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.TH MAILMAINT 1 "27 Apr 1994" "MIT Athena"
\" RCSID: $Header$
.SH NAME
mailmaint \- maintain mailing lists for a user
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mailmaint
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I maintmaint
allows a user to examine public mailing lists and add or
remove him/herself from such lists.  It does this using Moira, the Athena
Service Management System.
.PP
When started, it will display a menu with the following options:
.in +5
.nf
1. Show all mailing lists.
2. Get all members of a mailing list.
3. Display lists of which you are a member.
4. Show description of list.
5. Add yourself to a mailing list.
6. Delete yourself from a mailing list.
.in -5
.fi
.PP
The first option will display all mailing lists that are not
explicitly hidden.  The second option will display the members of a
named list.  The third will display the names of the lists you belong
to.  The next option will give a description of any list that you
name.
.PP
The next two options allow you to add or delete yourself to or from
public mailing lists.  If the person creating a mailing list has not
made it public, you will not be allowed to add yourself to it.  Even if it is
public, you can only add or delete yourself, you cannot affect the
others on the list.  For other list operations (which are only allowed
to the administrators of a list), see 
.I listmaint(1).
.SH MENU OPERATION
The menu works in the following way:  A list of possible choices is
presented, each preceded by a number.  To make a choice, press the
number of the choice, which will then be highlighted.  To confirm this
choice, press the return key.
.PP
If information is needed that cannot be entered via a menu (e.g. a
description of the mailing list's purpose and/or use), the user will be
prompted for such information.
.PP
Typing the interrupt character (normally Ctrl-C) 
during a text input will cancel the operation and return to
the menu.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
KRBTKFILE
path name of your Kerberos ticket.  Moira decides who you are and what you
can do based on your Kerberos tickets, and nothing else.
.TP
TERMCAP
information about the capabilities of the terminal and how to use them.
.SH SEE ALSO
listmaint(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Peter J. Levine, MIT Project Athena
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84cdb356	1	.TH MAILMAINT 1 "27 Apr 1994" "MIT Athena"
0aa1c878	2	\" RCSID: $Header$
	3	.SH NAME
	4	mailmaint \- maintain mailing lists for a user
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B mailmaint
	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
9ed9ebb0	8	.I maintmaint
9ed9ebb0	9	allows a user to examine public mailing lists and add or
b865dabe	10	remove him/herself from such lists. It does this using Moira, the Athena
9b00693b	11	Service Management System.
0aa1c878	12	.PP
	13	When started, it will display a menu with the following options:
	14	.in +5
	15	.nf
	16	1. Show all mailing lists.
	17	2. Get all members of a mailing list.
	18	3. Display lists of which you are a member.
	19	4. Show description of list.
	20	5. Add yourself to a mailing list.
	21	6. Delete yourself from a mailing list.
	22	.in -5
	23	.fi
	24	.PP
9b00693b	25	The first option will display all mailing lists that are not
0aa1c878	26	explicitly hidden. The second option will display the members of a
	27	named list. The third will display the names of the lists you belong
	28	to. The next option will give a description of any list that you
	29	name.
	30	.PP
	31	The next two options allow you to add or delete yourself to or from
	32	public mailing lists. If the person creating a mailing list has not
84cdb356	33	made it public, you will not be allowed to add yourself to it. Even if it is
0aa1c878	34	public, you can only add or delete yourself, you cannot affect the
	35	others on the list. For other list operations (which are only allowed
	36	to the administrators of a list), see
	37	.I listmaint(1).
	38	.SH MENU OPERATION
84cdb356	39	The menu works in the following way: A list of possible choices is
	40	presented, each preceded by a number. To make a choice, press the
	41	number of the choice, which will then be highlighted. To confirm this
0aa1c878	42	choice, press the return key.
0aa1c878	43	.PP
0aa1c878	44	If information is needed that cannot be entered via a menu (e.g. a
	45	description of the mailing list's purpose and/or use), the user will be
	46	prompted for such information.
84cdb356	47	.PP
	48	Typing the interrupt character (normally Ctrl-C)
	49	during a text input will cancel the operation and return to
	50	the menu.
0aa1c878	51	.SH ENVIRONMENT
	52	.TP
	53	KRBTKFILE
b865dabe	54	path name of your Kerberos ticket. Moira decides who you are and what you
0aa1c878	55	can do based on your Kerberos tickets, and nothing else.
	56	.TP
	57	TERMCAP
	58	information about the capabilities of the terminal and how to use them.
	59	.SH SEE ALSO
	60	listmaint(1)
	61	.SH AUTHOR
	62	Peter J. Levine, MIT Project Athena