Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!iuvax!bsu-cs!cfchiesa From: cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP (Christopher Chiesa) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Can VMS Mail write directly to a file Message-ID: <2647@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: 19 Apr 88 07:52:53 GMT References: <8804141743.aa09314@accuvax.NWU.Edu> Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 22 Summary: Hack my Batch Queue Mail Answerer In article <8804141743.aa09314@accuvax.NWU.Edu>, MCGEE@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU (Randy McGee) writes: > > I'm trying to setup a small mailing list/digest on a VMS > > machine with the WIN/TCP software. > > ... > > Is there something equivalent under the VMS mailer or the SMTP > > mailer provided in the WIN/TCP system? > It might be possible for you to modify my Batch Queue VMS Mail Answerer command procedure to do this sort of thing; currently it merely sits in the batch queue and wakes up every now and then to check for new mail, which it answers with a form letter; with a little work and use of the EXTRACT command, you could probably get it to detect contents of the Subject line, or message text, and invoke other operations based on what it finds... Just mentioning it because I haven't seen any response yet to my offer of post- ing the dumb beast... C.Chiesa -- UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!cfchiesa cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP