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.TH CHPOBOX 1 "5 Feb 1988" "Project Athena"
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.SH NAME
chpobox \- change where user receives mail
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chpobox
[-s address][-p][-u username]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This command sets and displays the mailbox currently assigned to
.IR username
(your own name by default).
If neither the
.B -s
or the
.B -p
option is given, the current mailbox will be displayed.  
The
.B -s
option will attempt to set the user's mailbox to the specified address.
The 
.B -p
flag will set the user's mailbox to the last Post Office server it was
using if the mailbox is now a foreign address.
.PP
A mailbox address is of the form
.I string@hostname,
where the string is usually the username, and the hostname is the name
of the machine the user wishes to receive mail on.
.B chpobox
will determine if the mailbox is of type POP, LOCAL, or FOREIGN based
on information in the SMS database, and then make the appropriate
change in the SMS database.
It will not allow a user to have more than one mailbox of any type.
The actual change will not take place on the mail hub for several hours.
Users may only change their own information unless they are
SMS database administrators.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
sms(1),
SMS Section of the Project Athena Technical Plan.
Commit	Line	Data
76ca8a03	1	.TH CHPOBOX 1 "5 Feb 1988" "Project Athena"
	2	\" RCSID: $Header$
	3	.SH NAME
	4	chpobox \- change where user receives mail
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B chpobox
227344f4	7	[-s address][-p][-u username]
76ca8a03	8	.SH DESCRIPTION
227344f4	9	This command sets and displays the mailbox currently assigned to
76ca8a03	10	.IR username
	11	(your own name by default).
	12	If neither the
227344f4	13	.B -s
76ca8a03	14	or the
227344f4	15	.B -p
	16	option is given, the current mailbox will be displayed.
	17	The
	18	.B -s
	19	option will attempt to set the user's mailbox to the specified address.
	20	The
	21	.B -p
	22	flag will set the user's mailbox to the last Post Office server it was
	23	using if the mailbox is now a foreign address.
	24	.PP
76ca8a03	25	A mailbox address is of the form
	26	.I string@hostname,
	27	where the string is usually the username, and the hostname is the name
	28	of the machine the user wishes to receive mail on.
76ca8a03	29	.B chpobox
	30	will determine if the mailbox is of type POP, LOCAL, or FOREIGN based
	31	on information in the SMS database, and then make the appropriate
	32	change in the SMS database.
227344f4	33	It will not allow a user to have more than one mailbox of any type.
227344f4	34	The actual change will not take place on the mail hub for several hours.
76ca8a03	35	Users may only change their own information unless they are
	36	SMS database administrators.
	37	.SH "SEE ALSO"
227344f4	38	sms(1),
76ca8a03	39	SMS Section of the Project Athena Technical Plan.