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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. |