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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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