Xenix Mail User Interfaces

[Chip Salzenberg]

[followups directed to comp.unix.xenix]

According to mikej at dasys1.UUCP (Mike Johnston):
>This much I have learned recently. I have an Altos version of xenix which
>apparently uses a program called "execmail" which I think I similar to
>"sendmail". Smail doesn't know about this though ...

Well, I've never used Altos Xenix.  But SCO Xenix also has a program called
execmail (/usr/lib/mail/execmail, to be exact).  To install smail in a
SCO Xenix system:

    1.  Use "/usr/lib/mail/execmail.x" as smail's local mailer (LMAIL).

    2.  Install smail as /usr/bin/smail and /usr/bin/rmail.
	Keep your old rmail program, just for grins. :-)

    3.  Rename execmail to execmail.x.

    4.  Install my "execm" program as /usr/lib/mail/execmail.
	(A sharchive of execm.c follows this message.)

    5.  In /usr/lib/mail/mailrc, add the line "set execmail".
	This will pipe all mail through execmail, which is now just
	another name for smail.

I posted a complete set of patches for Smail 2.5 under Xenix to
comp.sources.misc.  In fact, I posted three versions.  :-(
See your local comp.sources.misc archive for a copy, or as a last resort,
email me at <uunet!ateng!chip>.

Remember:  Your mileage may vary.  Contents may have settled during shipment.

#! /bin/sh
# This is a shell archive.  Remove anything before this line, then unpack
# it by saving it into a file and typing "sh file".  To overwrite existing
# files, type "sh file -c".  You can also feed this as standard input via
# unshar, or by typing "sh <file", e.g..  If this archive is complete, you
# will see the following message at the end:
#		"End of shell archive."
# Contents:  execm.c
# Wrapped by chip at ateng on Mon Jul 18 12:39:28 1988
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb ; export PATH
if test -f 'execm.c' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then 
  echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'execm.c'\"
else
echo shar: Extracting \"'execm.c'\" \(747 characters\)
sed "s/^X//" >'execm.c' <<'END_OF_FILE'
X/*
X * execm.c
X *
X * This program is a substitute for Xenix's /usr/lib/mail/execmail.
X *
X * Written by Chip Salzenberg (chip at ateng.UUCP).
X * Released to Usenet on 01 Dec 1987.
X *
X * Do what you want with it; I'm not responsible for lost mail,
X * but I don't expect that this little program will lose anything.
X */
X
X#include <stdio.h>
X
Xmain(argc, argv)
Xint     argc;
Xchar    **argv;
X{
X	char *progname = argv[0];
X
X	/*
X	 * Drop the execmail options.
X	 */
X	while (argv[1][0] == '-')
X	{
X		switch (argv[1][1])
X		{
X		case 'f':
X		case 'h':
X			argv += 2;
X			break;
X		default:
X			++argv;
X			break;
X		}
X	}
X
X	argv[0] = progname;
X	execv("/usr/bin/smail", argv);
X	execv("/bin/smail", argv);
X
X	fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't execute smail!\n", progname);
X	exit(1);
X}
END_OF_FILE
if test 747 -ne `wc -c <'execm.c'`; then
    echo shar: \"'execm.c'\" unpacked with wrong size!
fi
# end of 'execm.c'
fi
echo shar: End of shell archive.
exit 0
-- 
Chip Salzenberg                <chip at ateng.uu.net> or <uunet!ateng!chip>
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