NAME
sendmsg - send a message via Internet
SYNOPSIS
sendmsg [ -46vVfrmMl ] [ -u ’from’ ] [ -s ’message’ ] recipient
DESCRIPTION
sendmsg sends a one line text message to the terminal(s) of the specified recipient.
On the receiving site there must be a SAFT-server (Simple Asynchronous File Transfer) installed, like the sendfiled and the recipients terminal must be writeable.
The
recipient address can be specified as:
user
a local user or a sendfile alias (see below), e.g.: framstag
user@host
an user on a remote host, e.g.: framstag [AT] bofh.de
like above, but in URL-syntax, e.g.: saft://bofh.belwue.de/framstag
saft://host:port/user
like above, but with alternate SAFT-port, e.g.: saft://bofh.belwue.de:4870/framstag
OPTIONS
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-4, -6 |
Explicitly force IPv4 or IPv6 connections. By default, the program will try to resolve the name given, and choose the appropriate protocol automatically. If resolving a host name returns both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, sendmsg will try to use the adresses in the order they are returned by the resolver. | ||
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-v |
Verbose mode: show SAFT protocol messages. | ||
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-V |
Show version information and exit. | ||
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-f |
Force sending of messages and ignore tty (re)settings. | ||
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-r |
Reply to last received message. | ||
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-m |
Receive messages only on this tty. This is the default. | ||
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-M |
Allow receiving messages on other ttys. | ||
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-l |
Allow sending of multiline messages messages. |
-s ’message’
Send directly message.
-u ’from’
Set sender to from instead of $LOGNAME.
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-q |
Quiet mode: print no transfer messages. |
EXAMPLES
sendmsg
neg [AT] linux.de
message: how about lunch?
FILES
/etc/sendfile.deny
Users which are not allowed to receive files or messages (set by root).
/var/spool/sendfile/$LOGNAME/config/restrictions
List of addresses from where you don’t want messages or files. The format is:
user@host [mfb]
m stands for messages, f for files and b for both. Wildcards * and ? are allowed. Examples:
gates [AT] microsoft.com
b
*aol.com m
/var/spool/sendfile/$LOGNAME/config/aliases
The sendfile alias file. Format:
alias address
Example:
chief grmblfz [AT] bigvax.net
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Ulli Horlacher - framstag [AT] rus.de