From b45bc46ff49e62248c36c68875454d036c72ed8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mar Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1989 14:38:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] mention double-quoted hostnames --- man/chpobox.1 | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/chpobox.1 b/man/chpobox.1 index 34e9ba07..0b64b424 100644 --- a/man/chpobox.1 +++ b/man/chpobox.1 @@ -30,10 +30,24 @@ of the machine the user wishes to receive mail on. 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. + +When a mailbox is stored in the central database, any host mentioned +will have it's name canonicalized to a standard form. If for some +reason you don't want to have the hostname canonicalized, put +.B just the hostname +in double-quotes. For example, the command +.nf +.nj + chpobox -s jrhacker@\\"lcs.mit.edu\\" +.fi +will not be canonicalized to jrhacker@ptt.lcs.mit.edu, as it would +otherwise. Also note that the double-quotes were preceded by +backslashes to get them past the shell. .SH "SEE ALSO" sms(1), SMS Section of the Project Athena Technical Plan. -- 2.45.1