6/29/85  forum request:  mail


Syntax:  mail {trans_specs} {-control_args}


Function:  sends a transaction or set of transactions to other users,
mailing lists, or Forum meetings using the Multics mail system.


Arguments:
trans_specs
   are transaction specifiers which determine the transactions to be
   mailed.  Use the forum request "help trans_specs" for more
   information on transaction specifiers.  If no transaction
   specifiers are supplied,  the unprocessed transaction is mailed if
   there is one, otherwise the current transaction is mailed.  If more
   than one transaction is specified, each one is sent as a separate
   piece of mail.


Control arguments:
-acknowledge, -ack
   requests an acknowledging message from the recipients when they
   read the mail.
-bcc addresses
   specifies recipients who will receive blind carbon copies of the
   mail.  For information on addresses, type "help addresses.gi".
-brief, -bf
   suppresses messages informing the user of successful mail delivery.
-cc addresses
   specifies recipients who will receive carbon copies of the mail.
   For information on addresses, type "help addresses.gi".
-fill, -fi
   specifies that the transactions should be filled before being
   mailed.


-line_length LEN, -ll LEN
   specifies the line length to be used for filling.  If this control
   argument is given, -fill need not be.
-long, -lg
   prints messages informing the user of successful mail delivery.
   (Default)
-new_subject STR, -newsj STR
   sets the subject of the mail to be STR.  The default subject is the
   subject of the transaction being mailed.
-no_acknowledge, -nack
   does not request acknowledging messages from the recipients
   (Default)


-no_fill, -nfi
   does not fill the transactions before mailing them.  (Default)
-reply_to addresses
   specifies the return address which will appear in the Reply-To
   field of the mail. For information on addresses, type
   "help addresses.gi".
-to addresses
   specifies the primary recipients of the mail.  For information on
   addresses, type "help addresses.gi".


List of transaction specification control arguments:
-after DT, -af DT
   selects transactions entered on or after the the date specified.
   The time of day is ignored.
-after_time DT, -aft DT
   selects transactions entered after the date_time specified.
-before DT, -be DT
   selects transactions entered before the date specified. The time
   of day is ignored.
-before_time DT, -bet DT
   selects transactions entered before the date_time specified.
-between DT1 DT2, -bt DT1 DT2
   selects transactions entered between the dates specified,
   inclusive.  The times of day are ignored.


-between_time DT1 DT2, -btt DT1 DT2
   selects transactions entered between the date_times specified,
   inclusive.
-date DT, -dt DT
   selects transactions entered on the day specified.
-from Person_id, -fm Person_id
   selects transactions entered by the participant named Person_id.
-subject /regexp/, -sj /regexp/
   selects transactions whose subjects match the given regular
   expression.
-text /regexp/, -tx /regexp/
   selects transactions whose text match the given regular
   expression.


Notes:
One or more of the control arguments -to, -bcc, and -cc must be given.

The mail contains three header fields identifying it as having been
sent by forum.  These fields are:
  Forum-Transaction:  [NNNN] in the MEETING_PATH meeting.
  Transaction-Entered-By:  AUTHOR
  Transaction-Entered-Date: DATE_TIME


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This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated
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and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. 
Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970),
renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership
of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture 
for managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems 
incorporated Multics principles.
Multics was distributed in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information Systems Inc., 
as successor in interest by change in name only to Honeywell Bull Inc. and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. .

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