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From: gis@datlog.co.uk ( Ian Stewartson )
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Suggestions for next Elm release
Keywords: elm -u user, better elm/readmsg integration
Message-ID: <2235@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk>
Date: 22 Sep 89 08:53:49 GMT
References: <68093@uunet.UU.NET> <27934@winchester.mips.COM>
Reply-To: gis@datlog.co.uk ( Ian Stewartson )
Organization: Data Logic Ltd, Queens House, Greenhill Way, Harrow, London.
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In article <27934@winchester.mips.COM> pmm@mips.COM (Paul M. Moriarty) writes:
>In article <68093@uunet.UU.NET> asp@uunet.UU.NET (Andrew Partan) writes:
>>How about adding a -u <user> flag to elm?  This would start up elm to
>>read the user's mailbox (assuming permissions to do so).
>>
>>all of the time.  It gets to be a lot of typing.
>
>I second this request. I use this as well to read another mailbox
>all day long. A -u option would really be nice.

We have solved this problem by configuring the Sendmail alias Database to
forward all messages to certain users (root, adm, lp, postmaster etc) to the
system supervisors (there are two of us).  Isn't this a better solution than
adding more functionality to ELM?

Regards,

Ian Stewartson
Data Logic Ltd, Queens House, Greenhill Way, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1YR, UK.
(Phone) +44 1 863 0383 (Telex) 888103 (Fax) +44 1 861 2010
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