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From: cdc3092@wucs1.wustl.edu (Charles D Cranor)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: slocal
Message-ID: <1989Nov28.042742.658@wucs1.wustl.edu>
Date: 28 Nov 89 04:27:42 GMT
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In article <13613@reed.UUCP> trost@reed.bitnet (Bill Trost) writes:
>>*	-	|	R	rcvalert

>The rcvalert, on the other hand, is probably bogus --- if I remember
>correctly, there is no such program in the distribution, though there
>is something called "rcvtty".  It is optional, and is sort of the
>equivalent of "biff" (ooh ick).

"rcvalert" is part of the MMDF MTS.  It is somewhat like comsat
except it prints messages in a different format which looks about 
like:

<beep>
NEW: ( 1056)  Chuck Cranor    Re: Security hole

The "1056" is the size of the message.  Under MMDF you put:

*	-	pipe	R	/usr/local/rcvalert $(size)

in your ~/.maildelivery file.   I'm not sure if "slocal" can grok
"$(size)".   If anyone is interested, I have a modified "comsat"
system which used UDP sockets and can "biff" over the network in
either "rcvalert" format or "comsat" format.  It's .maildeivery line
looks like:

*	-	pipe	R 	/usr/local/rcvsat -s $(size) louie.udel.edu chuck@maria.wustl.edu

I'll give that stuff to anyone who wants it.  

					Chuck

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