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     NAME
        
        SNDMSG - utility for sending mail to other users
        
     SYNOPSIS
        
        sndmsg
        
     DESCRIPTION
        
        SNDMSG  is the utility used to send mail to other users of the mail
        system. The user is prompted for all of the necessary input in  the
        following manner:

          1. The list of To addresses.
          2. The list of Cc (carbon copy) addresses
          3. The subject of the message
          4. The body of the message

        The  responses  to  the  To  and  Cc  prompts consist of user-names
        separated by commas.  If it is necessary to continue  the  list  of
        addresses  onto  another line, a comma typed at the end of the line
        causes SNDMSG to prompt for another  line  of  addresses.   If  the
        string  `all'  is typed as an address, all users of the mail system
        will receive a copy of the message.  If  the  address  consists  of
        `<name',  a  file  `name' will be opened and its contents used as a
        mailing list.  The structure of mailing list files differs from the
        address lists (a feature soon to be  removed).   The  mailing  list
        files  should  consist  of  names separated by blanks or tabs.  A #
        symbol signals the start of a comment in the mailing list file, and
        the rest of the line is ignored.

        The subject field may be a string of any length and  content.   The
        user  is  prompted  concerning use of the text editor ed to compose
        the body of the message.  If the editor  is  not  used,  everything
        typed  up  to  an end-of-file on the standard input is taken as the
        body of the message.  In this mode, a line consisting of

        q

        will cause the sndmsg session to be terminated,  with  no  messages
        sent.

     FILES

        three scratch files are used by SNDMSG.

     SEE ALSO

        MSG - the message editor
        ED - the text editor


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     SNDMSG                         10/28/80                         SNDMSG


     AUTHOR

        SNDMSG was written by Joe Sventek

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