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From: palmer@mwunix.mitre.org (Forrest Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: .maildelivery
Summary: Yet another "How do you use .slocal/.maildelivery?"
Keywords: slocal, rcvstore
Message-ID: <palmer.654819666@mwunix.mitre.org>
Date: 1 Oct 90 22:21:06 GMT
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OK. I'm stumped on slocal/.maildelivery. Would someone please answer this
question ?

My ~/.forward file :

| /usr/local/lib/mh/slocal -user palmer


My ~/.maildelivery file (partial) :

		...

Cc,xpert@expo.lcs.mit.edu,|,R,/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore +X -create
To,xpert@expo.lcs.mit.edu,|,R,/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore +X -create

		...

default,-,|,R,/usr/local/lib/mh/rcvstore +inbox
default,-,|,R,"/u3/palmer/bin/EchoMail $(sender)"
default,-,|,?,"/u3/palmer/bin/NewMail Mail from $(sender) to $(address)"
*,-,|,R,rcvalert


/u3/palmer/bin/EchoMail : Takes the command line arguments ( $(sender) ) and
appends them to a file. This works.

/u3/palmer/bin/NewMail : Takes the command line arguments ( "Mail from $(sender)
to $(address) " ) and uses the X11R4 xmessage program to display it. This also
works.

All I want to do is store the message in the proper ("X") folder, append the
sender's address to a file, and display the sender's address on my console.

However, the "rcvstore" command to put the messages from "xpert" into the "X" 
folder is never executed. Instead, everything is put into +inbox - TWICE! The 
"X" folder does exist. 

I thought that the entire ".maildelivery" file is read - this is what the 
mhook(1) man page says. So what am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Forrest Palmer
palmer@mitre.org