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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man1/post.1 b/static/unix-v10/man1/post.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2d63982c --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man1/post.1 @@ -0,0 +1,607 @@ +'\" t +.TH POST 1 "Post 4.0" " " +.ds q \fBpost\fP +.ds p \fIpost\fP +.SH NAME +post \- read or send mail with corporate directory access +.SH SYNOPSIS +.SS Reading Mail +\*q [\fImailx\fR(1) options] +.SS Sending Mail +\*q [\fImailx\fR(1) options] [directory query options] address ... +.SS Directory Assistance +\*q \fB\-D\fR +.br +\*q \fB\-w\fR [directory query options] address ... +.SS Directory Update +\*q \fB\-S\fR +.SS Administrative +\*q \fB\-G\fR [\fIsource\fR [\fIdest\fR]] +.br +\*q \fB\-V\fR +.SH DESCRIPTION +\*p is a mail processing system for reading and sending +messages using +.IR mailx (1). +It provides the ability to look up employee/site information in +on-line corporate directories, in addition +to recognizing +.IR mailx (1) +and +.IR mail (1) +addressing conventions. +\*p also generates paper mail for intra-company delivery. +.SS "Addressing" +An +.I address +is one of: +.RS 2 +.TS +tab(;); +l l. +\fIalias\fP;as defined in \fImailx\fR(1) +\fIlocal file delivery\fP;\fB+\fIfile\fR or \fB|\fIprogram\fR as defined in \fImailx\fR(1) +\fInetwork address\fP;[\fIsystem\fB!\fR...]\fB!\fIlogin\fR or \fIlogin\fB@\fIsystem\fR +\fIpaper address\fP;\fBpaper!\fIname\fB:\fIloc\fB:\fIroom\fR +\fIlogin\fP;local user login id +\fIquery\fP;corporate directory query +.TE +.RE +.PP +First, +.I alias +is resolved. +If the first character is a \fB+\fR or \fB|\fR, \fIlocal file delivery\fP +is assumed. +Then, \fIaddress\fP is searched from the left for the +first occurrence of a \fB!\fR, \fB@\fR, \fB/\fR, \fB:\fP, or \fB\=\fR. +If this character is a +.BR ! " or" +.BR @ , +.I address +is a +.I "network address" +.RI ( login +in +.I "network address" +can be a +.I query +or +.IR mail (1) +system-wide alias). +An +.I address +beginning with +.B paper! +delivers intra company mail specified by +.IR name , +.IR loc , +.RI and " room. +If the first character from the left is a +.BR / , +.BR : " or" +.BR = , +then +.I address +is a +.I query. +Finally, if +.B \%POSTETC +is set in the environment and +.I address +is found in +.BR /etc/passwd , +it is a +.IR login , +otherwise it is treated as a +.IR query . +A +.I query +is one more +.I "value pairs" +separated by +.BR / " or" +.BR : . +Colon must be used in place of slash in \fIsystem\fB!\fIquery\fR. +A +.I "value pair" +is the construction \fIattribute\fB=\fIvalue\fR +(see +.BR Attributes ). +.SS "Reading Mail" +.PP +See +.IR mailx (1). +.SS "Sending Mail" +See +.IR mailx (1) +and +.B Directory Queries. +A resolution prompt will appear if +.I address +is ambiguous or invalid. +.br +.SS "Directory Assistance" +.TP +.B \-D +Gives you information on the corporate directory: +a support contact for reporting problems, +the last update of the directory, +and available attributes and titles. +.TP +.B \-w +Who. +Query directory. +.br +.ne 2i +.SS "Directory Update" +.TP +.B \-S +Update user information interactively and set up a new user on the system. +This is automatically invoked when using \*p for the first time to send mail. +The session prompts for personnel identification number, +reporting organization, +location code, room number, telephone number and electronic +mail address. +The default for each prompt is displayed within brackets. +To delete a value, enter +.BR \- . +Any new information is electronically mailed to the Corporate Directory +Administrator for update of the master directory. +.SS "Administrative" +.TP +.B \-G \fR[\fIsource\fR [\fIdest\fR]] +Generate a new +.IR user (4) +file by reading the +.I source +file, deleting entries for users no longer on the system, and writing +the result to the file +.IR dest . +Both +.I source +and +.I dest +are in +.IR user (4) +format and the default for both is +.BR $POST/lib/user . +.TP +.B \-V +Print the current version and release date. +.SS "Directory Queries" +.TP +.BI \-a " attribute\fR[\fI/attribute\fR...] +Provide default +.IR attribute(s) . +If a +.I query +sequence is missing an +.IR attribute , +assume the corresponding +.I attribute +in the +.B \-a +argument. +The default is +.BR pn . +.TP +.BI \-m " mods +Opens the directory specified by +.I mods +(see +.IR modules (4)). +.TP +.BI \-o " fmt +Format output of directory search (see +.BR "Output Formatting" ). +The default format is +.br +.B "%24pn %10org %6loc %6room %12tel %ema" +.TP +.BI \-q " query +Provide default value pairs. +If a +.I query +is missing a +value pair given in the +.BR \-q +argument, add the value pair to the +.I query +(see +.BR POSTQUAL ). +.br +.ne 8i +.SS Attributes +The ``Directory Attributes'' table below contains a list of the +attributes used in +.IR queries . +The table also supplies a short description, a match type and a list +of value characteristics (see explanation following table) for each attribute. +.PP +.TS +center,allbox,tab(;); +c s s s s +c | c | c | c | c +l | l | c | c | l. +\fBDirectory Attributes\fP +\fIAttribute;Description;Match Type;Characteristics;Example\fR +_ +pn;personal name;x;i;pn=j.f.s.smith,jr +name;personal name;x;i;name=p_jones_\^_md +first;first name;p;ia;first=frederick +middle;first middle name;p;ia;middle=bernard +middle2;second middle name;p;ia;middle2=emile +last;last name;s;ia;last=adams +suffix;name suffix;e;ia;suffix=sr +soundex;soundex code;e;i;soundex=m460 +_ +pid;personnel identification number;n;a;pid=103459 +org;organization code;p;i;org=45263 +com;company affiliation;p;i;com=bl +tl;title abbreviation;w;i;tl=dh +occ;occupational code;e;;occ=c +_ +tel;full telephone number;t;a;tel="(201) 386-4419" +area;area code;e;a;area=201 +exch;exchange;e;a;exch=386 +ext;extension;e;a;ext=4419 +cornet;cornet number;e;a;cornet=232 +_ +loc;location code;s;ia;loc=wh +room;room number;p;ia;room=3a-359 +street;street address;p;ia;street="whippany road" +city;city address;p;ia;city=whippany +state;state address;e;ia;state=nj +zip;zip code;p;a;zip=07981 +_ +ema;email address;s;;ema=attmail!fsmith +_ +multi;employees with multiple locations;e;m;multi=1 +_ +attribute;display valid attributes;e;;\-o %attribute +.TE +.PP +.SS Match Type +.PD 0 +.TP +.B e +Exact match. +.TP +.B n +Numeric match. +.TP +.B p +Prefix match. +.TP +.B s +Exact match unless argument ends with a star +.RB ( * ), +in which case prefix match. +.TP +.B t +Telephone match. +Treat rightmost four numbers as extension, +next three rightmost as exchange, +and last three rightmost as area code. +Non-alphanumerics are ignored. +The output format is +.IR "area exch ext" " ." +.TP +.B w +Prefix match on every word. +.TP +.B x +Personal name match. +Syntax for personal name is: +[\fIfirst\fB.\fR[\fImiddle\fB.\fR[\fImiddle2\fB.\fR]]]\fIlast\fR[\fB,\^\fIsuffix\fR]\ \ or +[\fIfirst\fB_\fR[\fImiddle\fB_\fR[\fImiddle2\fB_\fR]]]\fIlast\fR[\fB_\^_\fIsuffix\fR] +.br +.ne 1i +To prefix match on last name, append +.B * +or +.B ... +to +.IR last . +To phonetic match on last name, append +.B ? +or +.B ~ +to +.IR last , +or prepend personal name with +.BR ? . +The output format for +.B pn +is +\fIlast\fB,\ \fIfirst\ middle\ middle2\fB,\ \fIsuffix\fR\ ; +and +.B name +is +\fIfirst\fB_\fImiddle\fB_\fImiddle2\fB_\fIlast\fB_\^_\fIsuffix\fR\ . +See +.B first, +.B middle, +.B middle2, +.B last, +and +.B suffix +for the characteristics of the individual parts of +.BR pn " and +.BR name . +.PD +.SS Characteristics +.PD 0 +.TP +.B a +Ignore non-alphanumerics. +.TP +.B i +Ignore case. +.TP +.B m +Multiple records match. +If argument is empty, +.BR 1 " or +.BR 2 , +retrieve first, second or third record for +.IR query , +respectively. +.PD +.PP +\*p attributes used for mail delivery are described in the following table. +These attributes only take effect on +.IR queries . +.PP +.TS +center,box,tab(;); +c s s +c | c | c +c | l | lw(3i). +\fBDelivery Attributes\fP +_ +\fIAttribute;Possible Values;Description += +\fRdel;paper;T{ +Delivery type. +Forces paper mail delivery for \fIquery\fP recipients. +T} +_ +ask;yes, no (default);T{ +Ask before sending mail. +The recipients of the message are displayed. +T} +_ +all;yes, no (default);T{ +Send to all recipients matching \fIquery\fP. +Useful when sending to entire organizations. +The \fIquery\fP is not expanded in the