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>\\h!-(\\w'>'/2)!> +.ds ** \v'-3p'\s+1*\s0\v'+3p' +.so version.rf +.tp +.(l C +\fIdiscard this page\fR +.sp 4 +The RAND \fIMH\fR +Message Handling +System: +Administrator's Guide +.sp +UCI Version +.sp 2 +\*(td +\*(MH +.)l +.++ C +.+c INTRODUCTION + +.uh "Scope of this document" +.pp +This is the Administrator's Guide to \fIMH\fR. +If you don't maintain an \fIMH\fR system, +don't read this; +the information is entirely too technical. +If you are a maintainer, +then read this guide until you understand it, +follow the advice it gives, +and then forget about the guide. +.pp +Before continuing, I'll point out two facts: +.sp 2 +.(l C +\fIThis document will never contain all the information +you need to maintain MH. +.sp +Furthermore, this document will never contain everything +I know about maintaining MH.\fR +.)l +.sp 2 +\fIMH\fR, +and mailsystems in general, +are more complex than most people realize. +A combination of experience, intuition, and tenacity is required to maintain +\fIMH\fR properly. +This document can provide only guidelines for bringing up an \fIMH\fR system +and maintaining it. +There is a sufficient amount of customization possible that not all events or +problems can be forseen. + +.uh "Summary" +.pp +During \fIMH\fR generation, +you specify several configuration constants to the \fImhconfig\fR program. +These directives take into consideration such issues as hardware and +operating system dependencies in the source code. +They also factor out some major mailsystem administrative decisions +that are likely to be made consistantly at sites with more than one host. +The manual entry \fImh\-gen\fR\0(8) describes all the static configuration +directives. +.pp +However, +when you install \fIMH\fR you may wish to make some site\-specific +or host\-specific changes which aren't hardware or even software related. +Rather, they are administrative decisions. +That's what this guide is for: it describes all of the dynamically tailorable +directives. +.pp +Usually, after installing \fIMH\fR, you'll want to edit the +\fB/usr/local/mh/lib/mtstailor\fR file. +This file fine-tunes the way \fIMH\fR interacts with the message transport +system (MTS). +Section 2 talks about the MTS interface and MTS tailoring. +.pp +After that, if you're running the UCI BBoards facility, +or the POP facility, +you'll need to know how to maintain those systems. +Sections 3 and 4 talk about these. +.pp +If for some reason +you're not running an MTS that can handle both Internet and \fIUUCP\fR traffic, +you should read\-up on mail filtering in Section 5. +Although this is considered \*(lqold technology\*(rq now, +the mechanisms described in Section 5 were really quite useful when +first introduced way back in 1981. +.pp +Finally, you may want to know how to modify the \fIMH\fR source tree. +Section 6 talks (a little bit) about that. +.pp +The last two sections describe a few hidden features in \fIMH\fR, +and the configuration options that were in effect when this guide was +generated. +.pp +After \fIMH\fR is installed, you should define the address \*(lqBug\-MH\*(rq +to map to either you or the \fIPostMaster\fR at your site. +.pp +In addition, +if you want to tailor the behavior of \fIMH\fR for new users, +you can create and edit the file \fB/usr/local/mh/lib/mh.profile\fR. +When the \fIinstall-mh\fR program is run for a user, +if this file exists, it will copy it into the user's \&.mh\(ruprofile +file. + +.\" macros for the .me/.man files +.de SC +.he '\\$1(\\$2)'-%-'\\$1(\\$2)' +.bp +.