| | 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 |
| | 7 | [-s address][-p][-u username] |
| | 8 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| | 9 | This command sets and displays the mailbox currently assigned to |
| | 10 | .IR username |
| | 11 | (your own name by default). |
| | 12 | If neither the |
| | 13 | .B -s |
| | 14 | or the |
| | 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 |
| | 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. |
| | 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. |
| | 33 | It will not allow a user to have more than one mailbox of any type. |
| | 34 | The actual change will not take place on the mail hub for several hours. |
| | 35 | Users may only change their own information unless they are |
| | 36 | SMS database administrators. |
| | 37 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| | 38 | sms(1), |
| | 39 | SMS Section of the Project Athena Technical Plan. |
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