SENDMSG(1) SENDMSG(1)
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 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 alias (see below), e.g.: framstag
user@host
an user on a remote host, e.g.: framstag@bofh.belwue.de
saft://host/user
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.bel-
wue.de:4870/framstag
OPTIONS
-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.
-v Verbose mode: show SAFT protocol messages.
-V Show version information and exit.
-f Force sending of messages and ignore tty (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.
-l Allow sending of multiline messages messages.
-s 'message'
Send directly message.
-u 'from'
Set sender to from instead of $LOGNAME.
-q Quiet mode: print no transfer messages.
EXAMPLES
sendmsg neg@linux.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
message: how about lunch?
FILES
/etc/sendfile.deny
Users which are not allowed to receive files or messages (set by
root).
/var/spool/sendfile/$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@microsoft.com b
*aol.com m
/var/spool/sendfile/$LOGNAME/config/aliases
The sendfile alias file. Format:
alias address
Example:
chief grmblfz@bigvax.somewhere.net
SEE ALSO
sendfile(1).
AUTHOR
Ulli Horlacher - framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de
3rd Berkeley Distribution SENDMSG(1)
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