message header. +T} +_ +.TE +.SS Output Formatting +The +.I fmt +argument specified with the +.B \-o +option is used as a +.IR printf (3C)-like +string for formatting the output of directory queries. +All characters are copied literally, except for +attribute substitutions and backslash escapes. +Quoting may be necessary to prevent shell interpretation. +.PP +The syntax for attribute substitutions is: +.IP +\fB% \fIflags width . precision \fIattribute\fP +.PP +Only +.BR % " and +.I attribute +are required. +.I Flags +may be one or more of the following: +.RS 2 +.PD 0 +.TP +.B \(mi +Right justify (left justification is the default). +.TP +.B ^ +Capitalize the first letter of each word. +.TP +.B + +Capitalize all letters in the value. +.TP +.B < +If the value is empty, +delete back to the last +.B \e\^< +or beginning of output. +.TP +.B > +If the value is empty, skip to the next +.B \e\^> +or end of format string. +.RE +.PD +.PP +.I Width +is an integer giving the minimum field width. +If the value has fewer characters than this number, the +value will be padded on the right (or left, if the +.B \(mi +flag is present) with blank spaces. +The default +.I width +is zero. +.P +.I Precision +is an integer that specifies +the maximum number of characters to +be printed from the value. +If the value has +more characters than this number, they will not +be printed. +Zero is a special case meaning print all characters (the default). +A period is used to +separate +.I width +and +.I precision +and is only used if +.I precision +is used. +.PP +To follow an +.I attribute +with an alphanumeric, +enclose the attribute substitution +(except for the percent sign) in curly braces, +.BR {} . +.PP +.ne 3i +The backslash escapes are: +.PP +.TS +allbox,center,tab(;); +c s +c | c +c | l. +\fBOutput Format Backslash Escapes\fP +\fIEscape;Meaning\fR +_ +\e\^c;Suppress terminating new-line +\e\^b;Backspace +\e\^f;Form feed +\e\^n;New-line +\e\^r;Carriage return +\e\^t;Tab +\e\^v;Vertical Tab +\e\^\fInnn\fR;Octal ASCII character +\e\^<;Marker for < flag +\e\^>;Marker for > flag +.TE +.br +.SS Environment Variables +.TP +.B POSTETC +When this variable is set, \*p will search +.B /etc/passwd +for +.I login +arguments. +.TP +.BI POSTQUAL\= query +Provide default +.I "value pairs" +for +.IR query . +If a +.I query +is missing +.I "value pair" +given in the +.B POSTQUAL +argument, add it to the +.I query +.RB ( \-q +overrides +.BR POSTQUAL ). +.SH EXAMPLES +.PD 0 +Read from your \fBmbox\fP file: +.IP +post \-f +.PP +Send mail to all department heads in Division 452: +.IP +post org=452/tl=dh/all=yes +.PP +Send paper mail to all employees at Whippany in section 3A: +.IP +post loc=wh/room=3a/all=yes/del=paper +.PP +Query directory for employees using system whutt: +.IP +post \-w ema=whutt!* +.PP +Query directory and format output in label-like form: +.IP +post \-w \-o "%^pn\e\^n%+loc %+room" org=123 +.PP +Query directory for valid attributes: +.IP +post \-w \-o %attribute +.PD +.SH FILES +.PD 0 +.TP 30 +$POST/lib/dispatch +distributed directory map +.TP +$POST/lib/mailx +mailx program used by \*p +.TP +$POST/lib/user +list of +.IR post (1) +users on this system +.TP +$POST/lib/dbinfo +program to retrieve directory information +.TP +$POST/lib/update +program to update directory +.TP +$POST/lib/genuser +program to update +.IR user (4) +file +.TP +/bin/mail +local mail delivery agent +.TP +/bin/rmail +remote mail delivery agent +.TP +/etc/passwd +list of local users +.PD +.SH SEE ALSO +btoa(1), +fixmbox(1), +forward(1), +gone.fishing(1), +mail(1), +mailx(1), +pq(1), +genesis(1M), +server(1M), +upas(1M), +pq(3C), +dispatch(4), +ev(4), +mail(4), +modules(4), +user(4). +.br +.nf +.I "Post 4.0 Product Release Description" +.I "Post 4.0 Primer" +.I "Post 4.0 User Guide" +.I "Post 4.0 User Reference Manual" +.I "Post 4.0 Administrator Reference Manual" +.I "Post 4.0 Quick Reference Card" +.I "Post 4.0 Programmer Guide" +.I "Post 4.0 Administrator Guide" +.fi +.SH WARNINGS +Colon must be used in place of slash in the construction: +\fIsystem\fB!\fIquery\fR. +.SH BUGS +Mailings to very large mailing lists, e.g., +.BR com=bl/all=yes , +may fail by exceeding system limits (see +.IR exec (2)). |