(x +.ti .8i +\\$1 +.)x +.. +.de NA +.b \\s-2NAME\\s0 +.ti .5i +.. +.de SY +.sp +.b \\s-2SYNOPSIS\\s0 +.in 1i +.ti .5i +.na +.. +.de DE +.ad +.sp +.in 0 +.b \\s-2DESCRIPTION\\s0 +.sp +.fi +.in .5i +.. +.de Uh +.ad +.sp +.ti .25i +.b "\\s-2\\$1\\s0" +.sp +.fi +.. +.de Hh +.ad +.sp +.in 0 +.b "\\s-2Helpful Hints\\s0" +.sp +.fi +.in .5i +.. +.de Fi +.(b L +.ti 0 +.b \\s-2Files\\s0 +.ta \w'/usr/local/mh/lib/ExtraBigFileName 'u +.. +.de Pr +.)b +.(b L F +.ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u +.ti 0 +.b "\\s-2Profile Components\\s0" +.ti .5i +.. +.de Ps +.ti .5i +.. +.de Sa +.)b +.(b L F +.ti 0 +.b "\\s-2See Also\\s0" +.br +.. +.de De +.)b +.(b L +.in .5i +.ti 0 +.b \\s-2Defaults\\s0 +.. +.de Ds +.. +.de Co +.)b +.(b L F +.ti 0 +.b \\s-2Context\\s0 +.br +.. +.de Hi +.)b +.(b L F +.ti 0 +.b \\s-2History\\s0 +.br +.. +.de Bu +.)b +.(b L F +.ti 0 +.b \\s-2Bugs\\s0 +.br +.. +.de En +.)b +.in 0 +.. + +.+c "THE MTS INTERFACE" +.pp +The file \fB/usr/local/mh/lib/mtstailor\fR customizes +certain host\-specific parameters of \fIMH\fR +related primarily to interactions with the transport system. +The parameters in this file override the compiled\-in defaults given during +\fIMH\fR configuration. +Rather than recompiling \fIMH\fR on each host to make minor customizations, +it is easier simply to modify the \fBmtstailor\fR file. +All hosts at a given site normally use the same \fBmtstailor\fR file, +though this need not be the case. +.pp +It is a good idea to run the \fIconflict\fR\0(8) program each morning +under \fIcron\fR. +The following line usually suffices: + +.ti +.5i +00 05 * * * /usr/local/mh/lib/conflict -mail PostMaster + +.if t \{ +.ll 6.5i +.lt 6.5i +\} +.fo '[mh.6]'MH.6.8'UCI version' +.po -.50i +.so mh-tailor.me +.so mh-mts.me +.po +.50i +.he ''-%-'' +.fo '''' +.br +.if t \{ +.ll 32P +.lt 32P +\} + +.+c "BBOARDS" +.pp +The UCI BBoards facility has two aspects: message reading, and +message delivery. The configuration directives applicable to +BBoards are \*(lqbboards: on/off/pop/nntp\*(rq and +\*(lqbbdelivery: on/off\*(rq. +.uh "BBoard Delivery" +.pp +If you enabled BBoards delivery (\*(lqbbdelivery: on\*(rq) +during configuration, +then the initial environment for bboards delivery +was set\-up during installation. +A BBoard called \*(lqsystem\*(rq is established, +which is the BBoard for general discussion. +.pp +To add more BBoards, become the \*(lqbboards\*(rq user, +and edit the \fB/BBoards\fR file. +The file \fBsupport/bboards/Example\fR is a copy of the +\fB/BBoards\fR file that we use at UCI. +When you add a BBoard, +you don't have to create the files associated with it, +the BBoards delivery system will do that automatically. +.pp +Private BBoards may be created. +To add the fictitious private BBoard \*(lqhacks\*(rq, +add the appropriate entry to the BBoards file, +create the empty file \fB/hacks.mbox\fR (or whatever), +change the mode of this file to 0640, +and change the group of the file to be the groupid of the people that you +want to be able to read it. +Also be sure to add the \*(lqbboards\*(rq user to this group +(in \fB/etc/group\fR), +so the archives can be owned correctly. +.pp +By using the special INVIS flag for a BBoard, +special purpose BBoards may be set\-up which are invisible to the \fIMH\fR +user. +For example, +if a site distributes a BBoard both locally to a number of machines and to a +number of distant machines. +It might be useful to have two distribution lists: +one for all machines on the list, and the other for local machines only. +This is actually very simple to do. +For the main list, +put the standard entry of information in the \fB/BBoards\fR file, +with the complete distribution list. +For the local machines list, +and add a similar