement a mailserver. Therefore I will have to try to >feed every received mail item to a shell script. The problem is I don't >know how to do that (automatically), the DEC mailserver uses BSD-style mail >and can have in the /usr/lib/aliases file a pipe to the mail scanning program. One solution is my lmail program + smail. Let me know if you want a copy. -- Jon Zeeff zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us Ann Arbor, MI sharkey!b-tech!zeeff
lcc@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (73701000) (05/13/89)
In article <9338@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) writes: ->In article <1542@bebux.UUCP> henk@bebux.UUCP (Henk Dijkstra) writes: ->>Hi microport users, ->> ->>I am trying to implement a mailserver. Therefore I will have to try to ->>feed every received mail item to a shell script. The problem is I don't ->>know how to do that (automatically), the DEC mailserver uses BSD-style mail ->>and can have in the /usr/lib/aliases file a pipe to the mail scanning program. -> ->One solution is my lmail program + smail. Let me know if you want a copy. -> -> ->-- I would love to get a copy. Please mail me at ...sun!acad!metaware!ken Thanks, Ken Chapin
bill@twwells.uucp (T. William Wells) (05/18/89)
In article <1542@bebux.UUCP> henk@bebux.UUCP (Henk Dijkstra) writes:
: I am trying to implement a mailserver. Therefore I will have to try to
: feed every received mail item to a shell script. The problem is I don't
: know how to do that (automatically), the DEC mailserver uses BSD-style mail
: and can have in the /usr/lib/aliases file a pipe to the mail scanning program.
: With microport however there is a (ATT-style?) mail wich doesn't work
: like that. (Mail forwarding is done differently)
: Is there still someting possible to pass every mail item to a program?
I do it in a very scuzzy way: I have a cron job that prints the mail
using the mail program; that is then processed by whatever I want.
If you want to see the code, send the following message:
path <path from me to you or user@domain>
send help
send db.serv.shar
to twwells!comp-archives-server. That will give you my help message
and the scripts I use for the server. Note that you do not write "<>"
around the path. I talk directly to uunet, so you should have no
problem getting to me.
: Or do I have to implement a more "universal" mailer?
: Comming to that has someone already implemented an internet style mailer
: under microport Sys V/386... (I would love to be able to use internet addresses
: i.o. bang notation.
Get smail. And if you are doing more than uucp mail, sendmail. I run
smail on my system and it runs fine.
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