Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!ucbvax!THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM!nsb From: nsb@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM (Nathaniel Borenstein) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: Re: Why isn't ATK more widely used? Message-ID: Date: 31 Jul 90 15:09:14 GMT References: <104457@convex.convex.com> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 28 Excerpts from internet.info-andrew: 30-Jul-90 Re: Why isn't ATK more wide.. Anthony A. Datri@uunet.u (986) > I have little choice -- my workstation is diskless, and the machines > that have spool/mail and to which aliases are directed are platforms on > which ATK doesn't really run. Hence, to use Messages, it's got to be on > my workstation, over NFS. Ah, then what you want to do is the following: 1. Install my "eatmail" program, which simply transfers mail from /usr/spool/mail/nsb into separate files in your Mailbox directory. I sent this to the ITC, but I don't know if they're putting it in a patch or not. If not, I can send you a copy privately. It doesn't use dynamic loading, etc., and hence should be pretty easy to compile anywhere. 2. Set up your sites AndrewSetup file with a line like the following: AMS_MailCollectionCommand: rsh your-mail-mainframe /full/path/to/eatmail This will mean that every time you say "Check New Messages", the eatmail program will be rsh'ed on your mail mainframe. The eatmail program will move your mail into your Mailbox directory on NFS, and all will be well from there. The spool file can stay local to the mainframe, so you won't have to worry about trying to lock files over NFS. I think that should solve your problem -- good luck! -- Nathaniel