man sendmsg (Commandes) - send a message via Internet

NAME

sendmsg - send a message via Internet

SYNOPSIS

sendmsg [ -vfrmM ] [ -s 'message' ] recipient

DESCRIPTION

sendmsg sends a one line text message to the terminal(s) of the specified recipient.

On the receiving site there must be a SAFT-server (Simple Asynchronous File Transfer) installed, like the sendfiled and the recipients terminal must be writeable.

The recipient address can be specified as:

user
a local user or a sendfile alias (see below), e.g.: framstag
user@host
an user on a remote host, e.g.: framstag@bofh.belwue.de
saft://host/user
like above, but in URL-syntax, e.g.: saft://bofh.belwue.de/framstag
saft://host:port/user
like above, but with alternate SAFT-port, e.g.: saft://bofh.belwue.de:4870/framstag

OPTIONS

-v
Verbose mode: show SAFT protocol messages
-f
Force sending of messages and ignore tty (re)settings.
-r
Reply to last received message.
-m
Receive messages only on this tty. This is the default.
-M
Allow receiving messages on other ttys.
-s 'message'
Send directly message

EXAMPLES

sendmsg neg@linux.rus.uni-stuttgart.de

message: how about lunch?

FILES

/etc/sendfile.deny
Users which are not allowed to receive files or messages (set by root).
/var/spool/sendfile/$LOGNAME/config/restrictions
List of addresses from where you don't want messages or files. The format is:

user@host [mfb]

m stands for messages, f for files and b for both. Wildcards * and ? are allowed. Examples:

gates@microsoft.com b *aol.com m

/var/spool/sendfile/$LOGNAME/config/aliases
The sendfile alias file. Format:

alias address

Example:

chief grmblfz@bigvax.somewhere.net

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

Ulli Horlacher - framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de