entry to the \fB/BBoards\fR file. +All the fields should be the same except three: +the BBoard name should reflect a local designation (e.g., \*(lql\-hacks\*(rq), +the distribution list should contain only machines at the local site, +and the flags field should contain the INVIS flag. +Since the two entries share the same primary and archive files, +messages sent to either list are read by local users, +while only thoses messages sent to the main list are read by all users. +.pp +Two automatic facilities for dealing with BBoards exist: +automatic archiving and automatic aliasing. +The file \fBsupport/bboards/crontab\fR contains some entries that you +should add to your \fB/usr/lib/crontab\fR file to run the specified programs +at times that are convenient for you. +The \fBbboards.daily\fR file is run once a day and generates an alias file +for \fIMH\fR. +By using this file, users of \fIMH\fR can use, for example, +\*(lqunix\-wizards\*(rq instead of \*(lqunix\-wizards@brl\-vgr\*(rq +when they want to send a message to the \*(lqunix\-wizards\*(rq +discussion group. +This is a major win, since you just have to know the name of the group, +not the address where it's located. +.pp +The \fBbboards.weekly\fR file is run once a week and handles old +messages (those received more than 12 days ago) in the BBoards area. +In short, +those BBoards which are marked for automatic archiving +will have their old messages placed in the \fB/archive/\fR area, +or have their old messages removed. +Not only does this make BBoards faster to read, +but it conveniently partitions the new messages from the old messages +so you can easily put the old messages on tape and then remove them. +It turns out that this automatic archiving capability is also a major +win. +.pp +At UCI, +our policy is to save archived messages on tape (every two months or so). +We use a program called \fIbbtar\fR to implement our particular policy. +Since some BBoards are private (see above), +we save the archives on two tapes: +one containing the world\-readable archives +(this tape is read-only accessible to all users by calling the operator), +and the other containing the non\-world\-readable ones +(this tape is kept locked\-up somewhere). +.uh "BBoards with the POP" +.pp +If you configured \fIMH\fP with \*(lqbboards: pop\*(rq and \*(lqpop: on\*(rq, +then the \fIMH\fR user is allowed to read BBoards on a server machine +instead of the local host (thus saving disk space). +For completely transparent behavior, +the administrator may set certain variables in the \fBmtstailor\fR file +on the client host. +The variable \*(lqpopbbhost\*(rq indicates the host where BBoards are +kept +(it doesn't have to be the POP service host, +but this host must run both a POP server and the BBoards system). +The variable \*(lqpopbbuser\*(rq indicates the guest account on this host +for BBoards. +This username should not be either the POP user or the BBoards user. +Usually the anonymous FTP user (ftp) is the best choice. +Finally, the variable \*(lqpopbblist\*(rq indicates the name of a file which +contains a list of hosts (one to a line, official host names only) which +should be allowed to use the POP facility to access BBoards via the guest +account. +(If the file is not present, then no check is made.) +.pp +The \*(lqpopbbuser\*(rq variable should be set on both the client and service +host. +The \*(lqpopbbhost\*(rq variable need be set only on the client host +(the value, of course, is the name of the service host). +The \*(lqpopbblist\*(rq variable need be set only on the service host. +.pp +Finally, +on the client host, +if a POP service host is not explicitly given