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SENDMSG(1) General Commands Manual 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 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@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.belwue.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