SENDMSG(1) SENDMSG(1)
NAME
sendmsg - send(2,n) a message via Internet
SYNOPSIS
sendmsg [ -vfrmM ] [ -s 'message' ] recipient
DESCRIPTION
sendmsg sends a one line text message to the terminal(s) of the speci-
fied recipient.
On the receiving site there must be a SAFT-server (Simple Asynchronous
File Transfer) installed, like the sendfiled and the recipients termi-
nal must be writeable.
The recipient address can be specified as:
user
a local user or a sendfile(1,2) alias (see below), e.g.: framstag
user@host(1,5)
an user on a remote host(1,5), e.g.: framstag@bofh.belwue.de
saft://host(1,5)/user
like above, but in(1,8) URL-syntax, e.g.: saft://bofh.belwue.de/framstag
saft://host:port/user
like above, but with alternate SAFT-port, e.g.: saft://bofh.bel-
wue.de:4870/framstag
OPTIONS
-v Verbose mode: show SAFT protocol messages
-f Force sending of messages and ignore tty(1,4) (re)settings.
-r Reply to last received message.
-m Receive messages only on this tty. This is the default.
-M Allow receiving messages on other ttys.
-s 'message'
Send directly message
EXAMPLES
sendmsg neg@linux.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
message: how about lunch?
FILES
/usr/local/etc/sendfile.deny
Users which are not allowed to receive files or messages (set(7,n,1 builtins) by
root).
/var/spool/sendfile(1,2)/$LOGNAME/config(1,5)/restrictions
List of addresses from where you don't want messages or files.
The format is:
user@host(1,5) [mfb]
m stands for messages, f for files and b for both. Wildcards *
and ? are allowed. Examples:
gates@microsoft.com b
*aol.com m
/var/spool/sendfile(1,2)/$LOGNAME/config(1,5)/aliases
The sendfile(1,2) alias file. Format:
alias address
Example:
chief grmblfz@bigvax.somewhere.net
SEE ALSO
sendfile(1,2)(1).
AUTHOR
Ulli Horlacher - framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de
3rd Berkeley Distribution SENDMSG(1)