Re: Can I use the "filter" program? Probably.

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From: Bruce Becker
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1989 06:58

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In article <1989Jun7.104600.25715@ateng.ateng.com> chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
|According to wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle):
|>If [the original poster] wants smail to forward the messages for
|>him, all he needs is a .forward file.
|
|Unfortunately, Smail 2.5 does >not< support "|program" aliases, whether in
|.forward files or elsewhere.  Smail 3.1 does; in fact, my ".forward" file
|contains "|/usr/bin/deliver chip".

	A person I know has made a simple patch to smail 2.5
	which allows it to support "|program" aliases.

	If people are interested I will try to get him to
	post his changes to tne net.

Cheers,
-- 
   __	 Bruce Becker	Toronto, Ont.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!becker!bdb
From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Can I use the "filter" program?  Probably.
Keywords: elm filter smail sendmail
Message-ID: <587@becker.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 89 06:58:05 GMT
References: <778@cjsa.WA.COM> <1989Jun1.193715.908@ateng.ateng.com> <14320@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <259@ethz-inf.UUCP> <1989Jun7.104600.25715@ateng.ateng.com>
Reply-To: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker)
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