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From: jlunny@nswc-g.arpa
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: /bin/mail mailing to files
Message-ID: <10906@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: 18 Dec 87 16:54:40 GMT
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i'm trying to use /bin/mail to mail a letter to a local file and
obviously i am not having much luck.  both ucbmail and binmail pass
their requests to sendmail, which in turn sends it to its local
mailer, and on my system it is binmail.  

i know ucbmail will mail letters to local files because ucbmail will
do the actual write operation itself if the recipient is a file and
not exec sendmail, unlike binmail which does pass the request to
sendmail if the recipient is a file.

i have looked at the source of sendmail and don't see how it is
possible to mail letters to files if sendmail is in the loop.  would
somebody please tell me how/if it is possible?

thanks a bunch.

jlunny
NSWC