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For Xerox Internal Use Only -- April 6, 1977
MailCheck Apr i 1 1, 1977 1
Ma il Check
This simple subsystem attempts to check for mail for a user at some
other host (e.g. Maxc) via the Ethernet. It displays one of the
following messages:
? This Alto has no Ethernet interface!
? Can't find a host named '':
? No response from
? not valid user at :
? Error:
New mail for No new mail for on Mailcheck also automatically attepts to set the date and time. Various
options can be controlled by switches andlor by an entry in your
User.Cm.
Valid switches are:
IN Don't set the time.
IT Do set the time (default).
11 Check mail on Maxc1 (default).
12 Check mail on Maxc2.
(host>/H Check mail on /U Check mail for (user) (default is the user name obtained
from the Alto operating system).
IR If there is new mail, execute a command line when MailCheck
ex its. The command 1 i ne def au 1 ts to "@READt~AI L. CM@", i. e.
to execute the contents of the file REAOMAIL.CM as a
command, but this can be changed in the User.Cm as outlined
below.
In addition, if there may be a section in your User.Cm labeled
[MAILCHECK] with the following possible entries:
TIME: yes/no Sets the default for whether MailCheck should also
do a SetTime.
HOST: (host) Sets the default host to check.
USER: (user) Sets the default username to check.
NEWMAIL: (string> Sets the command line to be executed if there is new
mail. Within the command line, the host name is
substituted for "@H" and the user name for "@U"; to
put an "@" in the command line it is neccessary to
put two in the string.
For example, you might add the section:
[MAILCHECK]
HOST: Maxc2
NEWMAIL: [email protected]/O
TIME: Yes
Where MSG.DO is a file on your alto disk which contains "MSG(return)".
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