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
AUTHOR
- Ulli Horlacher - framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de