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date | Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:46:02 +0900 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/doc/mf.me Mon Apr 18 23:46:02 2005 +0900 @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +.\" This file is automatically generated. Do not edit! +.\" @(#)$Id$ +.SC MF 1 +.NA +muinc, musift, uminc, umsift \- mail filters +.SY +/usr/local/mh/lib/muinc + +.ti .5i +/usr/local/mh/lib/musift +\%[files\ ...] + +.ti .5i +/usr/local/mh/lib/uminc + +.ti .5i +/usr/local/mh/lib/umsift +\%[files\ ...] +.DE +The mail filters +are a set of programs that filter mail from one format to another. +In particular, \fIUUCP\fR\- and \fIMMDF\fR\-style mail files are handled. + +\fImuinc\fR +filters mail from the user's \fIMMDF\fR maildrop into the user's \fIUUCP\fR +maildrop; +similarly, +\fIuminc\fR +filters mail from the user's \fIUUCP\fR maildrop into the user's \fIMMDF\fR +maildrop. +These two programs respect each system's maildrop locking protocols. + +\fImusift\fR +filters each file on the command line +(or the standard input if no arguments are given), +and places the result on the standard output in \fIUUCP\fR format. +The files (or standard input) are expected to be in \fIMMDF\fR format. +\fIumsift\fR +does the same thing filtering \fIUUCP\fR formatted files (or input), +and places the \fIMMDF\fR formatted result on the standard output. +No locking protocols are used by these programs. + +If the files aren't in the expected format, +the mail filters will try to recover. +In really bad cases, +you may lose big. +.Fi +^/usr/spool/mail/~^UUCP spool area for maildrops +^/var/mail/$USER~^Location of standard maildrop +.Pr +None +.Sa +\fIProposed Standard for Message Header Munging\fR (aka RFC\-886), +.br +inc(1) +.De +.Co +.Bu +Numerous; protocol translation is very difficult. +.En