by the user +(i.e., \*(lqpopbbhost\*(rq is implicitly used), +then \fIbbc\fR will explicitly check the local host prior to contacting +the service host. +This allows each POP client host to have a few local BBoards +(e.g., each host could have one called \*(lqsystem\*(rq), +and then have the POP service host used for all the rest +(a site\-wide BBoard might be known as \*(lqgeneral\*(rq). +.uh "BBoards with the NNTP" +.pp +If you configured \fIMH\fP with \*(lqbboards: nntp\*(rq and \*(lqpop: on\*(rq, +then +the \fIMH\fR user is allowed to read the Network News on a +server machine using the standard \fIbbc\fR command. +For completely transparent behavior, +the administrator may set the \*(lqnntphost\*(rq variable in the +\fBmtstailor\fR file to indicate the host where the Network News is kept. +The \*(lqnntphost\*(rq variable should be set only on the client host +Finally, +on the client host, +if an NNTP service host is not explicitly given by the user +(i.e., \*(lqnntphost\*(rq is implicitly used), +then \fIbbc\fR will explicitly check the local host prior to contacting +the service host. +This allows each NNTP client host to have a few local BBoards +(e.g., each host could have one called \*(lqsystem\*(rq), +and then have the NNTP service host used for to read the Network News. +.pp +Reading BBoards via the POP and via the NNTP are mutually exclusive. +.if t \{ +.ll 6.5i +.lt 6.5i +\} +.fo '[mh.6]'MH.6.8'UCI version' +.po -.50i +.so bboards5.me +.so bbaka.me +.so bbexp.me +.so bboards8.me +.so bbtar.me +.po +.50i +.he ''-%-'' +.fo '''' +.br +.if t \{ +.ll 32P +.lt 32P +\} + +.+c "POP" +.pp +For POP (Post Office Protocol) client hosts, +you need to edit the \fB/usr/local/mh/lib/mtstailor\fR file to know about two +hosts: +the SMTP service host and the POP service host. +Normally, these are the same. +Change the \*(lqlocalname\*(rq field of the \fBmtstailor\fR file +of \fIMH\fR in the file to be the name of the POP service host. +This makes replies to mail generated on the POP client host possible, +since \fIMH\fR will consider use the hostname of the POP service host as the +local hostname for outgoing mail. +Also set the value of \*(lqpophost\*(rq to this value. +This tells \fIinc\fR and \fImsgchk\fR to use POP instead of looking for mail +locally. +Finally, +make sure the value of \*(lqservers\*(rq includes the name of the SMTP +service host. +The recommended value for \*(lqservers\*(rq is: + +.ti +.5i +servers:\ SMTP\-service\-host localhost \\01localnet +.pp +If you want more information on the Post Office Protocol used by \fIMH\fR, +consult the files \fBsupport/pop/rfc1081.txt\fP and +\fBsupport/pop/rfc1082.txt\fP which describe the \fIMH\fP version of +the POP: POP3. +.pp +For POP service hosts, +you need to run a daemon, \fIpopd\fR\0(8). +The daemon should start at multi\-user boot time, +so adding the lines: +.sp +.nf +.in +.5i +if [ \-f /etc/popd ]; then + /etc/popd & echo \-n ' pop' >/dev/console +fi +.in -.5i +.fi +.sp +to the \fB/etc/rc.local\fR file is sufficient. +.pp +The port assigned to the POP3 protocol is \*(lq110\*(rq. +For historical reasons, many sites are using port \*(lq109\*(rq +which is the port assigned to the \*(lqPOP\*(rq (version 1 and 2) protocol. +The configuration option \*(lqPOPSERVICE\*(rq is the name of the +port number that \fIMH\fP POP will try to use, and defaults to the +name \*(lqpop\*(rq. +.pp +To generate \fIMH\fP to use newer assigned port number, +in your \fIMH\fP config file, add: +.sp +.ti +.5i +options POPSERVICE='\*(lqpop3\*(rq' +.sp +And on both the POP client and service hosts, +you need to define the port that the POP service uses. +Add the line: +.sp +.nf +.in +.5i +pop3 110/tcp +.in -.5i +.fi +.sp +to the \fB/etc/services\fR file (if it's not already there). +.pp +There are two ways to administer POP: +In \*(lqnaive\*(rq mode, +each user-id in the \fIpasswd\fR\0(5) file is considered a POP subscriber. +No changes are required for the mailsystem on the POP service host. +However, +this method requires that each POP subscriber have an entry in the password +file. +The POP server will fetch the user's mail from wherever maildrops are kept on +the POP service host. +This means that if maildrops are kept in the user's home directory, +then each POP subscriber must have a home directory. +.pp +In \*(lqsmart\*(rq mode +(enabled via \*(lqDPOP\*(rq being given as a configuration option), +the list of POP subscribers and the list of +login users are completely separate name spaces. +A separate database (simple file similar to the \fIBBoards\fR\0(5) file) +is used to record information about each POP subscriber. +Unfortunately, +the local mailsystem must be changed to reflect this. +This requires two changes (both of which are simple): +First, +the aliasing mechanism is augmented so that POP subscriber addresses +are diverted to a special delivery mechanism. +\fIMH\fR comes with a program, \fIpopaka\fR\0(8), +which generates the additional information to be put in the mailsystem's +alias file. +Second, +a special POP channel (for MMDF-II) or POP mailer (for SendMail) +performs the actual delivery (\fImh.6\fR supplies both). +All it really does is just place the mail in the POP spool area. +.pp +These two different philosophies are not compatible on the same POP service +host: one or the other, but not both may be run. +Clever mailsystem people will note that +the POP mechanism is really a special case of the more general +BBoards mechanism. +.pp +In addition, there is one user-visible difference, +which the administrator controls the availability of. +The difference is whether the POP subscriber must supply a password to the POP +server: +The first method uses the standard ARPA technique of sending a username and a +password. +The appropriate programs (\fIinc\fR, \fImsgchk\fR, and possibly \fIbbc\fR\0) +will prompt the user for this information. +.pp +The second method +(which is enabled via \*(lqRPOP\*(rq being given as a configuration option) +uses the Berkeley UNIX reserved port method for authentication. +This requires that the two or three mentioned above programs be +\fIsetuid\fR to root. +(There are no known holes in any of these programs.) +.pp +To add a POP subscriber, +for the first method, one simply follows the usual procedures for adding a +new user, which eventually results in adding a line to the \fIpasswd\fR\0(5) +file; +for the second method, one must edit the POP database file +(kept in the home directory of the POP user), +and then run the \fIpopaka\fR program. +The output of this program is placed in the aliases file for the transport +system (e.g., \fB/usr/lib/aliases\fR for SendMail). +.pp +Authentication for POP subscribers differs +depending on the two methods. +When the user supplies a password for the POP session: +under the first method, +the contents of the password field for the user's entry in the +\fIpasswd\fR\0(5) is consulted; +under the second method, +the contents of the password field for the subscriber's entry in the +\fIpop\fR\0(5) file is consulted. +(To set this field, the \fIpopwrd\fR\0(8) program is used.) +.pp +If you are allowing RPOP, +under the first method, +the user's \fI\&.rhosts\fR file is consulted; +under the second method, +the contents of the network address field for the subscriber's entry +in the \fIpop\fR\0(5) file is consulted. +.pp +In addition, +a third authentication scheme is available. +When the APOP configuration option is given, +e.g., +.sp +.ti +.5i +options APOP='\*(lq/etc/pop.auth\*(rq' +.sp +In this case, +the server also allows a client to supply authentication +credentials to provide for origin authentication and reply protection, +but which do not involve sending a password in the clear over the network. +A POP authorization DB, +having as its name the value of APOP configuration option, +is used to keep track of this information. +This file is created and manipulated by the \fIpopauth\fR\0(8) program. +Because this file contains secret information, +it must be protected mode 0600 and owned by the super-user. +Hence, +your first step after installing the software is to issue +.sp +.ti +.5i +# popauth -init +.sp +which creates and initalizes the POP authorization DB. +.if t \{ +.ll 6.5i +.lt 6.5i +\} +.fo '[mh.6]'MH.6.8'UCI version' +.po -.50i +.so pop5.me +.so pop8.me +.so popaka.me +.so popauth.me +.so popd.me +.so popwrd.me +.po +.50i +.he ''-%-'' +.fo '''' +.br +.if t \{ +.ll 32P +.lt 32P +\} + +.+c "MAIL FILTERING" +.pp +There was a time when users on a UNIX host might have had two maildrops: +one from \fIMMDF\fR and the other from \fIUUCP\fR. +This was really a bad problem since it prevented using a single +user\-interface on all of your mail. +Furthermore, +if you wanted to send a message to addresses on different mailsystems, +you couldn't send just one message. +To solve all these problems, +the notion of \fImail filtering\fR was developed that allowed sophisticated +munging and relaying between the two pseudo\-domains. +.pp +\fIMH\fR will perform mail filtering, transparently, if given the MF +configuration option. +However, +with the advent of \fISendMail\fR and further maturation of \fIMMDF\fR, +\fIMH\fR doesn't really need to do this anymore, +since these message transport agents handle it. +.pp +The mail\-filtering stuff is too complicated. +It should be simpler, but, protocol translation really \fIis\fR difficult. +.if t \{ +.ll 6.5i +.lt 6.5i +\} +.fo '[mh.6]'MH.6.8'UCI version' +.po -.50i +.so mf.me +.so rmail.me +.po +.50i +.he ''-%-'' +.fo '''' +.br +.if t \{ +.ll 32P +.lt 32P +\} + +.+c "MH HACKING" +.pp +Finally, here's a little information on modifying the \fIMH\fR sources. +A word of advice however: +.sp 2 +.ce +.b \s+4DON'T\s0 +.sp 2 +.lp +If you really want new \fIMH\fR capabilities, +write a shell script instead. +After all, +that's what UNIX is all about, isn't it? +.pp +Here's the organization of the \fIMH\fR source tree. +.sp +.nf +.in +.5i +.ta \w'miscellany/ 'u +\w'sendmail/ 'u +conf/ configurator tree +config/ compiled configuration constants +dist/ distributor +doc/ manual entries +h/ include files +miscellany/ various sundries +mts/ MTS\-specific areas + mh/ standalone delivery + mmdf/ MMDF\-I, MMDF\-II + sendmail/ SendMail, SMTP +papers/ papers about \fIMH\fR +sbr/ subroutines +support/ support programs and files + bboards/ UCI BBoards facility + general/ templates + pop/ POP facility +tma/ Trusted Mail Agent (not present in all distributions) +uip/ programs +zotnet/ MTS\-independent areas + bboards/ UCI BBoards facility + mf/ Mail Filtering + mts/ MTS constants + tws/ date routines +.re +.in -.5i +.fi +.if t \{ +.ll 6.5i +.lt 6.5i +\} +.fo '[mh.6]'MH.6.8'UCI version' +.po -.50i +.so mh-hack.me +.po +.50i +.he ''-%-'' +.fo '''' +.br +.if t \{ +.ll 32P +.lt 32P +\} + +.+c "HIDDEN FEATURES" +.pp +The capabilities discussed here should not be used on a production basis, +as they are either experimental, are useful for debugging \fIMH\fR, or +are otherwise not recommended. + +.uh "Debug Facilities" +.pp +The \fImark\fR command has a `\-debug' switch which essentially prints out +all the internal \fIMH\fR data structures for the folder you're looking at. +.pp +The \fIpost\fR command has a `\-debug' switch which does everything but +actually post the message for you. +Instead of posting the draft, it sends it to the standard output. +Similarly, +\fIsend\fR has a `\-debug' switch which gets passed to \fIpost\fR. +.pp +Some \fIMH\fR commands look at envariables to determine debug\-mode operation +of certain new facilities. +The current list of envariables is: +.sp +.nf +.in +.5i +.ta \w'MHLPOPDEBUG 'u +^MHFDEBUG~^OVERHEAD facility +^MHLDEBUG~^mhl +^MHPDEBUG~^pick +^MHPOPDEBUG~^POP transactions +^MHVDEBUG~^window management transactions +^MHWDEBUG~^alternate\-mailboxes +.re +.in -.5i +.fi + +.uh "Forwarding Mail" +.pp +The \fIforw\fR and \fImhl\fR commands have two switches, +`\-dashmunging' and `\-nodashmunging' which enable or disable +the prepending of `\-\ ' in forwarded messages. To use +`\-nodashmunging', you must use an \fImhl\fR filter file. + +.uh "Send" +.pp +The \fIsend\fR command has two switches, `\-unique' and `\-nounique', +which are useful to certain individuals who, for obscure reasons, +do not use draft\-folders. +.pp +\*(lqDistribution Carbon Copy\*(rq addresses may be specified in +the \fIDcc:\fR header. +This header is removed before posting the message,and a copy of the message +is distributed to each listed address. +This could be considered a form of Blind +Carbon Copy which is best used for sending to an address which +would never reply (such as an auto\-archiver). + +.uh "Posting Mail" +.pp +If you're running a version of \fIMH\fR which talks directly to an +\fISMTP\fR server (or perhaps an advanced \fIMMDF\fR submit process), +there are lots of interesting switches for your amusement which \fIsend\fR +and \fIpost\fR understand: +.nf +.in +.5i +.ta \w'-server host 'u +^-mail~^Use the \fIMAIL\fR command (default) +^-saml~^Use the \fISAML\fR command +^-send~^Use the \fISEND\fR command +^-soml~^Use the \fISOML\fR command +^-snoop~^Watch the \fISMTP\fR transaction +^-client host~^Claim to be \*(lqhost\*(rq when posting mail +^-server host~^Post mail with \*(lqhost\*(rq +.re +.in -.5i +.fi +.pp +The last switch is to be useful when \fIMH\fR resides on small +workstations (or PC:s) in a network\-\-they can post their outgoing mail with +a local relay, +and reduce the load on the local system. +On POP client hosts, +the `\-server\ host' switch is defaulted appropriately using the SMTP +search\-list mechanism. +The \fIwhom\fR command understands the last three switches. + +.+c "CONFIGURATION OPTIONS" +.pp +This manual was generated with the following configuration options in +effect: +.sp 2 +.hl +.nf +.in +1.25i +.ta \w'BBoards Home Directory 'u +^Generation Date~^\*(td +^Primary Directory~^/usr/local/mh/bin/ +^Secondary Directory~^/usr/local/mh/lib/ +^Maildrop Location~^/var/mail/$USER +^POP Support~^Enabled +^BBoards using NNTP~^Enabled +^Transport System~^SendMail \*(SM +.re +.in -1.5i +.fi +.hl +.\" table of contents +.he '''' +.fo '''' +.bp +.ce +.b \\s12CONTENTS\\s0 +.sp 3 +.xp y +.xp x +.bp +.\" And now the COVER sheet +.po +.325i +.ll 32P +.nf + +.sp 1.5in +.ps 24 +.vs 32 +.ft B +.ce 4 +THE RAND MH +MESSAGE HANDLING +SYSTEM: +ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE +.ft R +.sp .8i +.ps 20 +.vs 24 +.ce +UCI Version +.sp 0.7i +.ce 2 +Marshall T. Rose +.sp 0.5i +.ft I +.ce 3 +First Edition: +MH Classic +\s-2(Not to be confused with a well\-known soft drink)\s+2 +.ft R +.vs +.sp 1i +.ps 18 +.vs 22 +.ce 2 +\*(td +\*(MH